12 32 1900 https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/42902f5b5db3cfb8c30595b39f688a23.PDF 5d39e532cdb05ab6df91f7545715fb3f PDF Text Text '^r'^^:-- - :,i; • JoQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N.Y.. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1944 No 5 MWEB IS SILENT ON BONUS CUT SIUBLOCKS RMO LAKES EXPANSION •• 4 The Maritime War Emergency Board held a meeting in Washington on Wednes­ day, February 23 for the announced purpose of discussing a reduction in war bonus rates now paid American seamen. Under the fire of SIU representatives at the conference, the Board announced that no cut was to be considered, rather was the conference called to determine whether or not the risks in certain areas had been reduced. This sort of double talk fooled no one, least of all the-* could not be used because of se­ position that bonuses should be SIU spokesmen of the seamen. curity reasons. cut, the SIU formally requested On the wall of the conference The MWEB was warned frank­ that the bonus be increased for room was a hugh chart which ly that should the seamen's the area around the Gilbert and revealed the rate of sinkings of standard of living be further cut, Marshall Islands and that the American and allied ships for the there would be an exodus of old- daily bonus be increased as our year 1942. For the year of 1943, timers out of the industry. These armed forces extend their oper­ however, only vague symbols men would seek well-paying jobs ations into territories now held were used which could give no and less hazardous ones. While by the enemy. accurate picture of the casualties. the threat of army draft might The Board took no position on And, of course, no chart could well keep the young men going the concrete question of cutting be drawn which would show how to sea, such a reduction in wages the bonuses at this time. A regu­ many seamen would lose their would constitute a real blow at lar deluge of telegram protest lives in 1944. When the union their morale and thereby at the have been pouring into Washing­ objected to the vagueness of the efficiency of the merchant fleet. ton, letting the Board know in chart, the Secretary of the Board no uncertain terms just what the announced that concrete figures Far from accepting the MWEB's seamen think about this attack upon their living standards. AU seamen should remain on guard —the issue isn't yet settled. WASHINGTON, D. C., Febru­ ing agents, and radio and news­ ary 25, 1944 — At a conference paper advertising. Mr. Otto S. Beyer, Director of held here yesterday, called by the , .v: ..A Office of Defense Transportation Transport Personnel, in calling the conference to order, stated to review the Great Lakes Man­ that since it was the responsibil­ power problem, the Seafarers' ity of the Office of Defense Trans­ International Union of North portation to keep transportation America, A.F.L., Great Lakes Dis­ within the country moving, they trict, blocked the attempt of Mar­ were naturally interested in shall Dimock's Recruitment and Great Lakes manning problems. Manning Organization to move in After numerous meetings with on the Lakes. operation and various govern­ Several days prior to the con­ mental agencies, the RMO sub­ ference date. Great Lakes seamen mitted a draft of the proposed unions and steamship operators program. The ODT, he said, was received a draft of the proposed not endorsing the plan, but was i program, under which the RMO interested only in seeing that & I would be given the job of supple- everything that can be done is • menting the work of the recruit­ done to prevent a breakdown in ing and manning agencies at pres­ Great Lakes operations. The con­ ent in operation on the Great ference was called so that all con­ Lakes, such as Union shipping cerned could express their views halls and other shipping agencies. on the RMO proposal for the Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Administrator of the The draft was framed in such lakes. WSA, was sharply taken to task this month by the SIU for language that would lead the Representing the Selective Ser­ readers to believe that if the pro- vice System, Col. Mendolsohn, his gratuitous advice to seamen on the question of union - gram were adopted all Great advised the representatives of affairs. In a sharply worded resolution. Land was told to Marshall E. Dimock, Assistant I Lakes manning problems would Great Lakes shipping companies stick to his own knitting and let the seamen decide which Deputy Administrator, in charge of the Recruitment and Manning be solved, seamen would be de­ and seamen's unions that they union best represented their inthe grinning Stalinists and their Organization of the WSA, and ferred because of the miracle need expect no deferments for terests. •I- touch of the RMO. In addition to men twenty-two years of age and It all started when Land ap­ stooges was interpreted by every­ darling of the Stalinist clique at under and that this age might be \ deferments, the draft program ex­ peared before the national coun­ one to mean that Land endorsed the head of the National Mari­ increased to twenty-six and even plained that they would recruit cil of the NMU and endorsed the one union under the leadership time Union, is going to resign. higher. The present arrangement Mr. Dimock has announced that seamen now working in shore in­ idea of a single maritime union of Curran & Company. Land's preference for the NMU with the RMO for handling deferhe will return to private law dustries to return to Great Lakes for all American seamen. Ex­ is understandable of course, all practice, which probably means shipping by using roving recruit­ pressing such sentiments before (Contintted on Page 4) shipowners and Washington bu­ that he will open a law office in reaucrats prefer a housebroken Washington and openly represent union which will sell out the sea­ the shipowner lobby. men when ordered to do so. Nor While there is no official word will Land's choice of a union from either Dimock or the WSA have any influence on the sea­ as the cause of his resignation, men since they know from ex­ the Journal of Commerce hints perience what sort of an outfit that it is because the RMO has Curran runs. If anything, the not been given the prominent In a resolution passed unanim­ comparable in every respect with picture of Land and Curran play­ ously at last week's meeting, the the armed forces, many hundreds ing footsie will only serve to role which Dimock thinks it New York branch requested the of seamen having been injured confirm what they have long should have. As far as the SIU is concerned, forthcoming SIU international and "killed, and known—that the NMU is a ship­ we shall not mourn the passing convention to consider the advis­ Whereas, the difference in hos­ owner outfit. of Dimock. Whoever his succes­ ability of launching a campaign pital treatment given the armed Following is the text of the sor, he can hardly be more biased to win for seamen veterans life­ forces on one hand and the mer­ against honest labor unionism. (Continued on Page 4) time admission and treatment WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Cap­ rights in the U.S. Miferine Hospi­ chant seamen on the other con­ stitutes unjust discrimination tain James Byron Adams, master tals. against the merchant heroes, of a vessel operated by the Miss­ The text of the resolution fol­ without who's services this war issippi Shipping Co., has been could not be won, therefore be it awarded the Merchant Marine lows: Distinguished Service Medal, "for Whereas, war veterans of the Resolved, that merchant sea­ distinguished service Peyond the armed forces of the United States men who can show three years' All American seamen must file income tax returns along line of duty." are given the most efficient and peace time discharges, or 12 with the rest of the country by March 15, 1944. The only ex­ The medal was presented to advanced medical care for the months' war time discharges, or ception to this is if you are at sea when that date rolls around. Captain Adams by Captain Ed­ duration of their lives ,being elig­ have been injured in war time in In that case you must file a return the first week you return ward Macauley, Deputy War ible for admission at any time to the performance of their duty, to the United States. Shipping Administrator, for his the numerous well staffed veter­ should be eligible for hospitali­ In past years seamen have been exempted from income spccessful attempt in the face of ans hospitals, and zation at the U.S. Marine Hospi­ taxes if they spent a certain percentage of their time out of great danger to save his burning the continental boundries of the United States. This exemp­ Whereas, merchant seamen are tals for the rest of their lives, and ship and half her cargo. tion has been removed and evei-y man must file a return, no eligible for admission to marine be it further • "His indomitable determina­ matter how long he has been away from the country. hospitals for only 60 days after tion to save his ship and its cargo, Resolved, that this resolution All SIU men who are single, or if they are manded and and his courageous and efficient the date of their last discharge, be presented to the forthcoming have not been living with their wives, and who earned $500 and leadership," the citation read, must file. Men who are married and earned $625 or more "were in keeping with the finest Whereas, the merchant seamen convention of the SIU for its must file. A $350 allowance is permitted for each dependent traditions of the United States have performed miracles of hero­ consideration and appropriate ac­ other than wife. ism and self-sacrifice in this war, tion. Merchant Marine." Seafarers Raps Land For Support Of NML Dimock Quits As RMO Chief New York Branch Asks Hospital Rights For Merchant Seamen Vets Skipper SIU Ship Wins Merchant Decoration All Seamen Must File Income Tax Returns ! .'j • >. �rgf" w- ^ -.tcgaggy^ -ir.«* I $ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG . SEAFARERS ».-.a • • •• itlsJ't.-•• . ' •••: - LOG !'J'^'' .' • •• • .^'f,t Friday, March 3, 1944 ' W.e Can^t Expect Our Troops^to Return to This Beachhead Published by the SEAFARERS^ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlastk and Giilf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN-HAWK ------- Secy-Treas. P. O. 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The new organization, henceforth to be known as the National Federation of American Shipping, is a federation of existing associations which comprise in their combined membership virtually .all the shipping in this country—both dry cargo and tanker. While this new association will serve as a super-lobby —St. Louia Po8t-Di.<tgatch in Washington and will attempt to blackmail out of the government even greater war profits than are now being enjoyed by the shipowner, we must not forget that this set­ up will greatly aid these labor haters in their plans for a post war merchant marine free of a union label. With re­ gional trade associations supplanted by a national one, the WASHINGTON—In a move to shipowners are forming a united front against tSlpir enemies assure adequate crews for Great Criticising conditions in the Greek Mariners Club, 208 (the working man on their ships), and will submerge their Lakes vessels carrying ore and West 59th Street, New York City, and describing its board rivalries in the common struggle against labor. grain, the War Manpower Com­ We can expect that in the not too distant future it of directors as unrepresentative and devoid of labor repre­ mission, acting in co-operation will be impossible to bargain separately with different lines, sentation, the New York oflSce of the Federation of Creek with the War Shipping Adminis­ or even with different coasts, The shipowners will demand Maritime Unions, composed of merchant marine officers' tration, has halted hiring of Great seamen's organizations, pro-* Lakes seamen on ocean - going nation-wide negotiations—thus making possible a nation­ and posed reorganization of the board ness interests. "While our objec­ ships. wide lock-out. "so that it will becoipe a proper tion is not directed, against any WSA said today that under the And how can Joe seaman counter this? By labor unity, cross section of all those inter­ particular member or group," the regulation ocean - going vessels stated, "we feel that it is by organizing nationally himself. If Pacific, Atlantic and ested in the welfare of the Greek letter a most unrepresentative body, .could not take on crewmen who Gulf shipowners intend to speak as one, then Pacific, At­ seafarers." and as such, the Greek merchant were last employed on the Great The Federation also charged lantic and Gulf seamen must also speak as one. The first sicamen vill naturally have little Lakes without a certificate from the .agency's Recruitment and that the Greek ship operators Mep toward such unity is the elimination of the shipowners' were mainly concerned with confidents in it." Manning Organization. 5th column in maritime labor—the leadership of the Na­ profits and that the Greek Asso­ Christopher's. Stephano, chair­ One reason for seamen leaving man of the Greek Maritime Wel­ tional Maritime Union. So long as Curran and Company ciation of Shipowners had recent­ fare Committee and a director of the Great Lakes, it was said, was are on the waterfront and peddle the poison of class unity, ly indicated a preference to re­ the club, supported the plea of that they feared they would not jjyst so long do we have enemy agents within our ranks, turn lend-leased Liberty ships to the Federntion for labor partici­ be given draft-deferment on the the American authorities. There pation in 'he management of the same basis as ocean-going sea­ agents who can sabotage the struggle against the shipowner are men. The WSA said, however; at present two such Liberty and his rapidly shaping vendetta against our rights and ships "Amerike" and '"Hellas" club. Petros. hridako^, executive of­ that they would receive the same conditions. operating under the Greek flag. ficer of the Federation, also de- treatment. The formation of the National Federation of Ameri­ • These statements were contain­ plpred the obstacles placed by During the off-season on the can Shipping is more than a straw in the wind. It is a storm ed in a letter of the Federation to Greek u»ithorities and shipping Great Lakes, the WSA said, the States Employment Ser­ signal of rough weather ahead. It is a storm that can be Marshall Dimock, head of the interests in the United States in United vice will seek to find jobs for Shipping Administration's the Way of a greater and more weathered if we close ranks and prepare realistically for a War seamen in the area. Recruitment and Manning Or­ use of Greek maritime life and death struggle. It is a struggle that can be lost if ganization, which was a principal effective man power in this country. He vessels they would be we allow ourselves to be lulled into a false security by those factor in establishing the Greek added that the federation's re­ merchant seized and placed in the Greek Stalinist sirens who sing that the interests of shipowner and Mariners Club. The communica­ cruitment drive was severely Army or Navy. Many prefer, nntion pointed out that the club's handicapped and explained that der these circumstances, to re« worker are one and the same. bogrd of directors (M)nsisted of former Greek merchant segmen, main ashore, and consequently, The wages we receive and the hours wc work are in representatives of the Greek Em­ now residents of the United the manrpower shortage in the direct ratio to the size and militantcy of our picket lines, bassy, Greek shipping interesits, Stetes, feared that in the event Greek merchant marine is C(m» '^e must never forget that. business men and various busi­ of their taking jobs aboard Greek stantly growing. Dimock Accused As AntiLabor By Greek Seamen Bar Lakes Seamen From Ocean Ships -4 • i aisSriidfL''. • �Friday, March 3, 1944 THE PHS Report Reveals Ships Are Rat Traps SEAFARERS LOG Shipowners Buck Uniform Wages For Officers Page Three O.P.A. HEAD ADMITS WORKERS ARE ROOKED The arrival of large numbers of ships in convoys and Two of organized labor's chief complaints about the the inability of the quarantine stations to clear the vessels WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—Re­ promptly as well as the failure of cargo ships to comply commendations of the War Ship­ hidden rise in the cost of living—the disappearance of cheap with regulations requirmg American consular bills of health ping Administration looking to­ goods and the widespread deterioration of quality—^were at port of departure and ports of call are major difficulties ward the establishment of a uni­ confirmed this week by Chester Bowles, O.P.A. administra­ countered by the Public Health' The extensive shipbuilding in form contract for licensed deck tor. and engine officers on all vessels He talked frankly to a subcommittee of the Senate Tvice in connection with mer­ the country brought about an un­ operated by its general agents Education and Labor Committee, headed by Senator Claude chant shipping, Surgeon General precedented demand for the ser­ have run into sharp opposition in Pepper (Deni., Fla.), which is studying the plight of fam­ Thomas Parran stated in his an­ vice of personnel to supervise the the shipping industry. ratproof and sanitary construction The entire question, which is ilies of fixed incomes. nual report made available yes­ of new ships. Since funds were now before the National War Bowles said the public has no idea of what he has beert terday. not available for inspectors, those Labor Board, springs from an ef­ "Most of the problems con­ already in the service had to be fort on the part of WSA to es­ up against in trying to curb profiteering, and deplored the fronting the national Quarantine trained in the technique of ship tablish uniform schedule of wages fact that consumers are not organized to combat pressure Service during the last fiscal year ratproofing. During July, 1941, and working conditions for li­ groups which are constantly seeking to break price ceilings. continued and some increased in only 49 ratproofing inspections censed deck and engine officers He admitted labors charge that the housewife's prob­ intensity as the year progressed," were made, whereas in July, 1942, on both East and West coasts. lem is not accurately reflected in the official cost-of-living the report which covered the 124 such inspections were made. Steamship interests appearing at index. years 1942 and 1943 continued. a hearing here today sharply Many manufacturers of clothing have shifted produc­ Many imexpected conditions Even Blind Can See The questioned the board's authority tion to higher-priced goods, on which they can make bigger to adopt the suggested recom­ have arisen with the war emer- Value of Unions! mendation on the ground that the profits, Bowles said. As a result, lower-priced goods are - geucy. Allied commercial ships which had visited foreign ports ALAMEDA, Calif., Feb. 26— seamen involved are actually em­ disappearing from the market. since undergoing inspection in The value of the trade union ployes of the War Shipping Ad­ Bowles critized this greed, particularly in view of United States ports for military movement is written so plainly ministration and they are not the fact that manufacturers are making ^'four or five reasons and compelled to stay for on the pages of history that "even subject to jurisdiction by the War over twenty-four hours. Because the blind" can read it! Here's Labor Board. times" as much as they were before the xvar. of this health officers were re­ proof: THREE POINTS AT ISSUE Responsibility for the gouging of consumers was blaniquired to inspect the vessels and The Alamenda Club of Adult Points at issue in the current ed on the banning of grade labeling by Congress and the available personnel in these ser­ Blind this week unanimously controversy are (1) the board's vices was highly taxed. adopted a resolution recommend­ jurisdiction, (2) the extent of the War Production Board's failure to compel manufacturers to continue making low-priced goods. RATPROOFING NECESSARY ing that all blind persons em­ proposed uniformity and (3) ployed in industry join and ac­ wages and working conditions to Bowles said he had been negotiating for a long time Many vessels arriving in Uni­ tively participate in labor unions. be incorporated in the , uniform with the W.P.B. on the situation, but that there was "a lot agreement. ted States ports, the report stated, HOME FOR INDONESIAN Both the general agents of the of opposition" from people who felt they shouldn't be re­ % "were found to be heavily infest­ Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mex­ quired to manufacture any thing that does not yield hand­ SEAMEN ed with rats in spite of the fact ico as well as the Pacific Ameri­ some profits. that they produced so-called valid foreign certificates of deratization SAN FRANCISCO — A home can Steamship Owners Associa­ "Yow can't find $1.98 dresses any more" Bowies or deratization exemption." This for Indonesian seamen has been tion contend that the War Ship­ told the committee, "but yon can get $3.98 dresses was labeled a result of lower fu­ opened, for recreational and ping Panel of the War Labor which are of no better quality than the $1.98 dresses migation standards at foreign 6vernight use by Netherlands Board and the board itself are they replaced. ports with a resultant rapid de-. sgilors from the Dutch Islands, without jurisdiction because the , terioration of the sanitary condi- the Netherlands News Agency United States Government, and "There has been considerable quality deterioration, not general agents, is the em­ / tions of ships. announces. ployer of all licensed personnel. which has become a national scandal. It alarms us. But wq It is also contended that there are helpless." Seafarers Raps Land For Support Of NMU {Continued from Page 1) SlU resolution, signed by Presi­ dent Lundeberg: "Whereas, thi« statement by Emory S. Land, as head of the United States Maritime Commis­ sion, was widely publicized in va­ rious papers throughout the coun­ try, more particularly the ship­ owners' publications; and "Whereas, the majority of the American Merchant Seamen are not represented by the National Maritime Union (C.I.O.), but by the American Federation of La­ bor seamen's unions, a fact which is established by actual statistic­ al figures; and, 'Whereas, the Constitution of the United Staths and various laws protecting American citizens from predatory interests give to all American citizens the right to belong to a collective bargaining agency of their own choosing; and, . "Whereas, such statements by the head of a United States Gov­ ernment b u r e g u, particularly when -.'/idely publicized and fa­ vorably commented ou by the sliipowners' press, can mean but one thing to the majority of tiie U. S. merchant seamen, and that is that, these connivers aye get­ ting ready to attempt tq use one union of seamen ageipst another? union of seamen in order to break down the stren^h of the mer­ chant seamen as a whole to. re­ sist any attempt to break up their union; and, are existing labor agreements now in effect between general agents and the unions, and since no dispute has thus far arisen in connection with the agreements Soldiers Getting Distorted View "Whereas, Emory S. Land the question does not come with­ A warning of the danger to the country of the campaign under states he 'wants to give up the in the meaning of the War Labor way for some time to infuriate and inflame the men in our armed ships to private ownership,' to be Disputes Act. services against the workers at home is sounded by the "Cooperative run for private profit after the Builder," spokesman for consumers' cooperative groups. war, he fails to state they should Germans Claim 26 Cargo Back of the propaganda is seen a deliberate effort to discredit be 'returned to private owner­ the workers' organizations, in which many newspaper editorial writ­ Ships Sunk In February ship' of one big company (regard­ ers and columnists and radio commentators are lending a helping less of geography), yet he empha­ March 1—The Geyman com­ hand. sizes his opinion that he, as head It would be surprising, indeed, in the face of this misrepresenta­ of the U. S. Maritime Commis­ munique asserted today that Ution, were our fighting men not confused and alarmed, the "Cooper­ boats and Nazi planes sank 26 sion, feels he should have a hand cargo ships totaling 144,183 tons, ative Builder" says. in determining what kind of a a cruiser and 15 destroyers or es­ "No one has bothered to point out to them." it adds, "thai th* union the merchant seamen cort vessels in February. big majority of men in the ranks, and even a good many of the war­ should have, if any; and, The communique, broadcast by time officers, are of the laboring class themselves, and that those "Whereas, it is generally con­ ceded that Emory S. Land is an Berlin, said 11 "sailing ships" also much-maligned labor organizations will help them, too, when it's all expert in shipbuilding, and the were sunk and that 34 other ships over and they return to the mines and the mills. "The boys haven't had a chance to reason out that if the forces men who build American ships of more than 200,000 tons were of reaction succeed in smashing the unions during the war, they, too, have done a good job, but Admir­ damaged heavily by bomb or tor­ will be helpless pawns of Big Business that is leaving no stone un­ al Land never packed a union pedo. Eight motor torpedo boats turned to emerge from the war more powerful and better organized card, and is not presumed to and gn escort vessel also were re­ than ever." know the functions of a real trade ported sunk. A second cruiser The "Cooperative Builder" contrasts the vindictive and malicious union except from a biased view­ was reported damaged. attitude of the press and radio toward labor with the tender treat­ point of an 'operator'; now, there­ them upon us, and that we be­ ment they gave "unconscionable profiteering, shameless war produc­ fore, be it "Resolved, That the Seafarers lieve in the American concept of tion fraud, and scheming for post-war control of the world by Big International Union American trade unions as firmly as he be­ Business." "Outside of a few courageous journals and the labor papers Federation of Labor) goes on rec­ lieves in the private operation of ships; and, be it finally themselves," it declares, "this Big Business finagling gets no pub­ ord condemning Emory S. (Ad­ "Resolved, That in view of the licity. The overwhelming majority of the nation's papers, to say miral) Land for sticking his nose fact that he is a public official, nothing of the radio, simply ooze with capital's praise of its own into the American seamen's union paid by the taxpayers, we repom- patriotism. piovement, and that he be warn­ mend that he stop taking sides in "DuPonts, Standard Oil and the rest of the profiteering trusts— ed against playing politics with the seamen's union business, yeah, even companies of the stripe of Anaconda Copper and Wright the seamen's unions; and, be it knowing well that he would re­ Aircraft—that have been indicted for conspiring to produce faulty further pent the American seamen telling equipment for our armed forces—they all keep telling the home "Resolved, That we notify Em­ him how to build ships. front and the boys 'over there' how unstintingly, unselfishly, patriot­ ory S. Land, head of the. United "HARRY LUNDEBERG, ically they sacrifice for Uncle Sam's cause." Stjites hfaritiiino Commission, that '^President." What do the conspirators hope to gain by their campaign to fool we are firmly opposso4 to govern­ the fighting men? They are trying to divert attentic^ from their misment-controlled uiyions, and will Keep With condqct during the war and to pave the way for an even greatei? resist to the bittey end attempts foray against the public welfare after the shooting stops. Your Draft Board of any political group to saddle J-honL JhsL (PMAJL — �THE SEAFAH::^AS Page Four SIU BLOCKS RMO LAKES EXPANSION H'- {Continued front Page 1) ment applications for off-shore seamen was working out very satisfactory, and should the plan be extended to the Great Lakes there is no question in the mind of the Selective Service that it would be a success there also. Marshall E. Dimock, speaking for the Recruitment and Manning Organization told the conferees that the Great Lakes was not their responsibility, and that they were "coy" about assuming jur­ isdiction on functions over which they had no authority. They would not want to be accused of trying to grab additional juris­ diction. However, if the industry wanted, they would be very glad to assist them with their selective service problems, which of course, as he put it, must be tied in with the recruitment and employment stabilization plan. After these governmental agen­ cies expressed their position re­ garding their views, the repre­ sentative of the Lake Carriers Association read a prepared state­ ment in which they requested the RMO to handle the selective ser­ vice deferment requests, but half­ heartedly objected to the recruit­ ment and manning features of the program. Turning to employee represen­ tatives, the chairman called upon Jack Lawrenson, Vice-President of the NMU who has had a wide experience in selling out Ameri­ can merchant seamen, to express the stand of the National Mari­ time Union. Brother Jack, heart­ ily endorsed the program, stating' that it was important that the program be adopted in every de­ tail. He expressed great fears that unless every feature of it was adopted. Great Lakes ship­ ping would be broken down and the war effort. would be greatly endangered. He cited figures (which SIU Lake Secretary, Polaner, later showed were misleading) in an attempt to convince the group that a' dangerously large number of vessels were sailing shorthanded. As usual, he harped on the fine war record extablished by the NMU and how well they under­ stood the necessity of winning the war, and bragged about their program, but said nothing as to what was the best interests of the seamen involved. According to him, it was abso­ lutely necessary that a neutral government agency must be as­ signed the job of handling Great Lakes manpower problems, and since the RMO was the only one equipped to handle it, we had no alternative but to request them to do it. Next called upon was Brother Mardy Polaner, Secretary-Treas­ urer, SIU, Great Lakes District, Who denounced the plan as un­ workable, and as just another move on the part of the RMO to grab additional jurisdiction and to stick their nose into affairs in which they did not belong. In analyzing the proposed iVaft, he explained that the SIU had had no difficulty obtaining deferments for their members until recently. Mr. Polaner said that ships under contract with the SIU had received better dis­ patch and had been dispatched with fuller crews than those be­ ing"'manned by any other set-up on the lakes. All that was necessary, he ex­ plained, was that the Selective Service setup as affecting lake seamen Tae clarified, that rated seamen not be drained from the lakes. If this were done, he said, the industry would have no dif­ ficulty in manning its vessels and keeping them manned. The draft of the proposed pro­ gram states that the RMO would obtain rated seamen. "What have they been doing for the past two years with their offices around the Great Lakes?" he asked. "Yes, they have been recruiting in that area all this time with their re­ cruiting agents, and through mis­ leading radio and newspaper ad­ vertising and articles." With a possible small percentage, every man who is available has already been recruited by the RMO for off-shore shipping. "There is nothing in the docu­ ment that explains just where the men are coming from or from where the RMO expects to obtain them. As for the RMO being a neutral agency, there 'are many of us," he said, "who do not feel that it is such. As a matter of fact, we can definitely state that it is very much a biased agency." "Many," he said "could not dis­ tinguish the difference between the RMO and the NMU." While the SIU is prepared to go along on a central agency making the deferment request, they would battle any plan that would in any way interfere with their present manning procedure, Polaner told the conference. Jack Lawrenson then again, with tears in his voice, pleaded in the name of the war effort that the progx-am be adopted. In closing the argument, Mar­ shall Dimock said that if the RMO was to handle the selective service setup, they would also have to handle the recruitment and manpower stabilization set­ up, and if they did not want that, they would have to gr elsewhere. Mr. Beyer then remarked, "Well, I guess there is nothing else we can do here. We may as well adjourn." Friday. March 3, 1944 AFL Brands Govt's Cost Of Living Index False WASHINGTON D. C. — AFLIdustry members of the PresiSecretary-Treasurer George Mea- dent's Committee on the Cbst of ny called upon President Roose­ Living are stalling and have not velt to permit revision of the attempted to make a real inves­ "Little Steel" formula to allow tigation of mounting prices. for increases in the cost of living With their letter, Meany and and urged the President to insist Thomas, the two labor members that Congress authorize subsid­ of the committee, submitted a ies to hold the line on prices of copy of their report showing that basic food commodities. the cost of living had increased In a nationally broadcast "La­ at least 43.5 per cent since Pearl bor For "Victory" interview, Mr. Harbor. They charged that the Bureau Meany said: of Labor Statistics, which reports "Labor is confident that the only a 24 per cent rise, "distorts American people will support this the basic facts of our war-time fair and just program which is living costs." Failure of the BLS vitally necessary to restore mor­ to make clear that its index does ale and to assure topmost effici­ not adequately reflect the realis­ ency in war production." tic and actual rise in the cost of At the same time, Mr. Meany living "subjects the Bui-eau to joined with R. J. Thomas of the very serious charges," the letter CIO in a letter to the President said. charging that the public and in- In his radio talk, Mr. Meany declared that the remorseless squeeze of increased living costs while wages are frozen under the "Little Steel" foi*mula has been "cruel and disastrous" to the morale of workers. He insisted that everyone else IS not making equal sacrifices, adding: Five delegates to represent the "Profits, even after taxes, are Atlantic & Gulf District at the now higher than ever before. coming Seafarers International Many corporations made net convention in New Orleans were profits in the year 1942 alone chosen by ballot up and down the coast last week. The delegates will be brothers L. J: (Baldy) Bollinger, Harry J. Cqllins, Jo­ seph Flanagan, John Mogan and C. M. Rogers. Headed by SecrePHILADELPHIA tai-y-Treasurer John Hawk, this delegation will aid in planning the work of the international for Well, here we go again, doing business at the same old place as the coming two years. usual. We had one of the Phila­ Similtaneous with the holding delphia nawy in the other day, of the international convention, namely the Thomas W. Gregory. there will be an Atlantic & Gulf The articles had the customary Agent's Conference. This con­ No. 64 and No. 72 attached so as ference was called by Brother it seemed the boys had the prop­ Hawk and has been approved by er protection. However, the ship the membership. When the work left the States and proceeded to of the convention allows, all San Juan, Porto Rico and upon Agents in this district will meet her arrival there, two messman to better organize the work of the paid off and went to the hospital union, to coordinate it more ef­ and the skipper shipped two Por­ fectively with the International, to Rican boys as messman. When and to lay plans for an organizing the pay off came the company, drive along the Atlantic and Gulf through Mr. Hill, stated that he coasts. could not pay the transportation The convention and the Agent's of these two men as they had conference will convene on March signed the articles outside of the 28, at Hotel Jung in New Orleans. United States and according to the WSA they were not entitled to transportation. One contacted the United States Shipping Commissioner, ROBINSON. A. FRANCIS. BER­ and he stated that according to TIE POW. C. COLEMAN. F. his interpretation the men in MINER. R. McNEIL. Payable at question were entitled to trans­ Bull Line, see Mr. Cusmore. portation to the Gulf as that was » » * the same transportation that was Crew of SS James Gunn that paid to the rest of the crew, and paid off in Baltimore. September as these two men had signed the 16. 1943. can collect $125.00 from same articles as the rest of the Robin Line for attack on Paler­ crew, he was under the impres­ mo. sion that they were entitled to >y Siany benefits of the articles. He Crew of J. Willard Gibbs have further stated that he would like $125.00 bonus coming for attack a little time to think the matter over before he gave me his of­ on London. ficial ruling on the matter. • • • Stewards Department of S,S. In the meantime, Mr. Hill of Robert Ingersole have disputed the Range Lines called me and stated that he was informed by overtime coming. Collect from the WSA that a Lt. Commander, Waterman Line office, 19 Rector H. M. Evans, attached to the WSA Street, New York City. law offices in Washington hand­ Convention's Delegates Elected MONEY DUE Stewards Dept. of SS Robert Ingersol who paid off in January at Baltimore have overtime checks waiting for them at the Waterman SS Company office, 19 Rector St.. New York. N. Y. • » • Oeck Dept. of SS Bering who paid off at Baltimore on Febru­ ary. 1944 have disputed overtime coming. Vouchers have been for­ warded to San Francisco office of the company. » » » E. PARR. J. REYES. C. REYES and E. KELLY have overtime coming. Bull Line SS W. Tilgman.. 115 Broad Street. New York. N.Y. • • • SS Monroe crew members have overtime coming: H. LfiE. R. LOG which were three to six time9 greater than their entire original investment. Most farmers, store­ keepers and industries are enjoy­ ing unprecedented prosperity.Ap­ plication of the nation's economic stabilization program has not halted profiteering. But it has caught the nation's workers in an ever tightening vise." • • Most people overlook the fact that labor has exercised remark­ able patience, Mr. Meany remark­ ed. Each time labor appealed for relief, he said, it was given new promises, each one just as empty of fulfillment as its predecessor. He concluded: "Is there anyone in America who believes the cost of living has been effectively controlled by the Government in the last two years? Is there anyone so simpleminded as to believe that price control as it now limps along can be relied upon by the American people to protect them? "There are two things that must be done. First, the Presi­ dent and the War Labor Board should revise the Little Steel for­ mula to allow for the increase in living costs since May 1942. Sec­ ond, the President should insist that Congress authorize subsidies to hold the line on prices for ba­ sic food commodities, at least." Around The Ports ed down a decision on August 19th, 1943, stating that anyone signing on at a port outside of the United States was not entitled to any transportation. Mr. Hull further stated that Mr. Howie, who was attached to Captain Pendelton's office in the WSA in New York, stated that the men in question were not entitled to any­ thing. At this stage of the little game I contacted Brother Hawk in Now York and he immediately got down to business on the case, with the WSA in New York. In the meantime the head commis­ sioner here called me and stated that he had contacted Washing­ ton on this matter and that his decision is that these two men in question are entitled to the same transportation as the rest of the crew. I think that a suggestion is in order that in the future when a ship takes on replacements in Porto Rico that some kind of pro­ vision should be made so as to protect them when the ship ar­ rives back to the States. 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HEAD ADMITS WORKERS ARE ROOKED FROM THE LABOR PRESS AFL BRANDS GOVT'S COST OF LIVING INDEX FALSE CONVENTION'S DELEGATES ELECTED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/03/1944 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/1ef4025f80ea7893574231f7ee3e8432.PDF 286cf62e540494e8634baf37400dbc43 PDF Text Text rm '''•;m&i*^.r- -•< A T ^j^^BERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. MARCH 17. iS4'4 VOl. VI. Ho, B Curran's Real Role Exposed Boon To Aliens; Seamen Second To Armed Forces— Owners Agree To Pay Reveals Own Ignorance Of Sea Hospital Expences WASHINGTON—Before the Senate Truman Committee hearing on the crack-ups of Liberty ships, held here March 8, Joe Ciirran of the NMU declared "open-season" on Attorney Richard M. Cantor of New York, has made all "safety-at-sea" regulations for seamen and threw overboard the principle of "safe a claim for wages by an alien seaman, a member of the working conditions" for seagoing personnel, pioneered for by the AFL Unions and won SIU, stick against a shipping company without court'ac^ only after long and bitter struggles. Curran attempted to turn the hearing into a pol­ tion. The concern tried to make the seaman pay for his itical rally for President Roose-* "But, there is political signi- absolutely necessary, they should velt by implying that the CIO's own hospitalization. The recovery of wages for the seaman curse would be placed on those ficance behind the stories in cer- not." tain newspapers," he said. "The _(In other words Curran be­ was unique. bound for Trinidad. Upon his re­ who dared criticize the Adminis­ percentage of crack-ups is so Attorney Cantor's letter to the SIU on th^s, decisive case follows in full: RICHARD M. CANTOR Councelor-At-Law Proctor In Admiralty Suite 1109-1111 51 Chambers Street New York City March 9, 1944 Seafarers' International Union 2 Stone Street New Yoi-k City Att: Mr. John Hawk Genllemen: .„ I am indeed pleased to advise you that in a matter referred to me by the Union involving a claim by an alien seaman against a Shipping Company, I was able to effect recovery of wages. The circumstances were unique. Thfs alien seaman had shipped from New York on a vessel 7/ lieves that such ships are good enough for seamen who've fought for safe working conditions to sail on while they are not good enough for Army and Navy transport work.) Doesn't Like Newspapers Curran then complained that newspapers hadn't given all 'the facts of Liberty ship crack-ups, and Singled out the Hearst papers in particular as well as other newspapers of not telling where the ships got into difficulties. He completely disregarded the fact that such news is censored. "You don't mean that the in­ vestigation by this committee was caused by the newspapers?" demanded Senator Ferguson, (R.), of Michigan. Senator Brewster interjected that many of the stories had been the seamen would demand aboard "I must qualify myself there;" carried in the Seattle Post-Inlelthem in peacetime. Curran answered. "Unless it's ligencer, (which was published, until recently, by John Boettiger, son-in-law to Mr. Roosevelt). "They might be and might not be," Curran said. Polilical Accusaiions Senator Truman then request­ ed Curragi to complete his formal statement: And Senator Brew­ ster warned that Curran would tration's policies. He was halted small; this might be an attempt in short order by the members of to embarass the Administration." the committee. He was told that many of the The Truman Committee's in­ stories had appeared in Adminis­ vestigation of the national de­ tration newspapers, by Senator fense program was taking up the Brewster (R.), of Maine. Also: reasons as to why Liberty ships "One of the strongest critics has have cracked up. A number of been Senator Wallgren (D.), of veteran shipbuilders had just told Washington. I don't think he's of their grave concern over the fighting the Administration." number of ships that are being lost or disabled by cracks and Curran Sabotages Seamen structural deficiencies due to Curran replied that he did not welding difficulties. think so. "My only interest," Wallgren Wallgren Strongest Critic responded, "is to see that the Nevertheless, Cuivan sabotaged Government doesn't use these the seamen's fight for-safety prin­ ships as troop transports or hos­ ciples and gave a glowing ac­ pital ships. Do you feel they count of how "safe" and "effici­ should be used for such purposes, ent" the ships were, despite the Mr. Curran?" absence of conveniences which turn to New York, it was discov­ ered upon examination that the alien seaman was suffering from a veneral disease. The authorities confined him to the Marine Hos­ pital on Ellis Island. Upon his discharge, he applied to the Ship­ ping Company for the wages which he had earned during the trip. He was informed that his wages would not be paid to him since the Shipping Company had to pay the hospital bill incurred and consequently was setting off the aiTinuiit of the hospital bill against the wages due. The sea­ man waz informed by the Com­ pany that the treatment accorded him was a fixed policy in all such cases. In view of the fact that the problem presented was not an or­ dinary one, I concluded that the {Conthnu'd on Page 2) PRISONERS OF WAR IN NAZI CAMP (Continued an Page 4) Furuseth's Ninetieth Birthday Celebration •Ml. •i- .f: shipmates has communicated with the SIU from time to time. He is Prisoner of War No. 2998 at the camp. Other prisoners in the group were not identified by sender of picture. Group of war priaonars being held in Nazi .concentration CAMP MARLAG MILAG NORD. Germany. ' Brother John Monteverde. SIU Book No. 516. is secdnd from the right, standing in the back row. "Big John" as he is known by his vt V'.-- • ) 11'• y.-f i"i -YL' "'' r r 7 i - "f .• 7 NEW YORK, N. Y. — The ninetieth birthday anniversary of the late Andrew Furuseth, father of the LaFollette Sea­ men's Act, passed by Congress in 1915 and signed by Presi­ dent Woodrow. Wilson, was celebrated on March 12 by the Friends of Andrew Furuseth Legislative Assoc iation, ac­ cording to an announcement by Silas Blake Axtell, counsel and one of the founders of the association. Mr. Furuseth, f r e q u e ntly called the Abraham Lincoln of the sea, died in Washington, D. C., January 28, 1938. His 'oody laid in state in the ro­ tunda of the Department - of Labor Building, an honor acmrded to no other labor lead­ er in America. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, March 17, 1944 LOG OI\ ^ASHII\GTOrV SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District • BV MATT4<EW PuSUAME-e " day of October 10, 1943. (Advise Report on all bonuses decisions for Algiers; on July 16, 1943. made by the board for the months J, Flanagan. SIU. Baltimore—SS recheck on the. dates submit­ of January and February 1944. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VresiderU Bering—Board has ruled that this ted by crew.) SS JoM PalmerJ, Volpian. SIU, N. Y. — SS vessel was not In any port in Board has ruled that a bonus of 110 Market Street, Saa Francisco, CalH. George H. Dern—Board has ruled North Russia prior to March 1, $125.00 is payable for Finchafen, that no bonus is payable for 1943. No area bonus is payable. on evening of January 7 and JOHN HAWK ------- Secy-Tre^, Naples, on November 11, 1943. 8, 1944. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty J. Sheehan. SIU. N.Y.—SS 3. Ed. Coester. SUP, Seattle—SS A. Maniscaico, SUP, San Fran­ cisco—SS George S. Boulwell— Willard Gibbs—Board has ruleti Samuel Ingham. September 18, MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. Board has ruled that a bonus of that a bonus of $125.00 is payable 1943 and SS North Haven. De­ • ,? 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C $125.00 is payable for Belli Belli for London, on January 5, 14, 15, cember 16. 1943—Both at Attu— ^ ^ W 1944. Harbor, on October 8, 1943. From information that the Navy Directory of Branches J. Sheehan. SIU, N. Y. — SS J. H. Volpian. SIU. N.Y.—SS has supplied to the board there Benjamin Williams — Boatd has Winfield Scott—Board has ruled was no attack on these dates. PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH ruled that a bonus of $125.00 is that no bonus is payable for They are checking for further in­ formation. (No bonus are payable payable for London, on Decem­ Scoglitti, on July 15, 1943, NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwllng Oreen 9-. BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 405 7 J. Sheehan. SIU. N.Y. — SS for alerts—there must be an ac­ ber 18, 19, 1943; and December BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Ony. St .Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 10, 11. William Pepper—Board has ruled tual attack.) NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 L. Coffin. SIU, N.Y.—SS James that no bonus is payable for The boariT has finally ruled NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St Canal 3335 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 Southampton, during the period that the crew members of the Gunn—Board has ruled that a TAMPA 423 East Platt St Tampa MM-I323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 bonus of $125.00 is payable for of January 10 to 16, nor on Maiden Creek are entitled to the PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra Palermo, on August 9, 10, 1943. January 21, 1944. monthly bonus from the time that GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 R. W, Sweeney, S.I.U.. N. Y.— A. Burke. SUP. San Francisco their scow was sunk until they SS Edwin W. Moore—Board has —SS Julian Dubuque—Board has returned to the U.S. This is one ruled that a bonus of $125.00 is ruled that no bonus is payable of the scows that cracked up and PUBLICATION OFFICE: payable for Naples, on November for Oro Bay, New Guinea, on the sunk, over a year ago. ROOM 213, 2 STONE ISTREET 17, 1943. New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 R. W. Sweeney. S.I.U., N.Y.— ~ '257 SS Richmond M. Pearson—^Board has ruled that no bonus is pay­ able for Naples, on November 13, 1943. L. J. Bollinger. SIU. N.Y.—SS Mayo Bros.—Board has ruled that a bonus of $125 is payable for Naples, on November 26, 1943. J. H. Volpian. SIU. N.Y.—SS Eleazer Wheelock — Board has a vessel is not unconstitutionally {Continued front Page 1) ruled that a bonus of $125.00 is deprived of property without due payable for Palermo, on August entire matter warranted a thor­ process of law by being required ough check. It was ascertained 9, 10, 23, 1943. to bear the expenses of treatment Editor, R. W. Sweeney. SIU. N.Y.—SS through research that under Sec­ to an alien seaman brought into Thomas Scott — Board has ruled tion 170, of Title 8, U.S.C.A. the this qountry while suffering from Seafarers^ Log: Shipping Company is liable for The latest maritime developments are noteworthy— that a bonus of $125.00 is payable all expenses connected with the certain disease.® specified in the not because of the heroism of the men who are out there treatment of any alien seamen Section. In the light of the fact that the sailing and delivering the goods, but because of the latest who, on arrival in any port of the Company's action in agreeiiig to United States, is found to be af­ shenanigans on the part of the Stalinist political clique pay the hospital bill in the case flicted with such diseases as im­ which controls the National Maritime Union body and soul. under discussion, represents a becility, epilepsy, tuberculosis or While men are out there dying for a concept of radical departure from its policy; any other dangerous, contagious and since in all probability other Democracy the NMU officials are busy "Labor Fronting" disease, regardless of the fact shipping companies have been that such condition may have and are engaged in developing National Socialism in the following a similar policy, I March 3, 1944 existed at the time of the alien United States. thought you might want to bring seaman signing on a vessel. Fur­ Editor of SIU LOG First is the Labor Draft proposal of Roosevelt. While Friends and Brothers: thermore, Section 170 specifically this matter to the attention of your members. Phillip Murray titulap "head" of the CIO was in the White provides that the amount paid by Very tr^ly yours, Should you by chance drop the the ship owner for such hospital House with William Green, President of the A. F. of L. R. M. CANTOR hook at Paramaribo, Surinam, expenses is liot lb. bft deducted protesting the drastic measure—Curran and Bridges along Diitch-Guiana, enroufe to African from the ^baman's Wages. Cases with Julius Emspak were sending Roosevelt telegrams of Ports or returning from Persian bave beeti decided which inter­ New Tork ILGWU LocMs support. They were and are in favor of a Labor Draft as Gulf ports don't forget to drop in pret Section 170; and such cases t)|efeiat All Communists a totalitarian measure. The President used these telegrams at the SIU Club at 8 Waterrtielon holid that Section 170 is clear in it lahguage arid means exactly tq make a heel out of Murray whom he is quoted as saying Street. NEW YORR CITY—With elec­ John Zeries (Johniiy Bananas) what it says. So Ibrig as the af­ tion returns from three-cjuarters "did not represent the' CIO." and myself got tired of paying a fliction is one whibh might haVe (jf the 26 ILGWU locals in New Murray rushed out and called a National Executive dollar a bottle for beer and a been detected by means of a cotti- York representing more than nleeting of the CIO and the question of a Labor Draft was dollar a drink for rum at the na­ petent medical exahriination, the l60,0b0 members, already in, Da­ thrashed out. Again the CIO Executive Board voted against tive and Chinese bars, so opened Shipping Company, where alien vid DubihSky, president of the one ourselves. seamen are invblved, must bear union, announced that not a the draft. Bridges, Curran and the Commie clique were at It's about everything a seaman the hosbital expenses. single Communist has been elect­ this meeting and were outvoted. Did they go along with could want—a large lounge with Needless to say, the ship oper­ ed to any local office as business the majority? plenty of reading matter, a good ators have not taken the court's agent, executive board member sized bar, 4 bed-rooms, showers, interpretation of Section 176 I'y- or convention delegate. Vr • They did not I toiletSr- kitchen, and plenty of in^ down and have actively liti­ "This is the cleanest mop-up' of Instead these filibusterers in the labor movement went good-looking hostesses; Chinesb, T'a gated the matter on several oc­ Communist influence in this back to their "unions" and concealing the facts from their Javanese, Dutch and what have casions. The shipowners con­ union in the past twenty-yearsj" lAembers supported the Labor Draft in the "spirit of you—some a little dark, but the tended that the interpretation of Mr. Dubinsky declared, "and a Teheran." Any labor group in control of its membership more rum you drink the prettier the Section making them liable decisive victory for progressive ^ Ir in such cases is unfair^ and im­ trade unionism. Our members rewould and should have expelled these peanut politicians they look. 5i There's stud and blackjack and poses upon the shipowner's the fused to become confused by I • V? from the CIO and chased them out of office; to be free of craps at all times. Beer thirty duty of paying hospital bills to Communist schemes to smuggle them. cents American, and rurti and cure seamen of diseases caused in their candidates on bogus is­ "coke" fifty cents American. No by their own vices. The courts sues which have nothing what­ Now comes the next move of the Stalinists in Marine: closing law and nobody but mer­ have held that they may not sub­ ever to do with the economics of the ^tting up of a control "Commissar" system on every chant seamen in good standing. stitute their j li'd g m e n t for American ship and all foreign flag ships controlled by the So give us a look-in if you are that of Conjgress and are bound our industry. Our members have likewise declined to listen to the NMU. Armed with special credentials these agents will unlucky enough to be here. to follow the clear, simple lan­ siren voice of 'partnership' with guage of the Statute. "The courts Communists and to their sweet hoard the ships as members of the crew with full power to Regards to the gang. GENE BRADEN, No. 7406 have also held that the owner of invitatio^ of 'unity'." {Continued on Page 4) Affiliated with the American Pederation ol Labor LJ Boon To Aliens; Owners Agree To Pay Hospital Expences NMUer Charges CP's Want Labor Front To Help 4. Di Tired Of Gouge Brothers Open Own Gin Mill 8. (,/ 'eii �Locate Your Papers If Your Name Appears ' In Listing Below Dd Not Ship A^Y CiAGX^wE^ANCES Charles Reay, No. 24252 Howatd C. Fordyce, No. 6142 Joseph Allen De Charles No. 5615—No. 20463 6dwin G. Grant, No. 21649 Andrew Gooby. No. 2^774 Arthur Flanagan (T.C. No. 2349) James Lonergan H. F. Muicahey (T.C. No. 5763) O. G. Burris (T.C. No. 590) H. Walsh (T.C. No. 6252) Curley Mehegan John W. Baush William J. Ryder (T.C. No. 7763) J. N. Raymond (T.C. No. 1889) Harry Clusas NMU PACTS STINK; "CHECK OFF" STEAL A COMMIE FLIP-FLOP After a month of sailing on an winches without the payment of NMU tanker-I'm still puzzled try­ overtime. Oilers on an up-anding to dope out their agreement. down job are required to wipe The black gang jules require a hand-rails, gratings and floorPhiladelphia lawyer to make plates around all moving mach­ them understandable to a work­ inery before going off watch. ing stiff. They never break Sure feel sorry for the gang on watches, it's a continuous four on this rust-pot^ for the rotten deal and eight off, round the clock, their getting from the top of­ ficialdom of the NMU. Let sev­ and overtime is practically myth. When an oiler is asked to eral of the crew read an SIU turn to on the main engine, while agreement and now they beat on sea-watch, the fireman gets their chops, wondering what .in two hours' overtime (only) for hell they're paying dues to an State Dept. oiling auxiliaries in the engine outfit that keeps enslaving them Seamen's Passports room even though the oiler works to the ship-owner. Custom House, Room 507 his entire four hours. You may Reading the January 14th is­ permit the twelve to four oiler sue of the' Pilot notice where Louis Philip Berwick, No. 4108 to sleep in, but you must break they're asking the membership James Henry Rogers, No. 89603 out the four to eight oiler to con­ to sign a card permitting the Charles Michael McWilliams No. 72998 The Seafarers' International these policies stop boys and men tinue the sea watch. This means shipqwner to remove money from Edwai-d Patrick Maule, No. 56755 Union has striven from time to with small physical defects— you can turn the 12-4 oiler to at their paycheck to pay union dues. time to make use of much of the which prevent them from serving eight a.m. for day work, yet sea They may condemn John Lewis, manpower now beipg wasted in any of the Armed Services or watches are not considered bro­ but they sure can practice his Social Security Cards through the discriminating polic­ the RMO's Maritime Training ken. Up-to-date I've made twelve teachings with the check-off sys­ Social Security Board ies of the leading bureaucrats of Service—such as defects outlined hours' overtime and that was tem. 45 Broadway the RMO, who seek to preserve in .the letter below, from going only because we were in port on Then we find the patrolmen ? Vincente Villactian, a holiday. an outlet for their excess of or­ to sea. and agents beating their chops to No. 217-14-2082 dinary seamen and wipers. Though the ship lays in port the War Shipping Administra­ The letter follows: Lyman Ncilsen, No. 112-20-9396 over Saturday and Sunday, tion about black-balling those In a letter to the LOG one Editor SIU LOG; Claudies L. Blanchard I am a young man 18 years of awaiting convoy, on this ship it former members who were ex­ such individual reveals, in an No. 091-14-1775 (3) earnest plea, the plight of count­ age. I have been trying to go to isn't considered as over-time. The pelled from the Union. They for­ Helmer Oscar Peterson, less men who are blocked from sea since I was 17. I tried to join wipers do everything but over­ get to mention these members ! No. 218-07-3415 taking an adequate part in the the Navy twice, the Coast Guard haul the fire and engine room, fought the Communist Party I Walter David Nye, Jr., war effort through the hand­ and the Merchant Marine. But it without the payment of overtime. which now does everything but No. 220-05-9084 made policies of some Govern­ seems my eyes won't pass the Wipers are assigned to cleaning lick the ship-owners' rears to stay the crew's quarters when the 1st in John Ship-owner's good examination. ment officials. U.S. Coast Guard I wrote to Canada to join the assistant can spare them, no over­ graces, Officers of the Union have brought this condition to the at­ Royal Merchant Navy, but they time on Sunday. Firemen may Joe Curran's comment about Passes tention of the Craig Vincent-Di- are not allowed to accept me. clean on ship-side of boiler when injustice to the individual would United States Coast Guard mock cabal as well as to others They did, however, suggest I it is necessary to sweep dirt col­ be laughable were it not for the 43 Broadway in the WSA repeatedly and de­ write to you. Do you think you lected near their station. fact that we find a person of his Paul Thorarinsson clare that the flat policies of the can assist me in getting a life at The freighter agreement smells, character daring to make such George Edison Taylor it's worse than the old ISU agree­ Recruitment and Manning- Or­ sea? a comment. Mr. Curran should • ment and that's saying some­ Yours truly, ganization of the WSA as uttered look back into his past and recall Certificates of thing. Oilers standing a donkey Robert L. Miller, by the Vincent-Dimock clique are the injustice he brought upon men watch between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 1140 W. 3rd St.. not aiding the war effort in the Efficiency p.m. may be required to oil who dared use the privilege of Williamport, Pa. full utilization of manpower. For Bureau of Marine free speech" in the NMU hall. Inspection & Navigation. He should recall the dictatorial 42 Broadway methods used by the Communist Party tt. surpress all workers Laster L. Altergott who dared use their democratic Christian Anderson (4) rights to oppose the isolation Claudies Leslie Blanchard (2) program of the Communist Party Metro Borcziak in 1939-40-41. Read the, NMU Alexander' Douglas Burns Pilot for those past years, then Charles Michael McWilliams (2) judge the National Maritime Henry Raymond Mateo and where possible, take up the shipped everyone I could get my Union officials. NEW YORK James Hinton Jones The New York Branch during "beefs" and settle them with hands on in the Deck and Stew­ JOE BUCKLEY. James Reaves (2) ards Department. There seems the past two weeks has made .speed. Book No. 312 Malcolm Francis Wimmer We request all other Branches to be a shortage of these two de­ several changes with the entry John Henry Vinson of new delegates, along with and members sending in "beefs' partments around this port. Have some of the former Patrolmen to New York Branch for settle­ had quite a few West Coast ships Certificates of ment, to please include all neces­ paying off up the line and they and the new Agent. sary details apd data with same. have all taken full deck crews. Identification Many of fhe inherited "beefs" „$50,00 This is half the winning of any Had two new Libertys out last SS Alexander Stevend have been taken up and are be­ Bureau of Marine week with full crews and also SS Lou Gehrig 35.00 "beef." ing settled as rapidly as possible. Inspection & Navigation had one to pay off here that took Henry Bacon 13.30 The men. involved have been no­ Shipping continues very good. 42 Broadway 10.00 tified through the Patrolmen and Several changes in the struc- a full crew. Haven't had much Wilbur W, Dickey Christian Anderson 9.55 Agent's Report, from this branch. tui'c of the New York Branch of­ trouble getting the black gangs SS Eleazar Wheelock Laster Leo Altergott 9.00 However, there are several fice have been made, which are together but just can't seem to be SS J. P. Jones Metro Borcizak 7.00 DON'TS that the members should designed to aid in the quick set­ able to get ahold of Deck and SS Chas, Wayne Claudies Leslie Blanchard Steward's Departments. Would E. R. Johnson 6.00 be advised of: tlement of "beefs." Other changes like to see some of the old-timers James Hinton Jones SS Dobbs . 6.00 The Patrolmen in the Port of have been made in the offices and Charles Michael McWilliams 6.00 New York are paying off on an things are shaping up very well. in these two departments down SS Babcock Foster Merrill Mitchel this way. Am expecting another H. L. Bennett 6.00 average of about. 25 ships a week, I have noticed in the Port of Henry Raymond Mateo 5.00 in addition to boarding other New York, the same as in other Liberty out this week and am G. Gage James Reaves 5,00 ships, as required by crews. They, ports, that many old-time Sea­ looking for another one out H. O. Parrish 5.00 too, are hampered by the many men are coming into the SIU. around the first of April so far as T. F. Hill Discharges 5.00 War-time restrictions and work They know that this is the only I know now. Will be needing Robert McQueen 4.00 U. S. Commissioner's Office long hours in the interests of the organization that is pushing Sea­ some old-timers to help crew up W. J. Asbury Louis Fromme 3.00 42 Broadway Union's membership. men's conditions and protecting these ships. There's not much bob Bristol 3.00 Some incoming vessels' crews their wages. Clauido Aldevera news from this port but they J. M. Mull'sn.: ... 2.00 believe they should have Patrol­ Prospects look good for the Christian Anderson 2.00 men aboard them immediately, continued success of the Union. surely have kept me busy as hell w. Nichols Ira Bradford James Rooney ...' .. 2.00 down here lately, but manage to ahd some days, prior to the ac­ Claudies L. Blanchard PAUL H ';LL. Agent David Hall tual pay off. Normally this is a get things squared away without S. Melinsky, Jr 1.00 good idea, but owing to the press much trouble. SAVANNAH J. Vertilla .. 1.00 Keep In Touch With of work, this is not always pos­ Steady as she goes, • sible. HdWeVer, all officials are Shipping in tlie port of Savan­ TOTAL CHARLES WAID. Agent $196.85 putting their, best foot forward, nah continues to be good. Have Your Draft Board Because the law requires that I seamen's papers, identification and efficiency certificates, as well as Coast Guard passes and Passpdrts be turned over to their re­ spective authorities v/hen they have become lost, the Union has returned to such offices in New York the particular items as list­ ed below. They will be returned to the individual seamen upon application, thereto. Chas. L. Blanchard Jacob Dogart, Jr. Norman Currier Pruderino Feliciano Edward J. Herlitz Juan Martinez Charles McWilliams Ivar Rosvold Patrick Sullivan John Vinson Letter From Youth Reveals RMO's Manpower Waste WHArS DOING Aromid the Ports Honor Roll / iiiiiiiiftifiM '•^1 �~r"W ,-irf THE Page Four I- NMUer Charges CP's Want Labor Front To Help Stalin • .. {Continued from Page 2) call meetings, regulate meetings and act in the capacity of political Conimissars. Also in the "spirit of Teheran." They tcill override the delegates chosen by the cretvs or replace them altogether as the needs may be. Of course they will act as finger men and try to drive real union men left in the NMU who object to the role of political Commissars off the ships and out of the industry if that can be arranged. The Commissars will turn out the "telegrams from the crows" on every conceivable subject necessary to the Soviet Foreign office at any particular time, in the "spirit of Teheran." , . SEAFAHFflS Liberty Ship Named For Cornelius Ford PROVIDENCE, R. I.—A new Liberty Ship, named after the late Cornelius Ford, former Pub­ lic Printer of the United States, was launched here at the WalshKaiser Shipyard. Mr. Ford, a life-long member _of the International Typographical Union, served as President of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor for eleven years and also as an organizer for the AFL. Elected to the New Jersey Legis­ lature in 1910, he secured the en­ actment of a workmen's compen­ sation act. He was appointed Public Printer in 1913 by Presi­ dent Wilson and served in that capacity during the First World War, One of his sons and four grandsons are now serving in the Navy. Now what took place at Teheran'no one knows. Yet the American seamen that sail NMU ships are being swin­ dled by Commissars to march down the road laid out by Stalin in the "spirit of Teherari." Bards have fold rare tales of Courage Gleaned from annals of the Sea Stories told of ancient Heroes Age of 'Pomp and Heraldry' Tales of Greece, of Rome and Carthage And their fighting men of old Braving death for Nation's Honor While the seas beneath them rolled. 'Problem-Boy Joe "Stalin refused to sign the Atlantic Charter—to accept the Four Freedoms. "Stalin has refused to declare'war on Japan or permit the U. S. to use Siberian air bases to attack Japan. J "Stalin has refused to accept the Peasant Exile Polish Government and has now installed a Moscow communisttrained government for the Poles. Ships of Spain and mighty England Ships of oak and iron men Dared the Gods of storm and battle Met defeat to rise again Nations rose to heights of greatness Through the courage of their tars For the measure of all nations Rests on men who fight their wars. "Those who know geography and European race his­ tory for hundreds of years back aver that Stalin will stop short of German invasion. IL,.' "It is becoming plainer every day, even to the most innocent of the innocents, that Russia intends to play the game safely in Sovietizing and spreading communistic doctrines." It is up to the NMUers to see to it that all power must be kept in the hands of the seamen—all power to the ships' delegates—Commissar or no Commissar credentials from the C.P. through the NMU-C.P. leadership or not—Teher­ an or no Teheran! " Sing, oh sing, our modern Sagas Seamen on the Seven Seas Who are braving Hell's own furies Bringing tyrants to their knees Reeling decks, man-made volcanoes Heroes where true seamen meet Unseen, unknown. Legion of Courage Sailors of the Tanker fleet. f =5: This is the only way they can safeguard collective bar­ gaining and prevent the National Socialist Labor Fronters in the NMU leadership from sabotaging the rights of the workers. i Dirty, rust-streaked, squatty tankers Decks aw^sh on lonely way Filled with hell-brewed chain Lightning LifebloOd of the Battle fray Floating coffins on the oceans Prey of lurking submarines Ah, the brave may quake in spirit Shudder, safe in shoreside dreams. Let the weary hearts be lightened By their empty fireside Lift your heads in Pride and Honor To your Men upon the tide Proudly see their dauntless Courage Arrows turned toward the foe Ever onwards, ever rolling To our final- crushing blow. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO MARCH 5,1944 DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED VI98 h- 741 . r' lowing exchange with Senator; Ferguson: Ferguson: Do you know how many ships have cracked up? Curran: No. The percentage Is small. Ferguson: Do you know the percentage? Curran: No. Ferguson: Do you know the percentage before the war? Curran: No. Ferguson: Then how do you know the percentage is not much higher than before the war? Curran: I talk to a lot of sea­ men."Liberty" Versus "Levi" Curran then attempted to com­ pare the crack-ups of this war with the last war and admitted under questioning that he had no figures on that either, alleging that he'd learned about such crack-ups from talking to others. He even tried to compare the Liberty vessels with the Levia­ than and the Majestic, asserting that those ships developed struc­ tural defects, during service about 20 years ago. Mention of the NMU brought on another exchange between Ferguson and Curran in which the latter denied that he spoke for the CIO. Ferguson: What is your union's affiliation? Curran: The CIO. Ferguson: Do you speak for the CIO? Curran admitted that he spoke only for the NMU. Senator Brewster brought up the question of Curran's draft status, after Curran had describ­ ed his pre-war "adventures" of being on a ship out of which the rivets were popping so fast that he had to dodge to keep from be­ ing hit. l V 2814 One;Trip Curran Brewster: How many times have you been on a ship* since the war? Curran: Once. (This was a six-week trip that Curran made on the Santa Rosa, (not a Libert;- 3hip\ last year. At the time there was a considerable controversy raised as to his draft status.) Brewster: Is there any truth to the report that you made the trip to avoid service? Curran denied this while ad­ mitting that he was not over-age for the draft at the time. He de­ clared he was 38 on March 1 of this year and that he had been granted an occupational defer­ ment as an officer of the NMU. Hugh Fulton, counsel of the War Production Investigating Committee, (Truman Committee) introduced testimony that major cracking accidents to- Liberty ships now in operation occurred in 3.21% of them.^ Other witness­ es said they did not believe this to be alarming, considering the abnormally heavy use to which the vessels are put by carrying war-time freights. Keep In Tomh With Your Draft Board . - •uijV' v.;?;;" • .. {r- >• 875 I. W ..'ji Top 'n Lift. Seafarers' Log •iv ' Cheer, then, cheer, these greater heroes Than the gallant tars of old Pale are all past deeds of history" Where our thousand keels are rolled Seamen staking lives as torches Heroes who no airs assume On the decks of reeling tankers Day or darkness, storm or gloom. . MONEY DUE The following crew members HARRY B. FOX from the SS SCHOHARIE of the JAMES CARR South Atlantic Co. have overJESSE J. BENTLY ' time checks in the following ALFRED W. DEMUELLE amounts coming. They are being HAROLD S. KEMP held for them in the New York QUINTON COURTNEY office of the company. SHYLE HOLLOWAY GAILLARD. AB $409.50 SILVIO A. PALMERI ROONEY. AB 409.50 KENNETH R. SCHLOSSER MOHOWSKI. AB 537.50 SS JOHN GALLUP: • McQUADE. AB 543.60 ADAM HARTWIG POUQUETTE,. OS 279.00 LOUIS GOODWIN sil- COOPER, OS 391.50 HARRY JUSTICE » » • ANDREW KRONIK LOUIS BARRETT Checks are being he];f,iof the JAMES AKERS following at Smii., and Johnson DWIGHT CARROLL office in N- _ ..Vork. ARKADIRAUK gP.JA^afeS M. GILLIS: SS MATT W. RANSOM HARLEY BRYANT HARRY WEISBERG % WILLIAM W. BRYANT {Continued from ' 1) not be "S^-ed to make political charges unchallenged. , Repeating his political accusa­ tions, Curran then declared that the newspaper stories made it "tough" to get NMUers to sail on Liberty ships, in direct contra­ diction to his previous praise of their patriotism and heroism in manning the ships. He flatly de­ clared that crack-ups are not much higher in proportion than they were before the war. Lacked Knowledge Curran than revealed that he didn't know what he was talk­ ing about when he had the fol- {Dedicated to our Tanker men) fc « "Stalin's American Commie boys are busy trying to wreck the American trade-union movement. Will Stalin's American adherents be as enthusiastic about production if Russia halts her advance short of German invasion? Currants Real Role Exposed Tanker Seamen! According to the Mine Workers' Journal these are some of Stalin's maneuverings: h:' Friday# March 17, 1M4 LOG •• I V-;, " • / i;: A; "''W'-/.b'.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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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/17/1944 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/89378e0e7164c08ce9541340d5a0219e.PDF 9bec636e7574c30ab67e6f9a5f4a86cd PDF Text Text SECURITY IN UNITY ^^>UIERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA , I I <\ I Vol. VI. NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1944 No. 7 MWEB Slashes Bonuses MONEY DUE ALCOA POINTER Black Gang overtime settled. The following men have money coming at the 'Company's office. 17 Battery ^lace. New York: / A. * FLANAGAN $ .71 W. A. LAMM 33.48 C. GAUTKREAUX 9.87 F. SWANSON 11.48 G. BLAKE 1.38 C. SCHULTZ .71 B. McKAIN 71 H. GILLESPIE 5.04 S. LOWRYMOWICZ 5.73 Cuts Decided Over Protests Of Union Representatives Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again Special to the Seafarers' Log The War Shipping Administra­ WASHINGTON—^With the brass of a Shell-and-pea artist on the boardwalk of a tion has been notified by Naval carnival the much-tilted Capt. E. Macauley of the Maritime Commission, the War Ship­ postal officers that letters to sea­ ping Administration and Chairman of the Maritime War Emergency Board, sat in at a men are being improperly ad­ meeting of the Advisory Committee to the MWEB, held here Feb. 23, and assured the dressed, often in violation of na­ representatives of all the maritime unions representing sea-going personnel that no slashes tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. in the bonus scales were being contemplated by the members of the MWEB. Failure to use the proper form At the hearing he objected to a* (Log', For it was the unanimous opin­ in addressing mail destined for has not declined, headline and story published in ion of all the union representa­ merchant seamen results in delay emphasis). the LOG of Feb. 4, which pointed tives of the Advisory Committee in delivery and in some instances out that the "MWEB Would Cut Questions For Capt. Macauley that there be no tampering with actual loss. Our Wages," through slashing (Capt. Macauley's statements the existing bonuses in all ex­ To insure delivery, the follow­ the bonuses, despite the fact that call for the following ques treme danger areas and that such ing for should be used: this nation and the Allier are: tions: bonuses be increased for the add­ "In the midst of a war which (1: Why, if such were not ed hazards now being encounter­ Seaman's name Name of ship All men who took out new has been largely (so far) a "fact" [as he terms it] should ed in some areas and ports. The C/o Postmaster San Francisco membership on the SS William struggle of supply and trans­ he term it as such? only man for cutting bonuses was New York or New Orleans (de­ Wirt. Alcoa Line, March 8, 1944, portation,. a war in which the (2: If seamen's bonuses aren' Frank Taylor of the shipowners. r- iplease contact Claude Fisher. heroism and self-sacrifice of pending on coast from which ad­ part of their wages, then, why N. Y. Stewards' Patrolman with the merchant seamen made pos­ are they logged — as part of Board Whips Up Witches' Brew dressee sailed). Despite this Macauley and his your receipt. sible military operations in Eu­ their accrued earnings [rea! The return address of the writ­ so-called "board" have whipped VINCENT A. GILLEZEAU rope and in the Pacific, a war wages]—when such loggings er should appear in the upper left up a witches' brew of demarkaMANOEL GOMES in which the merchant marine occur? hand corner and the name of the tion lines over the chart of the PETER L. DAVERSON has suffered greater propor­ steamship company in the lower (3: If such reductions were world. EVANGELOS KOWNDOURAKIS tional casualties than has either left hand corner. The address of not contemplated why were ALBERT ANDERSON HATT the Army or the Navy, a war such decided by the Maritime None of the cuts they arbitrar­ the steamship company should in which civilian seamen vol­ War Emergency Board—with ily make are comparable to the not be given. untarily gave up the comfort out their legal power to do so?) considerable hazards and dangers In a number of instances, in di­ of home to face storms and that still exist under a war-time For most all the representa­ condition at sea: For crews are rect violation of national security subs and bombings so that sol­ diers might have bullets and tives of the seafaring unions went called upon to sail waters • still rules, letters have been addressed food—in the midst of such a on record as stating that the pur­ infested with submarines and to a specific street address or war the Maritime War Emer­ pose of the meeting was beyonc continue to ply into the widening place name of a foreign country. gency Board is proposing a the legal jurisdiction of the Mar war theaters where an ever- Addressing mail to any other slash in the wages of the wages itime War Emergency Board un­ present danger of aerial bombing, than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, der its ascribed Statement of WASHINGTON, March 7 — of the already underpaid mer­ Principles which made all signa­ attacks by Naval and mystery •only delays its reaching the sea­ chant hero." craft, shore artillery, as well as Legislation to provide lifetime tory to the creation of the NWEB captive and floating mines still man. compensation for permanently Seamen's Wages Not High labor, government and shipown­ exist. Indeed, one speaker at the disabled merchant seamen has ers. For no dispute existed be­ The story also showed that the meeting of the Advisory Commit­ been approved by the House tween any labor organization and tee meeting brought out the cold reasoning if the dangers at wages of a merchant seaman, in­ Merchant Marine Committee, ac­ sea mounted from 100% to 500% representatives of the industry. point that the danger of aband­ (which they did) then the bonus cording to the Journal of Com­ clusive of bonuses, were not as high as those paid for the soft oned mine fields as well as that figures should have been just merce. Doesn't Like Protests berths ashore in the shipyards, of floating mines was one which that much greater by mathemat­ Under existing law, merchant and in shore-side industries In addition to the outlined accrued danger in waters which ical progression in percentage. seamen are covered by War Ship­ where many of the old-time sea­ statements of Macauley, above might otherwise be considered ping Administration insurance to men now plying the. danger he asserts, also, on page 1 of the However, the MWEB is not fairly safe by the MWEB but un­ using the pattern of 100% lowthe extent of $5,000 for perman­ waters were working prior to the minutes that the members of the ent total disability, if paid in a call of their country to mann MWEB didn't "want a flock of safe as far as the-seamen plying ceiling hazard as a basis for sea­ lump sum, or $7,500 if paid in ships and supply the Armed telegrams and letters coming in them were concerned. men retaining the voyage monthly installments. saying We protest against re­ bonuses. No Logical Rule forces. duction or doing away with the And the judgment of this is Under the usual payment plan Unions Against According to page 2 of the seen in the consistent attempts of of $150 monthly, the benefits are minutes of the Feb. 23 meeting bonuses'." Downward Revisions And in other words showed the bureaucrats of the NWEB to exhausted in fifty mnoths. Macauley declared: When it comes to stealing himself as a member of a Hitler­ oppress the seamen of the mer­ The committee said it consid­ "Unfortunately, 1 have noted like board which didn't want any chant marine. For the MWEB money from the seamen's pock- . ered this coverage "inadequate" in one of the union's publica­ protests of its actions and which has applied no logical rule ets the shell-and-pea artists in in cases where the age of the sea­ tions recently, in a prominent would in effect say to the seamen whereby the present action could Washington—who never sail any men will cause the disability to leading article, the fact that the and their representatives on the be compared with the past bonus ships—as well as Curran and the last after all payments have been Maritime War Emergency Advisory Committee: "Don't tell scales paid, officials of the Sea­ NMU - .shipowner com.bine take mdae. Board is going to reduce the us what the seamen want—for farers International Union de­ the allegations of Naval officials that sinkings and dangers are "It is felt that the WSA should seamen's wages. You know, we will sit back and give the rul­ clare. be able to provide adequate com­ and we know, that the board ing whether you or the seamen The Union's officers point out declining, since there have been pensation for the duration of the has no authority to reduce or like it or not. (N.B. This was the that the MWEB put a high ceiling none reported in the public press, disability which, in many cases, increase your wages. You know attitude that Hitler took). of 100% on the bonuses, whei-e and they use such as a basis to will be for the life of the injured and we know that the bonuses While Macauley tried his shell- the dangers were considered slash seamen's earnings and person," the committee added. are not part of the wages, al­ and-pea game he sat back com­ greatest, without regard for the would rivise the scales on the The bill (HR 4163) would auth­ though they have in great mea­ fortably to await his opportunity attacks sustained and the dan­ alleged declining percentage of orize the WSA to make "adequate sure come to be considered as to slash the bonuses for seamen gers encountered; but they put sinkings. payments" for permanent total or wages. Let me assure you that sailing war-torn waters while still no ceiling on the number of at­ The Union took the position in partial disability "as long as such the board has no intention of crying that the Maritime War tacks, sinkings and death toll or the hearings—as did the repre­ disability resulting from causes removing or reducing bonuses Emergency Board was not , going threats of dangers to be under­ sentatives of all bona-fide marine relating to the war effort exists." where the war risk and hazard to reduce them. gone by the seamen. Thus by {Conthmed jfn Page 4) HI! NOTICE f" Seamen Disability Pay Is Reported O.K.By Committee �It>f^ j THE Page Two SEAFARERE FridaT' March 24, 1944 LOG New MWEB Bonus Decision C. Pacific Area — All waters within the erea bounded on the north by 60° north latit­ ude; on the east by the 189th DECISION 2 B medidan; on the south by BONUS 13° south latitude; and on the west by 90° east longitude The Maritime War Emergency and the coast of continental Roard today annouiices this De­ Asia. cision with respect to Bortus. Classification II—66-2/3% Bonus ARTICLE I. VOYAGE BONUS, —$80 Monthly Minimum , MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD AREA BONUS AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS REQUIRED Voyages or portions of voyages while within all waters not in­ cluded in Classifications I, III, or Voyage bonus, area bonus, and IV. vessel attack bonus shall be paid under this Decision to licensed Classification III — 25% BOilus — and unlicensed personnel em­ $30 Monthly Minimum ployed as regular crew members Voyages or portions of voyages, on United States flag vessels of not included in Classification IV, the American Merchant Marine. while within waters of the Pa­ ARTICLE II. VOYAGE BONUS cific Ocean east of 136° west long­ itude and west of a line drawn CLASSIFICATIONS due south from Cape Horn. Classification I — 100% Bonus — Classification IV—^No Bonus 11 $100 Monthly Minimum Voyages o^: portions of voyages Voyages or portions of voyages while within the following while within inland waters of the Western Hemisphere. For this waters: purpose the Western Hemisphere A. European Area— All waters shall iriclude the Hawaiian Isl­ with the area bounded on the ands, Bermuda, Greenland, the east and south by 60' east east cOast of Central and South longitude to its intersection America in the Caribbean Area with the north coast of Rus­ and the West Indies, but shall sia and thence following the not include Iceland, Alaska (west coast of continental Europe of 136' west longitude) and the to its intersection with 90' Aleutian Islands. west longitude on the north coast of Spain; and bounded The following waters are clas­ on the west by 90' west sified as inland waters of the Western Hemisphere: longitude. B. Mediterranean Area — All A. The inland passage to Alaska defined as follows: waters within the Mediter­ ranean Sea east of a line i. Waters to the eastward of from Cape Spartel to Cape a line drawn from Cape Trafalgar, including the Ad­ Flattery, Washington, to riatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, Pachena Point Lighthouse, the Black Sea, the Sea of Vancouver Island, and all Azov and the Sea of Marwaters to the northward ^ mora, the Dardanelles and and eastward of Vancouver the Bosporus. Island. SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vreiident 110 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. !•! W ' W Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono 3t BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA. ...i...6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 Eaet Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St. MOBILE.. St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON.... 219 20th Street PHONE BOwHng Green 9-. ,i Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 ...Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM.I323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tlerra ..Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213* 2 STONE STREBT New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 •267 ii. Waters to the eastward of a line drawn from Cape Scott, Vancouver Island, to Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, includ­ ing the waters of Queen Charlotte Islands (Hecate Strait). iii. Waters to the eastfvard 6f a line drawn fforti Cape Know, Queen Charlotte Islands, to Cape Muzon, a coastal line drawn from Dall Island (I)ixon En­ trance). iv. Waters to the eastward of a coastal line drawn from Cape Muzon to Cape Bartolome and thence to Gape Ommaney, and Caipe Edgecomb at the entrahee to Sitka Sound. V. Waters to the eastward of a coastal ^ine drawn from Cape Spencer, the entrance to Cross Sound. B. Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay and Frobisher Bay, west of a line from North Foreland on Loks Isl­ and to Black Bluff on Reso­ lution Island and west of a line drawn from Acadia Cove on Resolution Island to Cape Chidley. C. Puget Soimd east of a line drawn in the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Cape Flattery, Washington to Pachena Point, Vancouver Island. D. The St. Lawrence River wegt of Father Point E. The Panama Canal on transit of areas of risk and computed as follows: A. Voyage bonus .shall be com­ puted on basic and special emergency wages, excluding overtime, penalty time and other extra compensation. B. Vojrsfge bonus equal to 100% Of tvages shall bef paid for voyages in Classification I, but not in any case less than $100 per month or a propor­ tionate sum for a part thei'eof. C. Voyage bonus equal to 66-2/3% of wages shall be paid lor voyages or portions of voyages in Classification II, but not in any case less than $80 per month or a pro­ portionate sum for a part thereof. killed or seriously injured aS a result of ehettiy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel w within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraplt A above, and whether the vessel is in a port or at an anchorage or on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be-payable in the course of any passage of the vessel between ports or an­ chorages. A passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the time the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the time the vessel departs from its next port Or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. ARTICLE VI. PERIODS DUR* D. Voyage bonus equal to 25% IRO WHICH VOYAGE, AREA, of wages shall be paid for AND VESSEL ATTACK voyages or portions of voy­ BONUS PAYABLE ages in Classification III, but not in any case less than $30 A. DURING ORDINARY COURSE OF VOYAGE per month or a proportionate sum for a part thereof. Voyage, area and vessel at­ tack bonus shall be payable E. No voyage bonus shall be to a regular crew member of paid for voyages or portions the vessel on which he is em­ of voyages in Classification ployed during the course of IV. his employment aboard such ARTICLE IV. TIME WHEN vessel. VOYAGE BONUS PAYMENTS B. WHEN BONUS PAYABLE START AND STOP AFTER SEPARATION A. Voyage bonus payments FROM VESSEL AND shall become effective at mid­ DURING REPATRIATION night prior to the day during (1) If a crew member is sep­ which the vessel departs arated from his vessel as from waters included in Clas­ the result of a peril des­ sification IV and enters the cribed in Article 3, hs high seas. amended, of the form of B. Voyage bonus payments shall insurance policy attached cease at midnight of the day to Decision lA, bonus con­ during which the vessel de­ tinues payable to such parts from the high seas and crew member until mid­ enters waters included in night of the day On which Classification IV. he reaches a port. F. The Straight of Magellan, de­ fined as follows: (a) Atlantic • boundary line: A line running in a southerly and easterly direction from Direction Hill (Cerro Direccion) on the northern (2) If a crew member is repa­ shore of the First Narrows C. Changes in voyage bonusi fates between Classifications triated to the United States to Anegada Point located I, II and III during a voyage after sepatation from his on the southern shore of or part of a voyage while on vessel as a result of either; the Fffst Narrows: the high seas are effective as (a) a peril referred to in (b) Pacific boundary line: A of midnight prior to the day paragraph (1) above, or line running in a northerly during which the vessel and easterly direction from (b) illness or injury incurred crosses the line demarking Felix Bay Light Tower lo­ in the service of his ves­ the new Classification. cated on an island in Felix sel and not occasioned Bay off the southwesterly ARTICLE V. AREA AND by his wilful misconduct, shore of Sea Reach (Paso VESSEL ATTACK BONUS bonus shall be payable to Del Mar), to the Fairway such crew member dur­ Light Pyramid located on A. AREA BONUS ing his repatriation from the west side of the largest midnight of the day prior In addition to voyage bonus Fairway Island. to which the vessel or payable under Article II, III other conveyance on and IV, area bonus at the G. The Great Lakes; and inland which he is being repa­ rate of $5.00 per day shall be waters, harbors, rivers, triated departs until mid­ payable to each creW mem­ sounds, bays and gulfs on the night of the day of ar­ ber of a vessel within any of the United States as defined rival of such vessel or the areas specified in Classi­ in "Rules & Regulations, se­ other conveyance at a fication I of Article II, in­ ries No. 16, Bureau of Marine continental United States cluding periods during which Inspection & Navigation, De­ port. the vessel is in port or at an partment of Commerce, Pilot anchorage. Area bonus shall C. WHEN BONUS NOT Rules for certain inland commence as of midnight waters of the Atlantic and ' PAYABLE AFTER prior to the day during which Pacific Coasts and the Coast SEPARATION FROM the vessel enters the area of the Gulf of Mexico" dated VESSEL and shall cease at midnight May 28, 1940. of the day during which the (1) Bonus shall not be payable H. Ports or other inland waters vessel departs from the area. while a crew member is on of the Western Hemisphere, land after separation from either as specifically definied B. VESSEL ATTACK B6RUS his vessel. in this Classification or as In addition to voyage and (2) Bonus shall not be payable may be defined from time to area bonus, vessel attack during the period that a time by the Maritime War bonus of .$125 shall be pay­ crew member is detained Emergency Board. able to each crew member of either by capture by an en­ a vessel (1) which is destroy­ ARTICLE III. AMOUNT OF emy of the Uniteji States ed or substantially damaged VOYAGE BONUS or by internment. as a result of enemy attack Voyage bonus should be based or (2) on which any person is (Continued on Page 3) ' 'm V1 S •y �Friday, March 24, 1944 THfi SEAPA*5fiftS L06 Page Thrfl# New MWEB Bonus Decision (ConfiftueJ from Fagi 2) 15 i. (3) Bonus shall not be payable to a crew member: (a) after voluntary termina­ tion of his employm.ent aboard his vessel for a reason other than one set forth in Paragraph B (2), (b) after desertion or dis­ charge from his employ­ ment aboard his vessel, (c) after a crew member ac­ cepts employment on an­ other vessel for a pur­ pose other than to be re­ patriated, (d) after a crew member re­ fuses without good cause to be repatriated to thO United States, (^) A crew member repatriat­ ed after occurrence of an event specified in sub-par­ agraph (3) of this Para­ graph C is hot entitled to bonus from his original vessel during repatriation. If such crew member signs on as a replacement in the crew of the repatriating V vessel, he shall be entitled visions of this Decision shall to bonus from the repatri­ not be retroactive. ating vessel. If such crew member signs on as a ARTICLE VIII. REPEAL workaway on the repatri­ Decision 2A, and all Amend­ ating vessel, he shall not ments thereto, previously is­ be entitled to bonus from sued by the Maritime War the repatriating vessel. Emergency Board are repeal­ ed as of the effective date of D. NO OOUBLE BONUS this Decision, except as to If a crew signs on the vessel any voyage, area and port at­ on which he is being repatri­ tack bonus payable for any ated, either as a Crew mem­ period prior to 12:01 A.M. of ber or workaway on such April 1, 1944. repatriating vessel, he shall MARITIME not be entitled to bonus from such vessel in addition to WAR EMERGENCY BOARD bonus payable under Para­ graph B of this Article VI. (Sgd.) EDWARD MACAULEY E. DEATH OF A Chairman CEEW MEMBER (Sgd.) JOHN R, STEELMAN Bonus shall not be payable for any period after death of (Sgd.) FRANK P. GRAHAM a crew member. Dated: March 14, 1944 ARTICLE VII. EFFECTIVE DATE This Decision. shall be effec­ tive on and after 12:01 A.M. of April 1, 1944. The pro­ Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board MONEY DUE The following crew members SILVIO A. PALMERI from the SS SCHOHARIE of the KENNETH R, SCHLOSSER South Atlantic Co. have over­ time checks in the following SS JOHN GALLUP: amounts coming. They are being ADAM HARTWIG held for them in the New York LOUIS GOODWIN HARRY JUSTICE office of the company. ANDREW KRONIK GAILLARD, AH $409.50 LOUIS BARRETT ROONEY, AB 409.50 JAMES AKERS MOHOWSKI, AB 537.50 DWIGHT CARROLL McQUADE. AB 543.60 ARKADI RAUK POUQUETTE, OS 279.00 COOPER, OS 391.50 SS MATT W. HANSOM HARRY WEISBERG • » » Checks are being held for the following at Smith and Johnson office in New York. •' r".7 r* SS JAMES M. GILLIS: HARLEY BRYANT WILLIAM W. BRYANT HARRY B. FOX JAMES CARR JESSE J. BENTLY ALFRED W. DEMUELLE HAROLD S. KEMP QUINTON COURTNEY SHYLE HOLLOWAY Will any of the shipmates of the late Brother Chas. WESSNER, 24288, who died in Georgetown, B. G., in August 1943, while on the SS William Cullen Bryant, please contact Theo. Thomson, Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York, 4, Sec'y-Treasurer's office. Map Showing New. Zones And Bonus Rates New Area And Vessel Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS A. AREA BONUS til addition to voyage bonus payable under Article II, HI and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to eaeh ereW member of a vessel within any of the areae specified ifi Classification I of Article H, in­ cluding periods during whiclf the vesdel is itt ^ pott Of at an anchorage. Area bonus shall commence as of midnight prior to the day dur­ V / m ing which the vessel enters the area and shall cease at midnight of the day during which the vessel departs from the area. B. VESSEL ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, vessel attack bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member of a vessel (1) which is destroyed or Substantially damaged as a result of enemy attaok or (2) on which any person is killed or Seriously injured as a result of enemy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel is within or without any of the areas Specified in Paragraph A above, and whether the vessel is in a pOrt or at an an­ chorage ro on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be payable in the course of any passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the lime the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the lime the vessel departs from its next port or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. �Page Four THE SEAFAKFRS Friday, March 24, 1944 LOG Map Showing Old Zones And Bonus Rates K ¥ /iy-- Old Area And Port Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUS A.AREA BONUS In addition to voyage bonus payable under Articles II, nil and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to each crew member while in the service of his vessel within any of the following areas: (1) Murmansk Area—that part of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans east of Greenwich Meridan and west of 60° east longitude and north of 60° north latitude. (2) Mediterranean Area — the Mediterranean Sea east of a line from Capt Spartel to Cape Traf­ algar, including the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. (3) South Seas Area — the area bounded on fhe north by 20° north latitude, on the east by 170° east longitude, on the south by 20° south lat­ itude and on the west by 120° east longitude. B. Such area bonus shall commence at midnight preceding the day of entering any of the above areas and shall cease at midnight of the day when a vessel departs from any such erea. C. PORT ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, one 4)orl bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member for .each port or anchorage, whether within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraps A above, which experiences enemy attack during the presence of his vessel in such port or at such anchorage. Maritime War Emergency Board Slashes Bonuses (Continued^from Page 1) union groups for sea-going per­ sonnel— that there must be no downward revision of the bonus scales and declared that any changes made should be to in­ crease the payments for the areas that were uncovered. For as Brother John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU pointed out there was little point to Macauley citing alleged Naval figures while the Navy itself con­ tinues to pay a bonus differential rate for its own armed guards­ men sailing merchant vessels and those running into extreme haz­ ards. • Others in the meeting pointed out that the so-called charts Macauley introduced, (sup­ posedly based on Naval informa­ tion), did not go back to the peak figure of the sinkings, and showed no comparable basis for the threatened reductions. Shell-and-Pea Artist Despite this, and despite the fact that other members of the Board declared that they recog­ nized and were fully conscious of the terrific job that the mer­ I'ij I'; I', chant seamen were doing, (with­ out the accrued benefits of those in the Armed Services for pen­ sions, etc.), and despite his own statements shell - and - pea artist Capt. Macauley (who still sits out all sailings) proceeded with his nimble game. It was not until March 14 that the MWEB rendered a decision which in essence slashed all the existing rates in many respects and which is capsuled hereunder. For the new decisions of the MWEB — even though the pre­ meditated plans of this Hitler­ like board were denounced—es­ tablishes cuts in the bonuses not commensurate with the risks be­ ing undei taken by the seamen. North and South Atlantic The North and South Atlantic areas, excepting where otherwise specified will pay a bonus of 66-2/3% or $80.00 minimum whichever is greater, with no bonus while in ports of West In­ dies, South, Central, and North America with the exception of Alaskan ports and the island ports west of 136° West Longit­ ude, with the further exception that no bonus will be paid while Pacific Theater in port in the Hawaiian Islands. In the.Pacific war theater the Also no bonus will be paid bonus has been extended a little while in ports in Greenland or in to include an area around Japan Bermuda. to take in all waters bounded on The $5.00 per day bonus which the north by 60° north latitude; formerly took in the Norwegian on the east by the 180th merid­ Coast and the Russian Coast has ian; on the south by 13° south been extended to include ports latitude; and on the west by 90° of the British Isles with the ex- east longitude and the continent­ al coast of Asia, for which will be allowed 100% or $100.00 mini­ Compleie iexi of Marilime mum, whichever Is the greater as War Emergency Board's well as the $5.00 per day. Bonus Decision is printed on Other areas in the Pacific and pages 2 and 3 for the infor­ the Indian Oceans exclusive of mation of the membership. that spoken of in the paragraph Compare also the charts above to the 136° west longitude showing the new and old will pay 66-2/3% or $80.00 mini­ bonus areas, and rates. mum whichever is the greater; and eastward from the 136° west ception of ports in South Ireland. longitude-to a line south of Cape This $5.00 daily bonus also in­ Horn and in the Magellan Straits, cludes the European coastline on 25% or $30.00 minimum, which­ the 9° west longitude running ever is greater shall be paid. south to the northern tip of Spain, as well as being retained New Ruling On Attack Bonus in the Mediterranean, Bosporous In addition to cutting out the and Black Sea, with the 100% many features of the port attack or $100.00 minimum, whichever bonues the new ruling establishes is the greater, plus the $5.00 per an attack bonus which is shown day. in the caption of the chart show­ ing the new areas. This is definitly limited to one attack bonus although twenty or more may be sustained during any departure or arrival which can be construed as a voyage. ^ Hirihito's Doorstep ' The attack bonus is also limit­ ed to a direct sinking or severe damage to the vessel as well as providing that some crew mem­ ber must be killed or seriously injured before such a bonus can be paid to members of the ves­ sel's crew. In other words the MWEB has reduced the bonuses to figures below those granted the seamen prior to the active pai'liclpation of the United States in the war. It is further asserted that the MWEB wants seamen to sit on the laps of either Hirihito or Hitler or drop their cargoes in Hamburg or Tokyo before they get paid a bonus for sailing ha­ zardous waters. Your Draft Board Keep In Touch With � 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 March 24, 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. 7 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MWEB SLASHES BONUSES SENDERS CAUTIONED ON SEAMEN'S MAIL BY NAVY, AGAIN SEAMEN DISABILITY PAY IS REPORTED O.K. BY COMMITTEE NEW MWEB BONUS DECISION NEW AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS PROVISIONS OLD AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUSES PROVISIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/24/1944 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/1fc08754d72dfb3bbadc59c1f77b37e2.PDF c3cdc6f6ef5a49608169e83290b37ac4 PDF Text Text MSIU ^^^UlERS JOf^ ."•Ji! •ii OFFICIAL OKGAN OF THE ATLANTIC ANU UULF DISTEICT, SEAFAREES' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. APRIL 21. 1944 Vol. VI. No. 8 Lundeberg In East For ILO Conference Agents' Conference Charts Future Course Of A & G Dist. Union NEW ORLEANS, La.—Following the Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America held here, the agents from all the ports of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Union held a coastwise conference, early this month. Brother John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer of the District reports. breaking the law in denying the r Important matters affecting the future course of the District were thrashed out and suggestions to better the Union were ordered brought before the branch mem­ berships for their discussion and action. MWEB Blasted Highlights of the affairs dis­ cussed and actions taken by the agents' conference are as follows: 1: A resolution assailing the record of the aCaritime War "Emergency Board in recently slashing the seamen's bonuses, which also calls for the remov­ al of Capt. E. (Shell-and-PeaGame) Macauley from that same Board—which passed at the Convention — was concur" red with and submitted to the branches for membership ac­ tion. Ask Army For Passes 2: A resolution on the gain­ ing of passes for representa­ tives of the Union to enter Army docks and board vessels under contract to the union berthed therein was concurred in. The measure points out that some of the Army Officials are seamen the right of having their existing disputes straightened out while vessels are at such docks. For this is guaranteed under pro­ visions of the Labor Laws. The same resoluution also de­ clares that all the elected officials of the SIU of NA are under oath to uphold the democratic prin­ ciples of this country and to con­ demn Communism, Fascism and Naziism. And they are also cer­ tified by their U. S. Coast Guard passes. The officers of the Union were instructed to make every effort to gain the required passes that will aid in the settlement of dis­ putes and aid the war effort by {Conttimed /row Page 6) Bob Watt Named John Hawk, M. Dushane And Delegate To ILO M. Weisberger Named As Advisors Phila. Conference "Wire to Seafarers Log: WASHINGTON, D. C.—Presi­ dent Roosevelt will appoint Rob­ ert J. Watt, international repre­ sentative of the AFL, as the Am­ erican workers' delegate to the conference of the International Labor Organization which opens April 20 in Philadelphia, the Dept. of Labor has announced. It was also disclosed that Presi­ dent Green, Sec'y - Treasurer George Meany and Vice-Presi­ dent Mathew Woll will be ap­ pointed labor advisers to the American delegation at the con­ ference. The recent campaign of the CIO to seat their hybrid organi­ zation has resulted in failure; giving the AFL a complete and sweeping victory. Watt has served as the Ameri­ can workers' delegate to the ILO since 1937 and is a member of its governing body. The AFL victory came after a denfonstration of strength when they informed President Roose­ velt of the AFL's flat rejection of the CIO's demand for represen­ tation at the conference. Ask Discussion Of 'Seafarers' Charter' MONTREAL (ILO)—Discus­ sion of a projected elevenpoint "seafarers' charter" should be marked prominently on the agenda for the next meeting of the Joint Maritime Commission, the Consultant Sub-Committee of the Com­ mission has suggested to the International Labor Office at a recent meeting of the sub-com­ mittee in London. The sub-committee likewise proposed that the next meet­ ing of the Commission be held in September, 1944, if possible. The resolution comprising the eleven points of the proposed charter was adopted by the In­ ternational Seafarers' Confer­ ence in December, 1943, and includes such important sub­ jects as: wages, contracts, training, hours,, leave, accom­ modations, safety hygiene, so­ cial insurance, trade union recognition, and general rights and obligations of seafarers. Atlantic And Gulf District Sec'y Treasurer's Report To 2nd Biennial Convention By JOHN HAWK A CAMPAIGN It has been two years since I gave to the delegates of our International, an account­ FOR SILENCE! ing of the affairs of the Atlantic & Gulf District. My last report was made to you in . The Labor League for Hu­ man Rights, an AFL Commit­ tee in the war effort has an­ nounced a new campaign for silence on the sailing of ships, troops and supplies, etc. They point out that military authorities are stressing the campaign which will teach Americans that "free speech is not synonymous with careless talk. It is also declared that a careless word means loss of lives—if not our own, some of our shipmates. No one. wants to give information to the enemy. Zip the Lips and Save the Ships, Brothers! (1) March 1942, when I traced the history of our district from its inception to that time. I propose now to report the work and progress of the District from the time of our last convention to the present. In spite of the combined collusive efforts of the NMU and certain New York and Washington, D.C. WSA •representatives to strangle our growth, our mem­ membership is turning more and more to the SIU bership has increased approximately 15,000 and for leadership in the struggle for conditions. The our finances have increased approximately $200,- bankruptcy of the NMU leadership was made 000 since our first convention. crystal clear this winter when it presented to the Today there is a much improved situation on War I.abor Board a demand that its wage struc­ the East Coast in regard to the relative strength ture and working conditions ^be improved to the of the SIU and the National Maritime Union. level of those won by the SIU. Whereas at the time of the last convention there was a considerable body of good rank and file sea-: NMU SHIPOWNER'S 5ih COLUMN No greater testimony of our success as union men in the NMU who honestly believed that the SIU was a phoney outfit; today the majority of fighters could be given than when the Commie these men have come to realize that it is the SIU wind-artists finally admitted that they had been that has consistently fought for the rights of all unable to win SIU conditions by themselves and men who go to sea and consistently wins the best appealed to the government to give it to tl;em by decree. conditions in the industry. This opened the eyes of the NMU rank and While the NMU is still the slightly dominant group of the East Coast as far as the size of mem­ file, and wide! I give emphasis to the attitudes of the NMU bership is concerned, it has been exposed by us as an out and out tool of the shipowners and its {Continued on Page 4) "Have been appointed by the AFL to represent Ameri­ can Seamen at International Labor Conference starting^ April 20, Philadelphia. Have appointed "Duke" Dushane, "Whitey" Hawk and Morris Weisberger as International Representatives to help in Conference to protect Am­ erican Seamen's- rights. Will fight any attempt to lower American Seamen's stand­ ards, wages and conditions to that of European seamen. Our fight will be to protect our interests and fight to get foreign seamen up to Aimerican union standards which today are the best in the world. _ "HARRY LUNDEBERG.'* Full details of Internation­ al Labor Organization (ILO) Conference and the American Seamen's delegates will be published in the next issue of the LOG. Corruption Is Charged In USS Hotel The Seamen in the Port of Nor­ folk, Va., have begun a picket line around the Hotel Fairfax of the United Seamen's Services be­ cause of its treatment of tlie av­ erage seaman that sails war waters. For the USS in that port has completely failed in its alleg­ ed aims. A reign of rottenness, larceny and corruption has been the con­ dition under the present misman­ agement. Complaints are answered with a snotty: "Go away — you're drunk," by the staff, according to a telegiam received by the At­ lantic and Gulf District of the SIU and referred to the LOG at press time. The telegram follows in full; April 19, 1944 John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer, Seafarers International Union Of North America; 2 Stone Street, New York, N. Y. United Seamen's Service of Port of Norfolk has failed com{Continued on Page 8) sS rr II' �Page Two THE SEAFARERS SEAFARERS LOG \1 1 Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA - Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the Ammcm Federsfion of_ Lsbor HARRY LUNDEBERG Vresident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HA^TK ------- Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep, 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. G WWW Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono St BOwHngr Green 9-, ,j , BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St ^...Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA... 6 North 6th St Lombard 765! NORFOLK ....25 Commercial PI .Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St... Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 Ea»t Piatt St........ Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto do Tierra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-6043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STREET New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-8346 »267 Friday. April 21. 1944 LOG fRepoT?T orv .^ASHIIVGTOIV • SV MATT4I1W PMSHAME-^ * TO: ALL AGENTS OF UNIONS as the war risks increa.se or deAFFILIATED WITH THE SIU. ci'case. The union does not deny this fact, however, the union con­ Dear Sir and Brothers: / tends that they do not have the I hereby submit a report on a authority to make anj^ecisions meeting held by the Maritime before a dispute ha? been subWar Emergency Board. This niitted to jthe board. meeting was called by the board Sub Menewe Increased at the request of the Union, be­ cause the union protested the Material was submmitted to MWEB decision in slashing of the the Board that for the month of bonuses without following the March, the submarine menace procedure outlined in the State­ has increased, and that there ment of Policy. Meeting was held were moi'e sinkings in that month than for the month of February. on April 12, 1944. As per instructions from the The Board was again informed Union I again challenged the that the Union takes the position Board with overstepping their that sinkings by submarine is not jurisdiction in making a decision, the only factor mvolved as a war without a dispute being submit­ risk. Ships are still running in ted to the Board by either the blackouts, there is the risk of Union or Employer, which is the running without the peace time procedure outlined in the State­ aids to navigation, risks of col­ lisions in convoys. These and ment of Policy. Ever since the Board has been other dangers to seamen, result established they have overstep­ from Wartime operations, and ped their authority in making are certainly War Risks, and not decisions, they still contend that Marine Risks usually defined in they have the responsibility of Admiralty cases. upping or lowering the bonuses. There are seyeral Governnnent Agencies that make rulings that to the average person look like a screwey set-up. Congressmen have also been baffled by some of these decisions. The Government agencies that have made some of these screwey decisions, have used radio time and other means of informing the public why they made their decisions, they have made several attempts to justify the action that they have taken. Mr. Macauley, Chairmap of the Board, made a statement that the Board has been under a terrific and tremendous pressure for keeping the bonus at the 100 per cent leyel, in the face of all the statements in the press and else­ where that the submarine men­ ace has been under control. -t. 'i Incompetence Charged I charged the chairman with being incompetent in his duties for not trying to bring the facts to .the American public on -the true status of the merchant sea­ men, and the mythicial am()!unt {{Joitthtued on Page 7) Washington Confusionists Expose MWEB Prize revelation of the week is the fact that the Washington bui-eaucrats are unorganized themselves. For the Office of War Information has exposed the ^thy mechanics of the Shell-and-Pea-Game Maritime War Emergency Board and their double-dealing on the seamen's bonuses.' Therefore the Seafarers Log an­ alyzes the releases. . On page 12 of the OWTs "U. S. Labor Press Ser­ vice" of their bulletin dated April 10, 1944, under the sub-heading of "Labor on the Sea," the OWI declares in twin columns on opposite sides of the two-colunm page: A: "SEAMEN NEEDED FOR MERCHANT SHIPS. «(.<=« pgy fj-om $200 to $250 a month for able sea­ men, $250 and higher for engineers*** "A mate, engineer or a^Ie seaman who has pa­ pers, or who once held papers, is elligible, WSA said.***" B; "WAR RISK PAYMENTS TO SEAMEN REVISED. "***As a result of the shifting war theaters, pay­ ments will be reduced in safer areas, and increaseci in hazardous areas." (Release to the OWI, from the Maritime War Emergency Board, ex-facfo Erich "Tripple-Con-Man" Neilsen). From here on the same release must be taken apart and anaylsed almost paragraph by paragraph, each with its particular comment. For the joint-statement issued by President Roose\'elt and Prime Minister Churchill through U. S. Sec'y of the Navy, Frank Knox, on Sun­ day, April 9, discloses that sinkings of ships by sub­ marines were higher in March than in February and gives the lie to the MWEB's statement quoted above. (Trans-Radio Broadcast, 4/9/44, 11 P.M. E.W.T.) The MWEB bulletin continues: "Under the new ruling, $5 a day additional will be paid to crews on ships in the sea approaches to war combat areas. A voyage bonus of idO .per cenf will be paid officers and men in voyages passifig through sea approaches to combat areas, with a minimum of $100 for unlicensed personnel." (LOG'S emphasis). COMMENT AND TRUE FACTS 1: $5 a day additional has been paid seamen in actual combat areas, and is now paid only in com­ bat areas. , (a): True the actual combat areas have been ex­ tended a few degrees; but (b): "The sea approaches to war combat areas" commence When a vessel leaves a port in the AN EDITORIAL United States for even at the entrance of the harbor the danger of attack exists. Therefore, the MWEB statement of "100 per cent being paid in sea approaches to combat areas" is in­ correct. This is shown in point 2; COMMENTS AND TRUE FACTS 1: The MWEB's atudy" apparently was based upon the peak of sinkipgs whtch admittedly were high. But despite their hifih rate the Mari­ time War Efn^-gepcy Board kt that time fpade no move to incFeaae the seamen's bonuses on a pioanting scale for the mounting .fiapgers encountered2: The "new" rates certainly witl be lower—just about the base pay—^whirfi the Board has absoidtely no power to alter — that is cited as "$82.50 a month for ordinary seamen to $418 a month for masters." 2: 100% with a minimum of $100 has been paid formerly in ALL areas—with the exception of the close runs on the Pacific Coast in coastal and intercoastal ports which paid 40% and now pay 25%. But now 100% is paid only in the actual combat areas and not the approaches thereto, 66 2/3% is 3: ^hile pay in the actual coipbat aregs may paid for the approaching area^i, pr a minimpin of accrue higher than formerly, through the wideped $80. (The same sub-paragraphs as above apply). area, the actual bonus rates remained the same and the overall pay is reduced becapse of the lesser In essence the Maritime War Emergency Board percentage in the approaching areas from the har­ "gives" the seamen two cents and takes away $100^—lor bor mouth of departure, the stoppage pf bonuses the dangers and hazards still exist and war may take a while in ports, in the West Indies, Central and seaman at the harbor's mouth. South America. The MWEB statement goes on; Thus, again .the two cjents for tlie $100 taken out "A new bonus of $125 will be paid to each of tihe pf the" seamen's pockets by the Maritime War Em­ crew on ships destroyed or substantially damaged ergency Board prevails. But the biggest Tie that the by epemy attack, or if any member of the*crew is MWEB ever uttered comes in the next paragraph Of killed or injured in an attack. This bonus will be their release. As follows: paid no matter where the ship is located when the "The board, after meetings, called as a result pf attack occurred. This replaces the present bonus thf protests frotp Maritime ufllens. decHiied tp j^slpaid only for attacks occurring while the- ship was pone the effective dat* of 4he fiew lipaus rales." in port." (LOG'S emphasis). {JJDQ's emphasis). COMMENT AND TRUE FACTS COMMENT AND TRUE FACTS Again the Shell-and-Pea-Game artists of the IdariAs far as this goes it is one of the most ^spicalde time War Emergency Bioard play the game of givipg tricks that any of the piddling puddio sailors in Wash­ the seamen two cents and talcing away $100: For the ington have ever pulled on the seamen jfrom the^ Board's decision reads in essence that "one attack bonus swivel chairs. For three facts stand out yery distinctly shall be paid during any ,one passage" regardless of in that assertion: ,• whether or not the ship was attacked or bombed fifty First: The MWEB cut the bonus after a meeting of the times. Further, even if a crew member were killed op protesting union officials on Feb. 23, and made the , the second or the fiftith attack during the said passage effective date April 1, despite continued written not even his estate would be paid, according to a re­ protests. cent announcement by Erich "Triple-Con-Mari" Neilsen. But the progressively mountipg hazards, nerve Second: These - protests resulted in the calling of an­ other meeting for April 12 to hear the further com­ strain and dangers to the crew members would remain plaints of the seamen through their representatives progressively noounting in mathematical calculation. on the MWEB Advisory Committee. Again a quote frpm the MWEB pipce: Third: The release of . MWEB saying that their decision "A recent study showed that the average total would not be postponed as a result of the April 12 earnings, including war risk payments, on Liberty meeting was published by the OWI on April 10, ships for ofE-shore voyages was $244.50 a month for two days before the meeting was actually held or ordinary seamen, and $775 for masters, exclusive any complaints set foi*th. of food and lodging. Under the new rates, the av­ Immediately following the meeting of the Advisory erage will be slightly lower. However, the pay on Committee the MWEB falsely charged through its voyages to actual combat areas will be higher." (LOG'S emphasis). {Continued on Page 4) N' 1 4 J �•' liiWi) SAti*:n<-: - r Friday. April 21, 1944, .1 . THE SUP-SIU Fight MWEB On Bonus Slashes; NMU's Role Exposed ^^ASHINGTON, D. C.—The official position of the NMU on the bonus as portrayed by their officials Frederick Myers and Howard McKenzie is a weird and wonderful thing to hear, say others who represented the fighting AFL ^amen's Unions at the April 12 meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board held here.#-——— ——n secondary to the NMU's NMu s wage With much wind about how case and that in trying to restore they were fighting for their con­ the bonus to it level before the ditions before the War Labor M\¥EB's drastic cuts the NMU Eioard the NMtf representatives was "beating a dead horse to tried to turn the meeting into a death." (His actual words: Ed.) shambles. Said Myers—the man Sinister Game the Dodgers deported from Despite this the representatives Brooklyn—for the record: of the AFL unions exposed Erich "The INMU is nor too concern­ (Triple-Con-Man) Neilsen—Sec'y ed with the decisions reached. of the MWEB—and Capt. E. Biit what they were concerned (Shell-and-Pea-Game) Macauley about, were the NMU widows as a pair pulling a sinister game. and orphans, and they had con­ For Neilsen introduced a" chart crete insurance proposals to take which attempted to predicate the care of those widows and or­ cuts of the bonuses on what he phans." termed as the decline in the loss­ (In other words—to hell with es of United Nations shipping. , the seamen and their earning ca­ Brother John Hawk, Sec'y pacity—to hear Myers and Mc­ Treasurer of the Atlantic and Kenzie of the NMU speak their Gulf District of the SIU pointed piece.) out that the bonuses were grant­ ed on the dangers to American "Pof Of Gold" shipping, and were increased Myers continued with his state­ when the first American ships ment by declaring that the bonus were sunk prior to the entry of for seamen, "was a Pot of Gold the U.S. into the war, and cer­ and the pot was about empty." tainly not on the basis of losses Thus he and McKenzie gave the of United Nations shipping, be­ Board an automatic out for their fore or after we entered the war. recent bureaucratic decision in Agree With SUP-SIU cutting the bonus rates for men The Masters, Mates and Pilots, sailing war waters. represented by Mr. Higginbottom _)Vlyers continued: "That,_:they, concurred unanimously with the ^e NMU, were only interested in SUP-SIU position and their rec­ lipping wages," and wouldn't ommendations on the bonus dis­ consider the bonus while their pute, and presented evidence to NMU.'s frantic plea for the wages show that their position was cor­ and conditions gained in the in­ rect. dustry by the AFL seamen's President Hogan, representa­ unions was pending before the tive of the Marine Engineers yjax Labor Board. fienefiicial Ass'^n, affiliated with McKenzie enlarged upon the the CIO, supported the stand of KMU's matter beforO the War the Masters, Mates and Pilots, Labor Board knowing as did My­ which in essence means that the ers that the MWEB had absolute­ MEBA was in full accord with ly no jurisdiction over collective the SUP-SIU proposals including bargaining agreements and the the recommendation for the re­ wages and conditions thus ar­ moval of Mister E. Macauley rived at. from the MWEB. He concurred in everything Burke of the Marine Cooks and that Myers Said and alleged that Stewards also, supported every fhe bonuses for all seamen were {Continued on Page 7) NEW YORK That working gear will more than pay for itself, has been in-dVen on the 6th Floor Hiring Hall this past week or so, and can be readily shown by the confended looks on Dispatchers Paul's and Frenchie's faces.. Siaee ihstalling the loud-speak­ ing system on that deck, it has added ten years to their lives. According to their figures, the wind they've blown across the iioor in past months has been more than enough to sail two seveh-masted schooners around .the world. The New York Membership fefatnped their unanimous approv­ al oft the recommenidatiofts and resftlutioris of the Ageftts' Confer­ ence. Thus they opened the door for real progress for the coming year This year will probably end the European scrap, so we must or­ ganize efficiently for the coming SEAFARERS LOG • MONEY DUE SS Andrew Curtin: J. SENKERIK. Oiler, has 16 hours over­ time coming. Please contact company's office for payment. * » » SS Merick; W. WASHINGTON. Messman, has $22.29 coming in back money. Please contact com­ pany's office and get your money. • • • SS Daniel Hugo; J. R. WEBB. Messman. has 6 hours overtime coming. E. D. McVEY. Messman, has 5 hours overtime coming. Collect your money at the offices of the company. mm* The following vessels are of the Bull Line and all moneys due are collectable at the office of that company in New York: SS Young; GEO. BARTON. Ch. Cook; JOE BRASSARD. 2nd Cook, and DAVE CORDONICH. Messman; Each have SSYz hours overtime coming. SB Triston Dalfori: C. BAIRD has 37 hours overtime Coming. SS Cape. Corwin: G. HAWKINS has 24 hours overtime coming. SS Geo. Whit­ field: SAUNDERS. Steward, has 5 hours overtime coming: W. WALKER. Messman, has 4 hours overtime coming. m * * Men listed below have over­ time, etc.. coming at the New York Branch for last voyage. Contact Eddie Higdon. Patrol­ man. SS Howard: LAUNDRY. CHIEF COOK; LAUNDRY. 2nd COOK; SCHOSTER. Messman. SS Peter Zenger: ALL HANDS —six weeks Linen Money. Around The Ports struggle, for without a doubt in the world the same day the War is over, the Shipowners are go­ ing to try to break our backs "ala-1921 style." So by getting all set how for rough weather ahead, we should be able to get over the hump and forge ahead. 4' The Investigating Committee in this Port is going around with a bewildered look. They prob­ ably contracted it ffom a certain old-time NMU Book Member, whom with about eighteen other NMU'ers applied the other day to the Committee with a plea for an SIU Book or a Trip Card. The Committee Chairman no­ ticed this character's "wacky" look and asked him the reason. "Listen Bud," he replied, "if you guys had ivhirled in as many f . '-••<:7.'' r Page Three SIU ConventioR Asks Removal Of Macauley; Assailed As Incompetent Buy War Bauds The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. - different directions for the past few years, as I have in trying to keep up with whichever way the 'Party' was facing at the particu­ lar moment, theft you would be as dizzy lookihg as I am. "And if you think I am alone in thi.s dizzy look, you should see some of the NMU 'pie cards:' "They're gone to such an ex­ tent that all they could possibly be good for is either a ballet dan­ cer or an autogyro, and if I don't make this Ttip Card and I have to go back over there amongst the other 'nuts,' then I am afraid I am going to qualify for a dan­ cer's job myself." (P.S. Don't worry "fellers," all is well. He got his Trip Card and is now ablie to take off his socks without usiftg a monkey wrench.) NEW ORLEANS, La.—The assembled Convention ol the Seafarers Iriternational Lhilon of NA early this montls took strong action against the Maritime War Emergency ill Board and its head Capt. T. (Shell-and-Pea-Game) Mac­ auley for their bureaucratic decision in recently slashing the seamen's bonuses and impairing^ - the seamen's part in the war ef­ WHEREAS, In December, 1941, the U. S. Maritime Commissioil fort. and the Department of Labor The resolution condemned jointly invited all steamship op­ these actions of the Board and erators and Maritime Unions to asked for the removal of Capt. attend a meeting in Washingtoftrj Macauley to a place where he D.C., and can no longer damage the sea­ WHEREAS, As a result of the men with his sly attacks on their discussions and deliberations last­ • V, X ' earnings. ing several days, this meeting on The protest was sent to Presi­ December 18, 1941, adopted the dent Roosevelt from the Conven­ Statement of Principles and the tion in an official communication Maritime War Emergency Board from the SIU of NA. was established, and m The assembled Convention WHEREAS. The Statement of pointed out that the MWEB's at­ Principles outlined, the principle tack on the bonus represented a involved, the policy to follow and drastic slash in the living scales the powers vested in the Mari­ of seamen and their families and time War Emergency Board, and" could only have the effect of driv­ WHEREAS, The Powers out­ ing many of those who were over lined in the Statement of Prin* the draft age away from the sea ciples provided: and their employment keeping , "Whenever any difference the ships moving. shall arise between any steamr Authorify Superseded ship operator and any union, representing its employees with The resolution declares that regard to any question relating, Macauley superseded his author­ tx) war risk compensation or ity and "his actions will seriously hamper the war effort." It also war risk insurance of persoixftel told of his gross incompetence of the vessels of such steam­ and his impractical approach to ship operator and such ques­ the problems confronting the sea­ tion shall not be settled through the ordinary procedure of col-^ men and the marine industry lective bargaining between' today. such steamship operator and The measure asks the appoint­ its employees, such question ment of someone thoroughly shall be referred to the Board competent and able to cope With by such steamship operator or the complex, situation in the in­ such union by giving written dustry due to war-time condi­ notice to the Board and to the tions. other party of the intention of The reasons for the resolution the party giving such notice to cite the fact that the MWEB refer such question to the never judged the scales of bon­ Board. Such notice shall spec­ uses by increased sinkings and ify the question to be referred raised them when the hazards to the Board. I'ose a thousand per cent at sea. "Upon receiving such notice Put Ceiling On Bonus the Board shall as promptly as But they did put a ceiling on shall be practicable afford to each party a reasonable oppor­ bonuses and then hurried to cut even that meagre figure down as tunity to present evidence -and soon as they felt that the oppor­ argument in support of the po­ sition of such party and the tunity was ripe. Text of the resolution follows Board shall thereupon render its decision in writing with re­ in full: gard to such question and serve a copy thereof upon each party. A couple of out of town Mem­ bers brought to light something "The decision of the Board here the other day that may be upon any such question which of interest to Members paying shall be referred to it as here­ off here in the future. They no­ inbefore set forth be final and ticed a couple of first class pan­ binding upon all parties to the handlers "mooching" in one of difference out of which such the gin mills close to the Hall, question arose." for all that they were worth. AND WHEREAS, The Maritime War Emergency Board has con­ They also sported in their jackets an SIU emblem. They sistently violated the statement questioned these two bums as to of principles on numerous pre­ how long they were on the beach, vious occasions, and etc. And lo, and behold, not one WHEREAS, On February 23, of these people were SIU Mem­ 1944, the Maritime War Emer­ bers, or eVen Seamen. gency Board called a meeting of After gently bouncing these the Advisory Committee, and characters off the bulkhead sev­ WHEREAS, At this meeting eral times and removing their the Maritime War Emergency SIU buttons, they had them see­ Board was questioned as to ing the light. They'll now lay whether a war bonus dispute was off panhandling members here submitted to them by either la­ and representing themselves as bor or industry, and seameft. WHEREAS. The Maritime War Emergency Board stated "No" So in closing, I remain, and was then informed by sev­ YOURS FOR LESS "WINOS,'" eral Maritime Unions that they PAUL HALL, Agent {Continued on Page 6) I t! �Page Fotiz THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 21, 1944 A&G Sec'y-Treasurer's Report To 2nd Biennial Convention {Cwtthmed from Page 1) rank and filers because we can not ighore the fact that before we can housebieak the shipowners cornplelely, • we -must drive the NMU off the East. Coast. T MEANT SLAVERY As long as this phoney outfit remains in the picture, it serves as a shipowner 5th-column in the ranks of labor and can sabotage much of our work. Thus, it is significant when the honest NMU rank and filers begin to look to us for leadership—for that can mark the beginning of the end for Curran & Company. _ , , , u *1. 4. , Our record over the past two years shows that we were in there swinging on every issue effecting the welfare of the seamen Ihis doesn't mean to say that we won all the fichts—we didn't ® • But we won the majority of them, and in the others the opponents knew that they had been through a scrap. And that is what the seamen demand-that a union fwings from the floor. Perhaps our biggest fight occured immediately following the adjournment of our last convention. It was in April, 1942, that the Washington bureaucrats launched a blitzkreig intended to regiment the seamen right into the ormed force, and atrip them of their right, and condition,. While Secretary of the Navy Knox hinted that the seamen might be taken right into the Navy, thei War Shipping Administration and the National Maritime Union plotted to force down the throats of the seamen a so-called compromise plan which would have sacrificed the hiring halls and union security. It was the SUP and SIU which jumped squarely into the breech and called for a showdown with the enemies of maritime labor then and there. WhRe our district mobilized the East Coast seamen, Brother Lundebera flew into Washington D C and Brother Limdeherg flew into wasmn^^^ u. ana whipped into Ime a United Front of all maritime unions, except the NMU, and led them to victory over the shipowners and their labor hating stooges. NMU-WSA COMBINE DEFEATED . , ,^ , The Statement of Principles and Statement of Polky, which guaranteed om r^ I LM w^Ph h^vrSlPd had it STJP A. Wiiicii would nsvo I3il6d rind it not been led by our Union; and a faflure would have returned the seamen to slavery for years to come. Our experience in defeating the NMU-WSA proposed Statement of Policy that would have taken away aU working conditions that the seamen enjoyed, taught us that it was absolutely necessary to have a man in Washington, D. C., on the job all the time to watch out for any similar deals and to keep us informed of legislation and any matter effecting seamen. We were fortunate to get a man who really knows the score, as Mathew Dushane does. BUILDING THE STRIKE FUND He has, and still is, doing a bang-up job in Washington, D. C. • . ... , - the seamen of the right to sufe the shipowner for injuries received in the course of duty, and would have ehaekled him to a rigid compensation schedule. It was Brothers Harry Lundeberg and Dushane that successful counter-offensive against this move, but we on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts did our share and carried the fight to eVery port in our district. It was the combined weight of the seamen on both the western and eastern coasts which blocked this move to sabotage our rights. roTn-ui" CARDS FOUGHT It was in the Spring of 1943 that our beef occured ^ . ,, .. ..^ 0//°" jne to trace its history in deremark in passing that although we lost this fight in the end, we made a record which the seamen will long remember. Here again the National Maritime Union played a finky-shipowner role and supported the RMO cards. WON RESPECT breaking watches and overtime. The master of the SS Schoharie broke watches while waiting for a convoy, but the vessel was not in port. He did this so he could work the men from 8 to 5 without the payment of overtime. DISPUTED OVERTIME was directly contrary to our contract with the company. But despite this, the company backed up the skipper and refused to pay overtime for the work done during this time. This case went finally to a conciliator and we won on all counts. The crew of that ship won an award of $7,000 in disputed overtime—probably ^ ^ut what was even more important than the dough which this crew won, was the fact that this victory stopped the chiseling of our contract by this line, and established a precedent whereby we can protect our working rules in future beefs. These are only the highlights of the work of our district during the past two years. During that period there were, of course, hundreds upon hundreds of minor Atlantic & Gulf District hammered away at beefs which we won. There was the constant fight to the unholy alliance between the NMU and the ship- prevent the Washington bureaucrats from undermining' owners. The District made an uncompromising fight on oyj. rights and wages, move and the ^am^^^ it wa, ^ that repreM.nted their interests at this time. anti-union maneuvers, When we lost'the fight, we said so frankly and pointed out to the seamen that it was the lack of unity MORE SIU AGREEMENTS in the labor movement, the 5th-column role played by There was the extension of SIU organization to new the NMU, which was responsible for our defeat. And ^hips and lines, notably the Smith & Johnson Steamship while we lost the fight, we won the respect of every co., the Moran Towing and Transportation Company, union man on both coasts for the manner in American Range-Liberty Line and the Over-Lakes represented their interests. Freight Corporation. The next bureaucratic move against us was launchThere was the improvement of our facilities for tf^ler'^Tirtlicy maritime unions to alter their policy re-signmg on ships in order to force men to sign on a ^^ip (a new one just built) at port of delivery. This ^ ^ premature signing articles before they had a chance to safeguard their rights. WSA ATTEMPTS SABOTAGE OF RIDERS SEAFARERS' LOG of June 25, 1943: "What is also involved in this move of the ship, "iirc? A* A.*. A A UJ. A . transportation riders which the SHJ had before the war ^d which were frozen for the duration of the war by the Statement of Policy." ^ime this appeal was released by Macauley ^^e midst of a fight with the operators over ^^e transportation riders, and his move was obviously ^^e enemies of labor aid and comfort. As jjg expected, the NMU went for this phoney deal, ^^e Atlantic & Gulf District fought Macauley-and v,;™ defeated him. There is no signing of articles by SIU men at an port of delivery. jjr-W ENGLAND BEEF WON ' ENGLAND BEEF WON One of the toughest and most drawn out beefs we patrolmen to handle beefs; the purchasing of a building of our own in New Orleans Z° Z ^ "P this-honest, Progressive and militant unionism. no rnove which was not calculated to benefit the rank and file seaman on American merchant ships. That such a policy can pay dividends for the Union-as well as the seamen-is shown by our recruitment over the past two years and by the financial statGiriGnt for thi*? oGrind statement for this period. FINANCIAL PROGRESS Here is how our finances stacked up at the time of convention, March 1942: General Fund $ 8,912.16 Hospital Fund 25,085.04 S & O Fund 42,757.26 Of this fund, $34,000 (matured value) was invested in war bonds. AJU I J-,And here is bur financial condition as of December ^^43. General Fund $87,719.00 42,059.72 g & O Fund 79,769.02 ASA Fund y 32,351.00 ficiai' ot ttTAtSrl VUITDUI'M tC our'unira Company. of these monies $177,000 (matured value) is Invest, for a real life and death struggle vk Se sh^" H SJ^sSw Zse ^hmt TL bo"aS Tn to MaSh?. owners once the war ended. To prepare for this inmen sailing these ships. The boats ran to Martha s have increased our treasury by $165,144.28. This is evitable fight we began to educate the membership on f sub-standard when testimony, I believe, of the efficient and business-like thTneceX oTbSg an adequate stri^f^^^^^^^^ ETSII J r-dbi v^odsi. men are coming to us for leadership. In these past two Through articles in the SEAFARERS LOG and But in spite of the justice of our case, we twice lost years our records show that close to 15,000 new memtalks on the floor of the meetings, we won the rank before Regional War Labor Boards, and it was only by bers have joined the Atlantic & Gulf District, and file to the support of building an adequate strike insistent appeals and careful documentation that we And so vou can see that it ia nnt fund. This question was placed on the annual ballot, it were finally able to win improved wages. One year when I say to you that the Atlantic & Gulf District is passed and today there is approximately $50 000 in this after our first request for a raise, we won a retroactive destined to become the dominant union on the East fund. Good ammunition to be used against the enemies $15.00 per month boost in wages and a 5c an hour in- Coast—and within a very short period of time. Nor is ° ^ crease in standby work. it overconfidence when I say that we are ready for the In November 1942, the powerful shipowners' lobby Perhaps our most smashing and significant victory post-war period, fully confident thai we have a fighting in Washington joined hands with the reactionary poli- over those shipowners who were trying to chisel on our ^union which can meet the enemies of labor on the ticians in. an all out offensive against the Jones Act. contracts under cover of the war emergency, was the waterfront, AND WIN for the seamen an ever increasThey introduced legislation which would have deprived beef with the South Atlantic Line over the question of ing. American standard of living. Washington Confusionists Expose M W E B {Coitimued from Page 2) spokesmen, Capt. E. "Shell-and-Pea-Game" Macauley and Erich "Triple-Con-Man" Neilsen, that the Unions had misrepresented the facts on the MWEB's unjust slashes of the seamen's bonuses. This was ridiculous because a cut is a cut whether it is on your hand or in your wages! It is so definite V®" know about it! Who misrepresented the facts now, Misters Neilsen and Macauley? AN EDITORIAL In the light of the foregoing you stand indicted! And in that indictment you are impeding the war effort. For some people that means long prison terms under the laws of "aiding the enemy." Since you are impeding 4he war effort it's about time that Congress took a little glance at your activities and went into a thorough investigation of just what you are up to and whom your accomplicies are. In the meantime the SIU demands the removal of the menace to the war effort, to seamen's lives, and to our soldiers on the fighting fronts—the puddle sailors of the MWEB. We sail the ships and we deliver the goods that keep the Army and Navy in the field. All we want is justice. We depend on Congress and the American People to give us that Justice and we are sure of get­ ting it! (See Page 5 for photostat copy of OWI Bulletin.) I ^»l vl 1 M -L �THE Fiiday, April 21. 1944 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Conference Resolutions For Membership Action !• interfered with any men or mem­ bers at work, and/or stopped any member or man that ^vas work' ing, to discuss any Union busi­ ness or caused any stoppage of work, or interfered with any member^^gj^j^^jyggi^during the pe­ riod oT the eight (8) hour work­ ing day, or at any time other than the eight (8) hour working period, or cause any delays in ships' sailings since the outbreak of this present war; and WHEREAS. This can be ascer­ tained by the steamship compan­ ies or operators that we have un­ der contract; and WHEREAS. We have been al­ lowed the privilege under the aESOLUTION ON OBTAINING PASSES FOR MEMBERS ON ARMY SHIPS. DOCKS AND PIERS. WHEREAS. The Seafarers Inlernational Union of North Am­ erica has been the bargaining ligent of the Seamen with the ous companies that we have ionder contract; and WHEREAS. As bargaining Higents we have always enjoyed iHnicable relations with the vajcious Steamship companies that we have closed shop agreements With; and WHEREAS. As the bargaining igent no official or officials of the Seafarers International Union has law to contact our membership employed aboard the various merchant ships that we have covered by our agreements, and this being in full accord with the owners or operators and under the pnost amicable of terms; and • WHEREAS. All elected officials of the SIU of NA have been pro­ cessed by the U. S. Coast Guard as to their integrity and loyalty to the U.S.A.; and WHEREAS. All elected officials of the SIU of NA have taken an oath to uphold the democratic principles of our country and to condemn Communism, Fascism and Naziism; THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED. That we the mem­ bers of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America go on record to oppose certain Army officials who are issuing such discriminatory orders against Unio.n Officials, and to point out by issuing these orders they, the officials of the Army, by refusing the Union officials the right to enter the piers, docks, wharves, that they have under the Army's control that they are violating the Federal law and are depriving the crew members on those ships that are docked therein the right to representa­ tion afforded to them by law; and BE IT FURTHER U.S. LABOR PRESS SERVICE NEWS OF THE WAR AND LABOR'S PART IN IT r.i EDITORS: This weekly clip sheef .> a cooperative effort of U. S. war agencies ta inform labor of the war's progress, to tell the story of the workers' efforts in the war, and to suggest how the Labor Press con help specific war pragrams. Reoresented are: War Praduclian Board, War Labor Board, War Department, Navy Department!Maritime Commissio^, War Manpower Commission, Office of Civilian Defense, Labor Department, Office ol Price" Administration, Office of Defense Transportation, and Nutrition in Industry, ' Division of Food Distribution Administration. : ^April to, 1944^ z T- WAR RISK PAYMENTS TO SEAMEN REVISED Ubor on fho $oo SEAV.EI: NEEDED m liZRCHANT SHIPS V/ashlngton — Cargdes vital to military operations face delay \inleaa more than 1,800 for­ mer mates, engineers-and able-bodied seamen re­ turn to the sea each month, the V/ar Shipping Ad­ ministration announced. Enough mates, engineers and able seamen are. in retirement or on other Jobs to fill the quotas, according to VJSA. r KT A Shi? lacking a mate or its complement of crewmen may miss a convoy which in turn may involve a delay of weeks or in some cases even months for sorely needed cargoes. h Attractions, beyond the satisfaction of doing a Job necessary to victory, V»'SA points out, are the following: best ships in the worla, modern spring-steel bunks, fresh food prepared by skilled 'cooks; intelligent career men as < officers, clean-cut American boys as shipmates; greater safety \mder the guns of tl^e Navy and the Wings of United States planes on escort car­ riers; pay from 4-200 to ^2^0 a month for able sear-en, 4250 and higher for engineers, in addi­ tion' to free fcoc, medical and dental service, and ppportunity to become an o.fficer at higher pey. * A matA, en.gineer or able seaman who has papers, or who once held papers, is eligible, '».'SA said^ Men in one of these classes* are urged to send a col3<ect telegram, immediately to Merchant Karirr.e, Washin.gton, D. C,, telling name, address^ rating and when available. If a telegram is imHpssible, a post card or a letter is acceptable. WJ-eaHIca- 500 RADIO. TEI-IOR/'"HEH-S TEEDEP j Here's the evidence! Above is a photostat of the MWEB's release put but through the OWI which shows that the MWEB made a decision before holding tbe April 12 meeting with the I Advisory Committee on which the Unions are represented. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR MONTH OF MARCH, 1944 DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAU SHIPPED 12 U. S. LABQR PMEMM MERVtCB 1515 1125 992 3632 Washington -- War risk payments to the 125,000 officers and men of America's Merchant Marine have been revised by the Maritime War Emergency Beard, the board announced. The board consulted with ship operators and unions in set­ ting the new rates. Ihe changes are effective as of April !• As a result of -the shifting of war theaters, paym.ents will be reduced in safer areas, and increased in hazardous areas. , Typical base v/ages for Liberty ship crews range from 482.50 a month for ordinary seamen to $Ul8 a month for masters. Changes in the war risk bonus,have no effect on the base wages. Under the new ruling, $5 ^ day addition­ al will be paid to crews on ships while in the sea approaches to war combat areas. A voyage bonus of 100 per cent will be paid officers and men in voyages pas'sing through sea approaches to combat areas, with a minimum of 4100 for-un­ licensed personnel. A new bonus of 4125 will be paid to each of the crew on shins destyoy^qi qy 3\tb^tfintiallv damaged by enemy attack,_or^if any member of the crew la killed or inJl^ed TiT an attack. This bonus will be paid no'matter wKere the ship is located when the attack occurred. Ihis re­ places the present bonus paid only for attacks occurring while the ship was in port. A recent study showed that the average total earnings, including war risk payments, on Liberty ships for offshore voyages was 42l|i4..50 a month for ordinary seamen, and 4775 for masters, exclusive of food and lodging. Under the new rates, the average will be slightly lower. How­ ever, the pay on voyages to actual combat areas will be higher. The board, after meetings called as a result of^protests frcrn'Maritimie unions, declined €"o posYpone the effective date of tl-ie hl^/'Vdhus " rafcesr" "" ' In a telegram to, representatives of operators and unions announcing the decision, the board also stated: "The board will always consult with the Advisory Committee, in accordance with establish­ ed procedures, upon the presentation by any of the parties signatory of factual information on " changes of war risk at sea or in port or questions •rising in the administration of its decisions." 'ORWEr i-rki'J* ~" ii '"^vsmsN"' RESOLVED, That this Agents' Conference go on record to do everything possible to obtain passes from the Army for the duly elected representatives of the crew members who are on a ship berthed in an Army pier, dock, or base, or point of em­ barkation; and, BE IT FURTHER AND FINALLY. RESOLVED, That in the event that we cannot secure passes from the Army and by them re­ fusing us admittance to their piers, docks or bases, they will be depriving our members therein to be represented by their offi­ cials, that we instruct the mem­ bers being so deprived of repre­ sentation to sign articles, or pay off at the United States Commis­ sioner's Office or any other place where the crews can be assured of the proper representation that is afforded them by Federal law. RESOLUTION— Up-Grading School WHEREAS. The United States Maritime Service has Up-Grad­ ing Schools all over the United States; and WHEREAS. These Schools are being financed by the Govern­ ment who, after all, are the peo­ ple; and WHEREAS. These Schools will create a surplus of Able Seamen in the industry eventuallj'; and WriEREAS. There exists in the various SIU Halls on the Atlantic & Gulf Coasts today quite a num­ ber of ordinary seamen with enough sea service to be up­ graded to AB; and yVHEREAS. these men for the benefit of the Union should at­ tend and get up-graded to take care of their own Union; and WHEREAS. These men are only injuring the Union in not embracing this opportunity; THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED. That this Agents Conference goes on record to en­ courage the members of the SIU, Atlantic & Gulf District, to at­ tend these Up-Grading Schools; and, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED. That all the of­ ficials of the Atlantic & Gulf Dis­ trict give all the members of the Union the straight informa­ tion. as explained to the Confer­ ence by the representative of 'USMS. RESOLUTION On Voluntary $10 Assessment fo(f the Purchase of Buildings WHEREAS. Various branches of our Union are having consid­ erable difficulty renewing leases and are being compelled to move, due to this, and this situation is very unhealthy and jeopardizes the very existence of oui' organi­ zation; and WHEREAS. The only solution to this problem is to own and control our own Union Halls which would afford maximum security to our Union and its membership; and WHEREAS. As the Agents Conference recommends this pro­ cedure as the only practical method of combatting hostile landlords' actions; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. That a voluntary assessment of ten dollars ($10) be recommended to our members for the purpose of creating ta Building Fund; said fund to be used for the purpose of acquiring real estate wherein our halls caa be maintained without any inter­ ference from outside sources. J!'t I, ®-il 1J i ^-1 S . s ^1 •-'J �1,.^ Page Six, THE SIU Convention Asks Removal Of Macaiiley; Assailed As Incompetent SEAFARERS LOG Friday, April 21. 1944 Dewey OKays Act Neiie York State Act No^Law For NY Seamen STATE OF NEW YORK Nos. 117; 242. 2337 Blf. U7 ALBAPfY, N. y., April 14IN ASSEMBLY Gov. Dewey signed a bill today Januury 10, 1944 giving civil service employees {Contimted from ?age J) actions will seriously hamper the now in the U.S. Merchant Marine were overstepping the powers war effort. THEREFORE. BE IT the same protection, benefits and . Introduced by Mr. STEINGUT—read'Oi^e afM referred to the > vested to them in the Statement HESOLVElJr Thst this -GQn'.fen- privileges as lliose civil service Committee on Military Affairs—committee ^seharged* bill amended,of PrinK-iples, and tion go on record to petition to employees who enter the armed ordered reprinted as arriended and recommitted to said committee^-v WHEREAS* The Maritime War President Roosevelt to order the forces presently enjoy under the rules committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted asf Emergency Board has jnst issued Maritime War Emergency Board military law. amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules. a directive, cutting down the to hold in abeyance the effective Under the new law such sea­ amount of bonus to be paid to date of their latest decision, that AN Act Merchant Seamen in different reduces the war bonuses, until men will have the same addi­ tional rights as to positions they . TO AMEND THE MILITARY LAW, IN RELATION TO IN-'.war areas, and such time as representatives of leave and protection in retire­ CLUDING SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT; WHEREAS. At a meeting held Maritime Labor Unions be" given ment systems. MARINE IN THE DEFINITION OF MILITARY DUTY FOR THE, February 23, 1944, the Maritime a full opportunity to present their This is said to be the first State PURPOSES OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX THEREOF. War Emergency Board gave no side of the case, and BE IT FUR­ recognition of civil service em­ The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and.' indication that the war risk bonus THER ployees serving as seamen in the Assembly, do enact as follows: would be cut and changed and RESOLVED. That this Conven­ Merchant Marine and brings WHEREAS* This Board is tak­ tion request of President Roose­ them on a par with those serv­ Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section two hun­ ing powers not vested in them­ velt that Captain Macauley be ing in the Army, Navy and the dred forty-six of chapter forty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred selves when they arbitrarily cut immediately removed as Chair­ Coast Guard. nine, entitled "An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter In his signatory message Gov­ thirty-six of the consolidated laws," such section having been added and changed the bonus to their man and/or member of the Mari­ own desires, and time War Emergency Board, due ernor Dewey made it plain that by chapter eight hundred forty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred r*: WHEREAS. At no time while to his being grossly incompetent, the- seamen were doing a. first- forty-one, and such paragraph having been last amended by chap­ class job in supplying the armed ters one hundred thirty-three and three hundred sixty-seven of the ships were unarmed and unes­ and that a competent man be ap­ laws of nineteen hundred forty-three is hereby amended, to read as corted and were being shot at pointed in his place, AND BE IT forces abroad. The bill is a just recognition follows: like clay pigeons, and ships sink­ FURTHER of the great sacrifice made by ing increased 1000 per cent did RESOLVED. That copies of this (b) The term "military duty" shall mean military service in the those who enter the Merchant militaty, naval, aviation or maine service of the United States .pubthe Maritime War Emergency resolution be sent to President L" Board request a meeting of the Green, of the American Federa­ Marine," Mr. Dewey declared. 1 sequent to July first, nineteen hundred forty, or service under the Advisory Committee to discuss tion of Labor, and all American selective training and service act of nineteen hundred forty, or the the advisability of increasing the Federation of Labor State bodies. national guard and reserve officers mobilization act of nineteen war risk bonuses for seamen to We request all Labor bodies to hundred forty, or any other act of Congress supplementary or amen­ correspond with the increased support this resolution, and that datory thereto, or any similar act of Congress hereafter enacted and percentage of ship sinkings and they register a protest against the irrespective of the fact that such service was entered upon follow­ loss of seamen's lives, and action of the Maritime War ing a voluntary enlistment therefor or was required under one of the foregoing acts of Congress, or service with the American Red WHEREAS. The Maritime War Emergency Board, AND BE IT Emergency Board did not use the FINALLY Cross while with the armed forces of the United States on foreign service, or service as an officer or member of the crew on or in con­ percentage of ships sinkings and RESOLVED. That copies of this (Continued from "Page 1) nection with a vessel documented under the laws of the United loss of seamen's lives as a yard­ resolution be sent immediately to stick to measure and to increase all Branches of the Seafarers' In­ speeding up the movements of Stales or a -vessel dwned by, chartered to, or operated by or for the the war bonus pa yto seamen ternational Union of North Am­ ships carrying vital cargoes. account or use of the government of the United States, as an enrollee .^wheh the sinkings increased 1000 erica, Atiailtic and Gulf, Pacific in the United States maritime service on active duty and. to such Bttildizig A Backlog ^per cent. Therefore, they are District and Sailors' Union of the extent as may be prescribed by or under the laws of the United 3: A resolution was passed States, any period awaiting assicfmneni to such sSrvide and any very unfair in altempthig to use Pacific. urging a voluntary building as­ peiiod awaiting asSignmenf to such setVidd and any p®ffdd~of edu~ 100 per cent as a ceiling from sessment of $10.90 was recom­ cation or-training for such service in EUiy school or ihsflfution urider which to measure bonus , pay in mended for adoption to the the jurisdiction of the United States gevernmSni. but shall not in­ order to lower seamen's bonus }l membership and ordered put clude temporary and intermittent gratuitous service in any reserve tl pay. and on the next coastwise referen­ or auxiliary force. It shall include time spent in reporting for",and WHEREAS, The Maritime War AI dum if the membership so returning from military duty and shall be deemed to commence Emergency Board presented'' no wills. when the public employee leaves his position and to end when he is concrete evidence to the Maritime The conference was of the op­ reinstated to his position, provided such reinstatement is within union Officials that attended the Ship operators are liable for in­ Advisory Committee meeting on juries inflicted on members of- inion that this would aid in mak­ sixty days after the termination of military duty, as hereinafter February 23, 1944, to justify their the crew by another crew mem­ ing the Union independent of defined. decision to lower the war bonuses ber of known vicious and belli­ landlords — some of whom are This act shall take CflFect immediately, and the amendnients now being paid to American mer­ gerent tendencies, according to a afraid of pressure from the ship­ made by this act to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section two owners and would terminate chant seamen, and ruling of the U. S. Circuit Court leases to embarrass the Union's hundred forty-six of the military law shall be retroactive to and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect from and after WHEREAS. Captain Macauley, of Appeals. branches. Also that it will afford April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred forty-one. the Chairman of the Board, has superseded his authority and his The ruling held that, under the the Union members greater se­ Jones Act, a shipowner is re­ curity to have such property as a sponsible for the safety of sea­ backlog. men to an extent substantially 4: A resolution pointing out greater than that attaching to or­ the opportunity for the Union dinary employes. His liability for to purchase a hall in Tampa, $51.00 "negligence" also is extensive, SS Virginia Dare Fla., was concurred in and or­ 32.00 the coui't . ruled, declaring that Crewnf SS A. Burke dered put to the membership's 18.00 among a shipowner's obligations SS Chief Joseph : will under a referendum ballot. 17.00 is that of seeing to the safety of SS Nicholas Biddle . tip-Grading Urged 12.00 the crew. H. H. Mofnaghan 5: A resolution was passed Ye Gods how they suffered! Communist led and organized 10.00 Ctetr of SS Delaires The decision upheld the verdict urging members to take advan­ How they wrestled v/ith the de­ from the defunct Marine Workers 8.00 SS F. MiUer of a jury in the Western New tage of the up-grading schools mons of perdition, the shipown­ Industrial Union of unhallowed B.61 York Federal Distcict Court SS Steelore and make themselves available ers, how they starved and how fame. It was a -wi'ecking organi­ ... 60)0 Damages of $3,000 were awarded Di Gufman ....; for such up-gradinigy since this they died on the picket-lines. zation designed to "do a job" on 6.00 Carl Koehler, a seaman on the J, T. Waterman will tend to help not only "Who? the bona fide Union of the AFL. 9.00 Great Lakes ship Angellne of the J. Bums themselves, but also protect Why the Commissars in control And they did, for with their high 2M Presque-Isle Transportation Com­ G. Hegman the Union. of the NMU, who now exhort the powered publicity masked as 2J)0 pany. Koehler was assaulted by Vfm. E. Teed The conference saw a positive newcomers to the industry who "rank and file" they were able to 2M a fellow sailor of known vicious J. H. Childs danger to the. Union in neglect of don't know the truth and are deceive the seamen who did not 2U)0 characteristics, who had also at­ J. Click this task. For urfless the mem­ easily deceived to "go out and do understand the broad issues at 2.00 tacked another member of the Karl Beainor bers take advantage of this ser­ their stuff, save the NMU, and stake. 2.00 crew. John WiUiams » vice to better themselves, the organize in the traditions of the The MWIU now "rank and file 2M J. Palmer tihie may come when the exam­ rank and file" who did so much of the ISU" as they caUed thernThe operator failed to take suf­ 1.00 Ed Anierault selves, LOST the Spring "strike" 1.00 ficient precaution for the safety ination Standards will be made for you, meaning themselves. J. M. Applegate Ah, shipmates it's a pitiful of 1930 and had to go back to thd 1.00 of the crew, the ruling" held, when so high that it will be impossible D. R. Allen ..... 1.00 it knowingly had as a member of for the ordinary man to pass story. A real ,old tearjerker of ships defeated. Ships were hard G. W. Vinen —........ 1.00 the crew a persgn having the them. For if waivers are cut out the sob sister era. Let us have up but later sailed. A* Gawronski u After three months in whicH 1.00 character of the attacker qnd it the Union men who were lax the facts for there is never a VS«Bordner wUl be endangered by an iflfiux was not material that the attack­ meetihg but these highbinders the concentrated Communist 1.00 F** Traski 1.00 er, when he assaulted the plain­ of the younger elements now tell the newcomers their fairy power marched the picket-lines H* H. Elmofe tiff, was Mot acting in the course sailing under the relaxed war­ tales. drfessed and . masquerading dS -iV I/' of his employment or in the in­ time requirements. The lax sea- The so called "rank and file "seamen" to bolster the ranks in $193.61 terest of the shipowner. Total (Continued on Page S) movement" within the ISU was {Continued on Page 8) Agents Conference Charts Future Course Of A & G Dist. Union Operator Liable In Crew Aseault ^.Honor Roll (1 CP's Didn't Suffer As 'Rank And Filers* NMUAlentber Reveals m / •- J �"'-y" ."l-fe.'.' K';*.--''''.' • Friday, 'April 21, 1944 -jei'rri i , . THE SEAFAF, ERS Pat,? Seven LOG . = SUPSIU Fight MWEB On Bonus Slashes; NMU's Role Exposed ^ICfmifnmd Jrom Page 3) point advanced by the SUP-SIU with the exception of the remov­ al of Mister Macauley. In this he voiced disapproval. Harris of the Marine Firemen's, Oilers' and Water tenders' of the Pacific, and Morgan of the Am­ erican Communications Ass'n. were the lone supporters of the NMU's finky white-washing of the Board's recent bonus slashes. The NMU representatives de­ clared that they were submitting an Insurance Policy, which call­ ed for an insurance of $10,000. No one besides themselves and the MWEB knows what is in that ' draft policy that they submitted. . Curran's Record Remembered However, when the Maritime War Emergency Board made its first decision, December 18, 1941 (at 10 P.M.), the day it was set 4xp as a Board, Curran of the NMU was the first to get lip and ,£^ree with the MWEB. The record ,is remembered. He thanked and congratulated the Boai'd for rendering such a quick decision and fixing the in­ surance figure at $5,000 for death. V. J. Malone of the MFOW of the Pacific Coast, swiftly followed ..siht. Harry Lundeberg, Sec'y-TpeasjjErer of the SUP and President of :(yhe SIC got up and protested the decision, declaring that in his opinion $5,000 was a cheap price to put on a seaman's life. StU Asks Higher Insurance From time to time the SIU has made appeals to the Maritime War Emergency Board asking that the figures on insurance for the unlicensed personnel be in­ creased to at least $10,000 mini­ mum. The records of the NMU's of­ ficials in the bonus fight have made history in reverse—^for they certainly have consistently tied up with the shipowners and with certain officials of Government groups in an attempt to curry fa­ vor and beg a place in the ship­ ping world, officers of the AFL Unions declare. As we go to press the Union has had no official announcement of any further action the MWEB may take on their recent decision. NOTICE "The aged mother of John S, Bryant, Book No. 3094, (who is aged 77 years) is living in Santa Cruz, Calif., and wants the Union brother to get in touch with her. A letter would be appreciated and Santa Cruz Post Office will deliver it. Buy Bonds and Stamps in the War Loan Drive, Dushane's Report On Washington AND TO BE PAYABLE FOR THEY SO INFORMED THE NMU {Cotitinued from Page 2) of money that they were making ALL WATERS AND PORTS REPRESENTATIVES.) Blacky OF THE WORLD, WITH THE Myers and McKenzie representin going to sea. Mv. Macauley at no time has EXCEPTION OF IN L A N D|ed the NMU, and they are again tried to bring out the true facts WATERS OF THE CONTIN­ blowing smoke up the member­ ship's ( )- This is not the first to the Public regarding the ENTAL UNITED STATES. bonus. 'However, he iras" been oii 3 THAT TiixS MONTHLY DON- •time that- the NMU haw rn^de US SHALL BE EFFECTIVE statements on the bonus before the air several times to broadcast about the Maritime Training FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD the MWEB that is not in the in­ schools, and the pinning of a OF HOSTILITIES, AND EX­ terest of the seamen, and have medal on the chests of some sea­ TENDING UNTIL SIX brought back a different story to MONTHS AFTER THE TER­ their .membership. man who has been decorated. The question of a $10,000 in­ MINATION OF THE WAR Last year in a meeting before surance policy was again brought WITH ALL THE AXIS POW­ the Board Curran of the NMU, up. In the first meeting of the ERS. made a statement to the Board MWEB that was held at the time 4 TO REESTABLISH THE PORT that the NMU were never in fa­ the board was created the SIU ATTACK BONUS OF $125.00, vor of a port bonus, shortly after and SUP proposed an insurance THAT WAS IN EFFECT this statement was made by the policy of $10,000, and since that PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S great "emancipator," the Board time the union has made several DECISIONS THAT WENT IN­ eliminated the port bonus and es­ other requests that the insurance TO EFFECT APRIL 1, 1944. ^ tablished the attack bonus. Cur­ be boosted up to $10,000. The po­ 5 TO EXTEND THE DAILY ran at that time proposed that a sition of the union has always AREA BONUS, IN ORDER TO bonus be paid for a vessel only been that a seaman's life is worth COVER ALL INVASIONS OF when it was attacked. Well boys more than this amount. The THE ALLIED NATIONS IN you now have Curran's recom­ Board thinks that a seaman's life NEW THEATERS OF OPERA­ mendation—In lieu of the port is only worth $5,000. bonus we received the attack TIONS. bonus. The great "emancipator" Recommendations 6 THAT MR. EDWARD MAC­ certainly knows how to propose I have submitted the following AULEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE decisions that are not in the in­ recommendations that the union MWEB, IMMEDIATELY SUB­ terest of the seamen. Some of feels should be immediately MIT HIS RESIGNATION TO you may now be wondering why adopted by' the Board: THE PRESIDENT OF THE the Board adopts Curran's pro­ UNITED STATES AS CHAIR­ posals, and does not give any con­ 1 THAT THE BOARD IMMEDI­ MAN. OR MEMBER OF THE sideration to other organizations' ATELY RESCIND THEIR BOARD, AND THAT IN THE proposals. LATEST ACTION IN RE­ CLASSIFYING BONUSES, FUTURE HE REFRAIN FROM Curran Blows Trumpet THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AS PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF As you probably all know, the THE BOARD'S FUTURE DE­ OF APRIL 1, 1944. great Joe does pot like old-timers, CISIONS. 2 THE BOARD IMMEDIATELY they are a continual source of a ESTABLISH ONLY ONE I think that the membership headache to him, as they know CLASSIFICATION OF should know of some of the high­ that he does not look after their MONTHLY BONUS — THIS lights of what occured at this interest, and they ask too many BONUS TO BE 100 PER CENT, meeting. As usual the NMU questipns. So can it be possible AND A MINIMUM OF $100.00, again in their role of misleaders of dmt he wants them to leave the WHICH EVER IS GEATER — labor, have again approved of industry, thus he ean keep blow­ the Board's decision in their lat- ing his trumpet to a group of est decision. gj^n kids who do not know the score. The only way to drive Uie NMU Blows Smoke They took the positiou that the old-timers out of the industry is Board was justified in making a by making conditions worse than reduction regardless of how the they were before the uni(ms Boar4 made the reduction. The straightened out the employers. fact that the Board did not go As Undie Sam pays the bonus along with the policy as outlined bills, the Board will give very in the Statement of Principles deep consideration to any pro­ did not deter them from giving posal that will help to reduce the the Board their approval. expenditures of the WSA. The They did this iinder the ®uise <heaper the WSA bill, the bigger that they knew the Board will boost for its deputy, Mr. Mac­ make other reductions in the auley. Don't be surprised if the bonus, however, they now want WSA and the Board soon propose the Board to apply the reductions that American seamen be paid made in the bonus to a base rate the same wages and bonuses now of pay. (THE BOARD HAS HO being paid on His Majesty's AUTHORITY ON WAQBS, AND ships. Hie 'Con Man's' Chart To Nowhere i •i :• « 'i'ii m f"K V '• ' 11^ .VESSEL LOSSES Seamen Warned On Draft Erich 'The Triple-Con-Man" Neilsen's "Chart" pmsented ai MWEB's Advisory Committee meeting Appril 12. It starts nowhere: tells nathin': and goes nowhere: the Port that Neilsen is bound for . . . WE HOPE. The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was ireceived: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt HoleL "New Orleans, La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases .if sesunen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning smd ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members fo make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques^ tions that may rise. Recpmst for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone, WSA" There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss, hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading schooL etc. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (1) 111 r- r4 • • 5" • tl IJ • t1 y" �Page Eight f- ! '••i. -• I• X Working Hours Drop On British Merchant Ships Starting December 1, 1943, a Slew legaia'ciun oi woxkhig hoais has been introduced for the ca­ tering (Stewards') department of British merchant ships. The hours are now reduced from 12 to 10, with an 8 instead of of a 7 hour minimum continu­ ous rest-period in foreign-going passenger ships at sea as well as in port when passengers are aboard. The same rest-period applies to foreign-going cargo vessels at sea, according to a bulletin from (ITF) )the -International Trans­ port Workers Federation. Agents' Conference Charts Future Course Of A & G Dist. Union (Continued from Page 6} men will have to stay in lower ratings. Action to bring the resolution was taken after a discussion fol­ lowing a talk by Mr. Paul Schmidt, Warrant Officer, Mari­ time Service, WSA, who outlined the merits of the up-grading pro­ gram. "The HMO," said Mr. Schmidt, "has no hand in the Maritime up­ grading service or schools. For the Maritime Service is a com­ plete unit having nothing to do with the RMO program." Mr. Schmidt declared that the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington issues' all orders pertaining to the way such schools are to be run in the va­ rious ports. Closer Unity • At a session of the conference held jointly between the ports —agents of the Atlantic & Gulf District Union and the agents of the SUP a closer working ar­ rangement between the two dis­ tricts was agreed upon. This ses­ sion was addressed by Harry Lundeberg, Secretary - Treasurer of the SUP and President of the . SIU. The Conference was also ad­ dressed by Mr. Bentiey Byrnes, State Senator of Louisana. He congratulated the Union and its membership for their splendid work. The Senator was thanked and complimented on his activity on behalf of the organization. 15 ^ ' Will all men who took out new membership books on the SS WILLIAM WIRT on March 8. 1944. please see Claude Fisher. New York Stewards' Patrolman. Please bring your receipts. » • » ROBERT C. WILSON; Please contact your attorney, Silas B. Axtell. in New York, regarding an offer of settlement in your case against the SS Virginia Dare. If' Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board THE Corruption Is Charged In USS Hotel (Continued from Page 1) plately to- live up -to it's .supposed purpose. Quite a few merchant seamen have deposited money at the United Seamen's Service Hotel Fairfax in the past few months The money is counted by some of the USS on duty at the desk But when the same seaman or seamen call for the money later, it is not counted. Many seamen have opened their envelope at the desk and complained that there was ^shortage in same; the reply that they get is: "Go Away—You're Drunk." The personal service of the United Seamen's Service is in complete control of all rationed articles for Merchant Seamen, such as shoes, liquor, tickets, and etc. Some of the favorite ones get all and as many of the ration tickets as they need, while others get none. Mr. Crandall, who is the head of the United Seamen's Service in the Port of Norfolk, has had complaints brought to him many times about money and belong­ ings being stolen, but Crandall, who is an ex-YMCA employee, merely uses his racketeer grin and laughts at the said com­ plaints. Tried Of Racketeering Quite a few old-time seamen who have become tired of the racketeering in the United Sea­ men's Service in Norfolk, and of also being denied their rights and priviliges because they were oldtimers, decided to walk a picketline and let the public know of just how the USS "is not trying to help the Merchant Seamen. Many and plenty of survivors hit this port very often an(j they are forced to sleep in one big dormitory on the 8th floor, when thei-e are and have been plenty of rooms available. This dormitory consists of most wine-heads and seamen who have only sailed on a Prairie Schooner and leeches who merely hang around the Fairfax Hotel of the United Sea­ men's Service to bleed and chisel the bona fide and active seamen. When the Fairfax of the USS first opened for Merchant Sea­ men the prices for food were out­ rageous such as: ham and eggs, one dollar; pork chops, one dol­ lar and twenty-five cents and etc. But under pressure from the Maritime Unions the prices were dropped to within reason. Any Tom, Dick or Harry can come to the elevator girl and tell her to open up anyone's room. There are about four master keys issued to elevator girls and bell boys in the said Fairfax, and this has caused an undue thievery of clothes, money and papers from Merchant Seamen. This has all been caused by the mismanage­ ment of Mr. Crandall and Com­ pany. Please forward copy of above article to West Coast Sailor. Protect Both America and Your Money by In­ vesting It in War Bonds. SEAFAHr^XtS Friday. April 21, 1344 LOG Planned Tonnage For Post-War Merchant Fleet Various estimates on the size of America's postv/ar merchant fleet made by both industry and Government officials range from as low as 5,000,000 tons and as high as 17,000,000 tons. While there is nothing to base any of these calculations on and lihtil there is, further predictions will only tend to confuse the more important issues at stake in the vital problem of getting the American merchant marine oper­ ating at formidable pace. Although it is generally agreed that we should "remain a mari­ time nation," there has been, up to the present time, little sup­ porting evidence to show how the objective can be attained, ac­ cording to the New York Journal of Commerce. ' NOTICE OSCAR HASSEN. ED HUNYAK. DAVID BANGI. ROBERT ESTES. WALTER BURMAN. GEORGE SANER. NORMAN PHILLIPS. WILBUR W. WRIGHT, and W- BORDIN. who were all members of the crew of the SS Westinghouse on Nov. 16, 1943, are requested to get in touch with George J. Engelman. 44 Whitehall Street. New York. 4. N. Y. Mr. Engelman is the at­ torney for THOMAS E. LEO­ NARD who met with an accident while an AB on that vessel. Money Due CARL F. WOOD and THERON O. CHASE, both Cooks, can each collect. $58.70 due to them at the Bull Line office. 115 Broad Street, New York. See Mr. Dooner:—J. E. SWEENEY, Boston Patrolman. Song Of The Veteran NMU Commie Apologies to R. Kipling Now all you young fellows we welcome today There's NMU frolics if you don't know our lay ' We'll ship you with yodels, but think as we say And we'll make you a good Commie "Sailor." And first, pay your dues in advance on the line We'd sooner the Checkoff for that saves you time Make sure we get ours though you're left with a dime It's hay for the young Commie "Sailor." Whatever you say. don't tadk "rank and file" Those words give us horrors, no longer in style. - We use it to kid you when we think it's worthwhile But it's bad for the young Commie "Sailor." And then there's Lese Majesty that hoary old dame Don't forget proper manners at Joe Curran's name For he is our anchor and we're all in the game Or it's lumps for the ex-Commie "Sailor." Oh, if you must "marry" we'll furnish that too For a night or a week or ten years or two. Providing you're with us. we'll know what to do We'll "fit-out" the young Commie "Sailor." Before you are through all our tricks we will teach Roll over, play dead, or rise up emd preach To the Glory of Joseph and the brains out of reach Educating the young Commie "Sailor." Keep away from old-timers, they might make you wise Though they tell you the truth, we maintain they are lies For Youth gives us Rope and there ain't any ties How we yearn for the young Commie "Smlor." We send you to snoop on your mates private lives Report to the Section, on purges we thrive We must clip the brains or can't peddle our lies That's a job for the young Commie "Sailor." Now if you are dutiful and build up our throne Our grip on the boodle of dues from the foam We'll see yo won't want, and the payrolls you're home There's a chair for the young Commie "Sailor." An OFFICIAL no less on Serang Curran's knee Who made his last trip as a "famous" AR. Just sing to his Bosses, the Unholy Three And you'll fate as a young Commie "Sailor." And mind, ho free thinking or it's back to the herd We do all braintrusting. no need to be heard For we are Disciples of the Unwritten Word Double cross of the young Commie "Sailor." We put on a circus, yes. we put on a show And when you pay off we relieve you of dough For the Party and US why we're all one you know No change for the young Commie "Sailor." —Top'n Lift CP's Didn't Suffer As 'Rank And Filers' NMU Member Says (Continued from Page 6) or-d-er to fool the re?.i Bearnert amongst them as to their strength, the seamen among them went back to the ships. The phonies went back to the furriers, buttonhole makers and other CP dominated Unions to wait for the next strike spasm. Did the NMU officials now ex­ horting you, walk the picketlines or miss meals? They did not and they never carried the banner either. Curran and the Communist general staff which ran the socalled strike through the "Strike Strategy Committee" (dominated by the CP's Waterfront section at 229 10th Ave.) lived well. As a matter of fact the CP decided to put the bum on a pajToll in or­ der to hold him as a front man. He wanted to bolt! Starvation Rations for Non- Communists Thus Curran, was provided for when the actual marchers were il hungry. Besides this, he ran up considerable bills for pork chops which had to be paid years later by the funds of the National Mar­ itime Union. The strikers on the other hand had no credit and the stewpot had to suffice. Did Thomas Ray, Albert Lannon, Morris Stein (now M. Hen­ ley Stone) and the rest of the Commical stalwarts march the picketlines and starve? They did not. They ran the show and missed" no meals what­ ever. Why should men with the CP funds behind them miss meals? Did the real brain and organ­ izer, Roy B. Hudson, show up on (; the picket-lines, miss meals, or carry the banner? The answer is No. (And, In case you don't know, he is still the political chief running the NMU. He is not and never was a mem­ ber of the NMU. He is the Trade Union Secretary of the CPUSA?? on the National Committee.) Real Seamen Back In AFL Thus, when these CP-NMU mendicants press-agent the new­ comers they know that Ihey are safe because few know the score. The old-timers who did the dying and were honestly marching and starving are out of Ihe phony CP-NMU long ago. and are back in the AFL. The West Coasters made the Fall strike. 10,000 West Coast seamen piled off the ships in New York. The so-called "rank and file" of the ISU, (now the NMU), profited by the tie-up of West Coast ships. The militant West Coast seamen won the strike for them by winning their own. Thus the NMU was born through the fighting spirit of the organ­ ized West Coast seamen of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the MC&S, and the MFOW&W. Even West Coast Masters Mates and Pilots hit the picket-line. But the windy CP machine used the victory to set up the NMU and war upon the West Coast Unions. In no case did any • of these misleaders miss a meal or walk a picket-line. Let's keep th'e record straight. 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CONFERENCE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT SEC'Y-TREASURER'S REPORT TO 2ND BIENNIAL CONVENTION CORRUPTION IS CHARGED IN USS HOTEL WASHINGTON CONFUSIONISTS EXPOSE MWEB SUP-SIU FIGHT MWEB ON BONUS SLASHES; NMU'S ROLE EXPOSED SIU CONVENTION ASKS REMOVAL OF MACAULEY; ASSAILED AS INCOMPETENT CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ACTION U.S. LABOR PRESS SERVICE DEWEY OKAY ACT FOR N Y SEAMEN NEW YORK STATE ACT NOW LAW OPERATOR LIABLE IN CREW ASSAULT CP'S DIDN'T SUFFER AS 'RANK AND FILERS' NMU MEMBER REVEALS THE 'CON MAN'S' CHART TO NOWHERE WORKING HOURS DROP ON BRITISH SHIPS PLANNED TONNAGE FOR POST-WAR MERCHANT FLEET SONG OF THE VETERAN NMU COMMIE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/21/1944 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/91d9dbb872f06de3297b6b260eaad637.PDF 18de5a3e7684110d52832295cd288059 PDF Text Text ••jbl (IAFARBRSJOQ ip-> OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THK ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. •'» il i "}-'l No. 9 NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944 ITF Talks Pave Way For World Unity m "• ' " I All Seafarers Must Unite Says President Lundeberg At Meeting Dushane Exposes Port Hazards To Seamen In Bonus Beef Letter •i. NEW YORK, N. Y., April lA—"Tlie foreign seamen's unions must fight to bring their living standards, wages and conditions to those of the American seamen," Hafry Lundeberg, President of the SIU and Sec'y-Treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2 5 —In a strongly declared in a report here tonight. Brother Lundeberg gave a highly interesting report of the International Labor Organization Conference convened in Philadelphia last week, worded letter to Shell-and-Pea-Game Macauley of the %• and a repoid of a succeeding^ — meeting of all the delegates from headquarters, 5 Beekman Street, ton representative. "An informal session was held the foreign unions with represen­ New York City. Also attending the ILO Con­ between the American seamen's tatives of the SUP-SIU. The latter meeting was held ference for the AFL seamen were delegation and the seamen's dele­ under the auspices of the Inter­ "Whitey" Hawk, and Morris gates from the Transport Work­ national Transport Workers Fed­ Weisberger, SIU Vice-Presidents, ers from countries all over the eration, held Sunday at the ITF and Mathew Dushane, Washing­ world to the ILO Conference," Brother Lundeberg reported. "The various problems facing the seamen after the war were dis­ cussed, and after this prelimin­ ary conference a definite date was set to hold the meeting imder the auspices of the ITF in New York. "This meeting was called at the request of the American Sea­ men's delegates and took place Sunday, April 23," President Lundeberg said. "In the meeting there were representatives from .the follow­ ing countries: The U.SJ^., repre­ sented by the SIU, (AFL), Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Nor­ way, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Yugoslavia, China and India." Problems Discussed He then told of the various problems that were discussed throughout the day. {Continued on foge 4) Maritime War Emergency Board, M. Dushane, Washington representative of the SUP-SIU The letter pointed out the con­ carried forward the Union's cam­ stant hazard that the seamen are paign to have the MWEB rescind subjected to while in ports of its recent decision cutting the the War Zones, for which the bonuses and installing a so-called MWEB's latest steal from the "Vessel Attack Bonus." {Continued on Page 4) rii , t ::f; 1 Above, left to right: J. H. Oldenbroek, Harry Lundeberg, and Chu Hsueh-Fan in an informal picture at the ITF Conference. Picture on opposite side of page shows Peter Sp3frid£dEos and Nick Margaritis, Federation of Greek Maritime Unions' delegates caucauaing as they enter the ITF Conference. PIH 1 (p-. Delegates at work at the ITF Conference. Reading left to right around the table: Einar Johansen. U. S. Representative of Norwegian Seamen's Union: John Hawk. Vice President of Seafarers International Union. (AFL) Sec'y-Treasurer, Atlantic & Gulf District; Aftab Ali, President of Indians Seamen's Union; W. Dorchain, U. S. Representative of Belgian Seamen's Union: Ceaar Milos and Marjan Jelicic. U. S. Representatives of Yugoslav Seamen's Union: J. H. Oldenbroek. Acting General Sec'y of International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), Chairman of the Contact Committee of Organisations of Employees of the Netherlands Merchant Navy, WorkenC Delegate to the ILO; George Thompson, (standing). Special Organizer for the British National Union of Seamen; Morris Weisberger, Vice-President, SIU, SUP Agent of New York; Chu Hsueh-Fan, President of the Chinese Association of Labor, Workers' Delegate to the ILO: Harry Lundeberg, President of Seafarers International Union of N.Aw and Sec'y-Treas. of Sailors' Union of the Pacific,Maritime Labor Advisor to Robert J. Watt, U. S. Workers' Delegate to ILO; Fred B. Clausen. District Secretary. Danish Seamen's Union; Ernst Raberg, (forground) U. S. Representative of Swedish Ceamen's Union. Portrait on table near M. Weisberger is of the late Edo Fimmen. during his life General-Sec'y of the ITF and world renowned as the "Father of All Seamen" in Europe. �Page Two T HE SSA FA R E R S Fridar, April 28, 1944 LOG NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION REPORT REPORT FROM SEAMEN'S DELE­ vention also asked that the Marine Hospitals be open to the relatives of merchant seamen, the same as now GATES TO THE SECOND is in effect for the Coast Guard and others. CONVENTION OF THE Wartime Service SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA The convention drew up a resolution and instructed Brothers: The second convention of the International started in New Orleans March 28 and continued up to and in­ cluding April 1. Present at the convention were dele­ gates from the various affiliated unions of the Interna­ tional, on a nation-wide scale; also two fraternal dele­ gates from the Canadian Seamen's Union. There were delegates from the Atlantic Gulf SIU Seamen's Union; from the Great Lakes; fi'om the Pacific Coast; and Fishermen & Fish Cannery Workers' delegates from Boston, the Gulf ports, Florida, California and Washington. Due to wartime conditions, the difficulties of transportation, etc., the convention was limited in delegates. However, lots of work was done affecting seamen and fishermen and fish cannei-y workers, and the various delegates from all over the country had a good chance to get together and exchange their views and discuss their various mutual troubles. They were also able to coordinate their efforts on a nation-wide scale so that any question affecting seamen, fishermen or fish cannery workers in the future will be handled jointly on a coordinated basis. The following action was taken: IFar Bonus One of the first orders of business was the question of how to fight the Maritime War Emergency Board's recent decision of cutting down the bonus for seamen, the stab in the back by the Powers-who-be, in Washing­ ton, who on one hand praise the seamen as heroes and on the other hand do everything possible to break down the conditions and cut the wages. The convention drew up a resolution condemning the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board and demanding the removal of Captain Macauley as head of the Maritime War Emergency Board; also went on record asking that all American Federation of Labor—label councils and state bodies help the seamen in the fight against the Maritime War Emergency Board by backing us up in this fight. The convention also asked President Green of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor to intervene in our behalf. As a result of this action, the Maritime War Emergency Board now has agreed to hold another meeting on April 12. We will be repi'esented at that meeting by Morris Weisberger, Duke Dushane, John Hawk and (^legates of seamen from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, -who have been torpedoed and who have gone through a lot of nerve-racking e.xpericnces as a result of the war. Whether this dictatorial board, headed by Captain Macauley, will change the bonus, remains to be seen. However, we have done everything in our power to attempt to change the decision of this phoney board. The Seafarers' International Union and its affiliates, the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, the SIU of the Pacific, the Atlantic and Gulf SIU and the Great Lakes, as usual, are heading the fight. The delegates felt that there is no doubt that Cap­ tain Macauley had held private meetings with some of the other unions in the seamen's field, and made a deal with them in regard to this cut, and that these people were well aware of what was coming up. Con­ sequently, they have laid low in regard to fighting this bonus reduction. Marine Hospital The convention went on record requesting Surgeon General Parran and President Roosevelt to establish a rule to the, effect that seamen, who have been sailing three years in peace time or one year during war time, will be allowed to use the facilities of the Marine Hos­ pitals for the rest of their lives. This will be pushed by out representatives in Washington through friendly Congressmen and through the American Federation of Labor in order to get that established. At the present time there are hundreds off mer­ chant' seamen walking the streets, who can't get into marine hospitals because the United States Public Health Service applies a 60-day rule to the merchant seamen. Many of those seamen today are suffering from shell shock and various nervous ailments, brought on through enemy attacks and continuous strains under­ gone through sea voyages during war time. Conse­ quently, the convention felt that it is our duty to at­ tempt to establish something to take care of fthe sea­ men who have suffered as a result of this, after the war is over when everything will be forgotten. The con­ the officers of the International to draw up an appropri­ ate bill to be introduced by friendly Senators and Con­ gressmen to be enacted by law, giving seamen wartime service discharges. ' The reason for this is that at the present time there is a move on in Congress and throughout the nation to give discharged war veterans a preference on all gov­ ernment contracted and subsidized jobs in addition to Civil Service, and inasmuch as the Merchant Marine has been and will be subsidized by the government after the war and in order to protect the seamen, it is only fair that the seamen should also be classed as war veterans, and they should not be put in a position to be shoved out of their jobs by discharged Army and Navy veterans. The American merchant seamen have, in our opin­ ion, rendered their country first class service, and the service of the Merchant Marine has been classed by high ranking military authorities as combat service. We feel that Congress today would pass a law giving the merchant seamen a wartime service discharge. We are opposed to having the War Labor Board, the War Shipping Administration, and various panels throughout the country meddling in seamen's affairs. This setup, which we asked Madam Perkins to establish, will function as mediators in any disputes between the ship operators and unions, which can not be settled. It is strictly mediation conciliation and not arbitration. We felt this would benefit the seamen. Today every­ body in the country want to handle seamen's disputes, so we don't know where we are. War Bonds The conventoin went on record to recommend to the various unions to encourage thfeir members to buy as many War Bonds as possible for two reasons—to help our Country out during the war, and also while ship­ ping is good and there is no unemployment—our mem­ bers should set aside as much as they possibly can af­ ford during the war so that they will have something to fall back on after the war when we might be faced with the possibility of having to fight for the very ex­ istence of the conditions of our unions, and all that we have gained in the last few years. Other Seagoing Unions The question of relations between the Seafarers' In­ ternational Union and other American Federation of Foreign Seamen's Citizenship Labor unions in. the seamen's field, such as the Master The convention went op record instructing its of­ Mates and Pilots and the Radio Officers, were discussed ficials to draw up a bill for introduction in Congress and thoroughly. It was felt that in order for the American the Senate, to be enacted into law, giving foreign-born Seamen to properly protect themselves in the tough merchant seamen who sailed on American ships for a days ahead against the Shipowners combined, and the War Shipping Administration and various phoney bu­ year or more during the war full citizenship papers. There are today thousands of foreign seamen sail­ reaus, that the seamen should get closer together, and ing in American unionized ships out of union halls, who inasmuch as the Seafarers' International Union of North can not become citizens due to technicalities in the im­ America has a wide scope and jurisdiction in the charter migration law. When the war is over, no doubt, these granted by the American Federation of Labor, the con­ men will be subject to deporation, and the convention vention felt that we should approach the Master Mates felt that it was their duty to help these men get their & Pilots and the Radio Officers' Union, A. F. of L., in a citizenship papers. Inasmuch as a foreigner today, who friendly manner with the suggestion in mind that they is not a citizen, after having been in the Army or Navy become affiliated as autonomous unions with the Sea­ for three months is granted full citizenship papei's, there farers' International Union of North America.-'.Ve-bcr— is no reason why merchant seamen for a year in Ameri­ lieve that that would be a very wise move and would can ships, or more, during the war, should not be grant­ not only strengthen the Master Mates & Pilots and the Radio Operators. They would, under this proposed set­ ed the same privilege. up, retain their own jurisdiction, their own local auton­ omy and their own officers. On the other hand, in en­ U. S. steamboat Inspection Service terprises affecting their members and our members, The convention went on record to fight a bill that we would work jointly and it would be a mutual benefit is at present pending in Congress, which has for its to all concerned. purpose to put the United States Steamboat Inspection Service, the Shipping Commissioners, under full Coast The Foreign Seamen's Unions Relation Guard authority. In other words, it would be made To the American Seamen's Unions part of the Coast Guard. It was discussed very thoroughly, by the various At the present time, the Coast Guard is in charge of this bureau only as a wartime measure. Six months delegates, that we must reach an understanding and after the war is over, the Coast Guard's authority in work closely with the Seamen's unions of the other this field will cease. Now, a bill is drawn up to make countries, remembering what happened after the last it a permanent situation. There are several reasons the war. The American ships were laid up on the excuse of merchant seamen do not want the Coast Guard to be in the Ship Operators that they could not compete with, charge of the Steamboat Inspection and of the Shipping foi-eign operators on account of having to pay higher Commissioners. The Coast Guard is a military institu­ wages. We know that that was a phoney excuse, but tion, and has charge of our seamen's papers, but the nevertheless, in order to protect ourselves, we must American merchant seamen always favored remain­ work and cooperate with the foreign seamen's unions ing in a civilian status. Should the Coast Guard be in in order to protect our conditions because there is no complete charge of our seamen's papers and the various doubt but that some of these dreamers who want to re­ details handling merchant seamen, it will establish a construct and replan the conditions on the international precedent which will result in losing the civilian status scale, are already figuring to cut the American Seamen's of the merchant seamen, and it would only be a short wages and conditions to conform with the European while before the Merchant Marine would be classified seamen's conditions and wages. That is something on which they will get support from the Shipowners, and as a military service. Although we have nothing against the Coast Guard, possibly from the public. However, should we get into in their proper functions, we do think that this move trouble, when the war is over, about our wages and attempting to put us under the Coast Guard, is beyond conditions, then it will be well that we have a perfect their jurisdiction. Therefore, the convention instructed understanding with other union seamen, so that they their officials, Washington representative and the Am­ will not be used to break our conditions, and vice versa. With these thoughts in mind, the convention went erican Federation of Labor, that they were opposed to the Coast Guard's taking over the functions of the on record instructing the President, at the earliest op­ United States Steamboat Inspection Service and the portune moment, to meet together with representatives from our Union and representatives from the ITP, Shipping Commissioners after the war. which speaks for the foreign seamen's unions, to dis­ Conciliation Service cuss mutual relations in the post war era. The convention went on record to petition Madam American Seamen Perkins and Dr. Steelman to e.stablish a specialized sea­ It was felt by the convention's delegates represent­ going unit of the Department of Conciliation, where the seamen could with their grievances. It. was felt that ing the various seamen's unions, that in view of the the Department of Labor is the most friendly depart­ fact that so many enemies of organized A. F. of L. sea­ ment in W. •shington towards labor, and it is considered men's unions, are in the field attempting to destroy us, the labor department in Congress. Instead of our attempting to cut our wages and lower our conditions, having to deal with all other government bureaus that we must protect ourselves on a nation-wide scale, whenever we have trouble, it is felt that this is strictly and that is one of the reasons that we are affiliated within the jurisdiction only of the Department of La­ under the same banner, namely the Seafarers' Intemabor to handle our disputes if we so desire, and none else. {Continued from Page 3) ' -'A;. 4^ �• '• • - . ••: i--:.-;!•••-•• - WSl, I • ••• > i? " 1 r*'"ft 41 7F Friday, April 28. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS Convention Re: War Service uischarges For American Merchant Seamen RESOLUTION: WHEREAS, the American merchant seaman have rendered in­ valuable and heroic services during the war, — which is their duty, and WHEREAS, the merchant seamen are not asking for any medals but realizing the war situation, and incidents which may arise where they will be discriminated against in favor of discharged war vet^erans, which is already apparent in this country, and legislation is already beging prepared and introduced to give war vets preference an all Government contracted and subsidized jobs, in addition to iivil service, and WHEREAS, the merchant marine has been and will be subsi­ dized by the Government after the war, and WHEREAS, the services which the American merchant seamen have rendered their- country in war time has been classed by highranking military authorities as "combat service" and the merchant seamen have suffered tremendous casualties, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the President of our International take steps to draw up a bill for introduction in Congress by favorable Con­ gressmen and Senators to give the merchant seamen who have actually sailed during the war, a war service dischai-ge, classifying them as veterans. >!• >*« More War Bonds Investment • For Merchant Seamen RESOLUTION: "•niWliEREAS, bur cblihtry is how involved in a great conflict-with the enemies of our form of government, and WHEREAS, among the many liberties destroyed in enemy countries was the right of the workers to organize and WHEREAS, only a successful prosecution of this war can protect these liberties, and WHEREAS, members of the Seafarers' International Union of North America, more than any other group of our people, are di­ rectly involved in and know the tremendous task of prosecution of this war, and WHEREAS, many members of the Seafarers International Union of North America are known dead, are missing or are prisoners of war, NOW THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED: That this convention go on i-ecord to further aid I, the prosecution of this war be endorsed and resolve that we urge ^the membership of our Union to invest a greater share of their earn­ ings in War Bonds and Stamps. Maritime Unit: U. S. Conciliation Service RESOLUTION: {Continued from Page 2) tional Union of North America. We know that we are going to face serious problems affecting our membership when this war is over, and we must have strong coordination between affiliated unions. Therefore, the conven­ tion went on record that the agents of the various affiliated seamen's unions meet one year from now in Chicago to discuss and be ready for possible post­ war conditions which will affect us, and if necessary should an emergency arise, that we meet at an earlier date. We must not for­ get what the American Seamen's Union movement faced after the last war, and we must be prepar­ ed to meet it squarely after this war. Otherwise we will prob­ ably find ourselves licked by the Shipowners and the War Ship­ ping Administration who did such a good job on the Seamen's movement after the last war, in the 1921 lockout. Canadian Seamen The Canadian Seamen's Union became affiliated with the Sea­ farers' International Union of North America in 1938. At that time the Sailors Union was given a charter by the American Fed­ eration of Labor. However, since the inception of the International we have had very little contact with the Canadian Seamen's Union, and they have paid no per capita tax, although they have a charter from us. On the other hand the British Columbia Sea­ men's Union, on the West Coast of Canada, has worked and fought along with us ever since our inception. The Canadian Seamen sent two delegates down to the convention in order to es­ tablish closer relations and be­ come an active part of the Inter­ national. The convention went on record that they would be welcome as active members of the Interna­ tional, providing they lived up to the policies and principals of the International, and lay off of any political implications, and if they would work and cooperate with us. If they were agreeable to those ideas, they are to start to pay the per capita tax from May 1, 1944, and they will then be­ come an active part of the Inter­ national. The Canadian dele­ gates brought this program which was laid down by the convention, hack to the Canadian Seamen, and will notify the International of their action. It was felt by some of the dele­ gates that this Canadian Sea­ men's Union has been too close and too friendly with the NMUCIO, and that there would be no use for us to have people inside of our own structure who was working with a dual union. WHEREAS, the world struggle of the United Nations against Ij. the Axis forces of destruction in the first instance is one of transI j^rtation and supply, and WHEREAS, the American Merchant Marine, through the efforts of the seafaring crafts, is manned by gallant crews and now on the way to winning the wartime transportation battle of the seas, and WHEREAS, the American Merchant Marine must be permitted to go full speed ahead into all corners of the globe after the fighting stops and not fall into the peacetime decay that followed World War I, and WHEREAS, neither the final winning of the wartime transpor­ tation battle of the seas nor the adjustment and building of an ade­ quate peacetime American Merchant Marine is possible without the I maintenance of successful ship-operator and seafaring union relaII tions, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Secretary of Labor and the Dii-ector of [Conciliation Service shall cause to be immediately established a specialized Seagoing Unit of key conciliators within the U. S. Con- Great Lakes Seamen 'eiliation Service to afford the good offices of that Department and the service, when necessary, to the ship-operators and the sea­ The convention took action to help the Great Lakes Seamen's faring unions. fight against the Lake Carriers Signed: HARRY LUNDEBERG, SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC. (jOontmued on Page 4) k Merchant Seamen—Marine Hospitals FROM THE ATLANTIC & GULF DISTRICT OF THE SIU OF N.A4 RESOLUTION: </ WHEREAS, war veterans of the armed forces of the United States are given the most efficient and advanced medical care for the duration of their lives, being eligible for admission at any time to the numerous well staffed veterans hospitals, and WHEREAS, merchant seamen are eligible for admission to marine hospitals for only 60 days after the date of their last dis­ charge, and WHEREAS, the merchant seamen have performed miracles of heroism and self-sacrifice in this war, comparable in every respect with the armed forces, many hundreds of seamen having been in­ jured and killed, and WHEREAS, because of the 60 day clause which the United States Public Health Service applying to Merchant Seamen, many bona-fide seamen are walking the streets of every American seaport, whom are suffering from shell shock and various nervous ailments brought on through enemy attacks and continuous strains undergone through perilous voyages foi-cing them to remain ashore indefinitely, and whom are denied hospitalization and treatment at Marine Hos­ pitals, and WHEREAS, this contention was formed solely for, and by the Board of Administrators for the Marine Hospital, and is not recdgnized by any official Governmental Department as authentic, and is especially against the belief and recognition of the Merchant Sea­ men, for and by whom the Marine Hospitals have been established, and WHEREAS, the difference in hospital treatment given the armed forces on one hand and the merchant seamen on the other constitutes unjust discrimination against the merchant heroes, with­ out whose services this war could not be won; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That merchant seamOn who can show three years' peace time discharges, or 12 months' war time discharges, or haA^— been injured in war time in the performance of their duty, should ' be eligible for hospitalization for the rest of their lives; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this resolution be presented to the forth­ coming convention of the SIU of NA for its consideration and ap­ propriate action, and a copy of it be sent to United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., and to President Roosevelt. SEATARERS LOG •] A' it; Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District I Affrl/afed uith the American Federation of Labor r HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 2 5, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - t s ft i Washington Rep. 424 5rh Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. B !» 'B Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) Bosroi^ (10) 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Cay St BALTIMORE (2) , 6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St 218 East Bay St SAVANNAH. TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon G.ALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3 -1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-804 3 i i ri . B-- PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 ^^267 *a •re. . t • :rV" • i. KC.-- • �•;: :' ••. •-• - •••-•• V' -».: • • ^.'••y • Page Fouf THE SEAFARERS fMdar' April 28, 1M4 LOG Dushane Exposes Port Convention ITF Talks Pave Way For World Unity Hazards To Seamen Report In Bonus Beef Letter men, who were receiving appi'OlC* {Coniimmd from Page 1) (Conthnted from Page 3) "It was the unanimous opinion imately $25.00 a month. "And if an international seals and the NMU, and went on rec­ of the delegates assembled that ord to help them in their organi­ seamen's unions, in order to sur­ was established it certainly^ unfortunate enough to be hit by zing drive in the attempt to crack vive after the war will have to would help out the European and {Continued from Page 1) the L9.ke. Carrier.s' . A.s.socjation. work together on an Internation­ the Asiatic se^en, but it might seamen's pockets appears to be bombs or other explosives. al scale, to protect one another also draw down the American While a vessel is lying at an­ the "reward." The letter also en­ against the attacks of the ship­ standards. Also, we feel that tha closes an exact and true copy of chor in some harbor, and that owners," Brother Lundeberg con­ minimum might easily becoma the official log of a ship that was hai-bor is undergoing an attack, the maximum. Therefore, thia tinued. not long since in the Anzio the vessel hasn't the opportunity The International expects to question was left open for futum !Tt was pointed out that after Beachhead engagement for ten to maneuver as a vessel that is strengthen the Fishermen's and discussion." the last war the American sea­ underway has. days. Fish Cannery Workers' Unions in The 10-day exerpt of the ship's Post War Situation Certainly the extra compensa­ various areas. In Florida, through men were left on the beach with In commenting upon the post­ log is published here, with cer­ tion that is paid of Five Dollars the efforts of the International, all the ships tied up, while the tain essential details withheld a day does not compare with the organizations have been estab­ foreign seamen with lower wages war situation Brother Lundeberg because of censorship regulations. extra hazards encountered by lished on both sides of the Florida applying were sailing out of Am­ said: B: shows that the crew of this crews of vessels that are lying Coast with a thriving member­ erican ports. Thus, the interna­ "The European seamen and li­ particular vessel in the particu­ at anchor, and we again urge the ship of approximately 3,000, and tional shipowners were able to censed officers recently had ai lar port were subjected to one Board to reconsider their unjust they are still going strong. This cut the wages and break the conference in London,' where • encounter with a depth charge, action, and reinstate the port at­ has been made possible through unions of the various seamen vir­ proposed seamen's charter was I seventeen bombing attacks, one tack bonus that was in effect the efforts of the International, tually on an international scale." drafted. This charter includes; International Working Hours riielling and two explosions. prior to March 31, 1944, I am wages, hours, working conditions" and through the International aid BiHjther Lundeberg continued: and manning scales and watch The explosions, according to Respectfully yours. these workers have been paid "The delegates at the confer­ systems for all seamen. the ship's master, subjected this better prices for their fish and Signed: ence expressed sentiments and particular vessel and crew to ter­ "And if this particular draft is better conditions have been given Matthew Dushane, for feeling calling for the establish­ adopted and put into effect the rific concussions which broke the to them. The convention also Sailors Union of the Paci­ ment of international working European seamen will come doors off the boxes on the boat took steps to fight anti-fisherfic, and Seafarers Int'l hoiirs and watch system for sea­ closely to the standards, wage deck. One explosion also shower­ Union, Atlantic, Gulf and m e n's legislation i n Alaskan men all over the world, under the ed the ship with steel and shrap­ scale and working conditions waters, recently being introduced Pacific Districts, auspices of the ITF. nel. The shelling damaged the cc. Dr. John Steelman such as are now enjoyed by tha in the Senate by Senator Wall"There was also a strong feel­ American seamen. However, this bridge, lifeboats, etc. gren of Washington, namely Sen­ Dr. Frank Graham ing among the delegates to at­ draft is subject to further im­ There's little doubt that the ate Bill 930, known as the Alaska tempt to establish a minimum provement. Official Log crew was under continual dan­ Fisheries Act. This particular international wage scale for sea­ S.S. ( } gers. For this they would receive "It was the opinion of the Eu­ Act will be detrimental to the in­ men. The American delegates ropean delegates, which was con­ now, according to the Vessel At­ Damage caused to vessel by dividual fishermen, and in cer­ tack Bonus ruling $125 jf they enemy action from to tain instances, will deprive them were a little skeptical about this curred in by the American deU^ due to the fact that they felt that gates, that should the merchant got hit, and only $5.00 per day , at Anzio Italy. of their livelihood. The Act will for constantly risking their lives Friday, , 1944: Wind W. only benefit the large cannery if an international scale was es­ seamen not receive their just dua tablished, the American seamen after the wju*, the seamen under as civilians, (not entitled to Ser­ Sea smooth. 5.15 depth charge operators, operating fish traps. vice men's benefits), for not be­ dropped astern of Vessel, shaking Various other actions were taken might lose due to the fact that the international scale will hava some of these unions in foreign to use their economic strength to ing actually sunk or substantially vessel heavily. to stabilize and strengthen the countries were paying very low damaged or having a crew mem­ Saturday, , 1944: Wind Seamen's and Fishermen's field. fight for the protection of tha I wages, such as the Indian sea- seamen^as a whole. ber maimed or killed. W, I. Sea Smooth. 11.10 AM sev­ Your delegates felt, in repre­ ihane pointed out the un­ eral shells from enemy shore bat­ senting the Sailors' Union of the Slavery To Go ' fairness of the Board's action and teries fell fifty feet from vessel Pacific, which is the organization "Seamen of all the foreign asked that the decisions be open­ putting several holes in port that organized the International countries must return to their ed up and adjusted to the former wing of bridge, one hole in and built up these other unions, lands, the delegates stated," said level of payment for Port Attack searchlight, one hole approxim­ we felt that the Sailors' Union of President Lundeberg, "and fight Bonus. ately one foot long on port side the Pacific can be proud of their for the abrogation of all laws-in The letter and the exerpts from abreast of No. 2 between decks, accomplishments in building this their lands which place seamen the ship's log follow: several holes in port lifeboats International which is now a JNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES under slave-like penalties, for of­ and shaking vessel heavily. 1.47 strong organization, and is a big April 17, 1944 fenses such as jumping ship, etc. Mr. Edward Macauley, Chairman PM several shells fell close to'factor in the labor movement. R. E. JONES. (T.C. No. 1209S) "They must fight to bring th« Maritime War Emergency Board vessel shaking the vessel heav­ and is financially self-sustaining. CECIL T. ESQUIENA. laws of their lands governing Department of Commerce Bldg. ily. We, further, can report that the seamen into line to confoirn with (T.C. No. 3411) Vi Sunday, , 1944: Wind SE, convention was successful, and Washington, D. C. the United States Seamen's Act; CHARLES A. DAVIS 3. Sea Choppy. 5.00 PM, under that the membership of our or­ which guarantees every seaman Dear Sir: JOSEPH CYR, (T.C. No. 9121) heavy bombing attack, several ganization and all other organi­ the rights of his pay, hospitaliza­ JOHN FAHEY. (T.C. No. 4675) In the Board's decisioiv that bombs falling close to vessel, zations affiliated with the Inter­ tion, etc., and which was respon­ LUTHER R. ROLAND went into effect on April 1, 1944, shaking vessel heavily. national, will benefit by the de­ sible for abolishing the intoler­ (T.C. No. 2987) the Board eliminated the port at­ Monday, , 1944: Wind W, liberations that took place at able conditions on the old-time JAMES BROWN tack bonus and has replaced it 4. Sea Rough. 1.20 PM approx­ New Orleans. American ships. WM. E. JACOBS. (T.C. No. 6623) with a vessel attack bonus. imately 10 bombs fell fifty feet "For this act protects American The Union has instructed me astern, shaking vessel heavily. dropped 50 yards on each side of MARION THOMPSON seamen in every port and all sea­ -*'.a (T.C. No. 3534) again to protest this decision of 6.00 PM, bombs fell close on stai'- vessel, shaking vessel heavily. men in American ports, Jailinga the Board, because it is unfair board side of ves.sel shaking ves­ 1:38 PM, several bombs dropped GEORGE HENDERSON, must go. The conference declar­ (T.C. No. 1722) and unjust and has no Vjearings sel heavily. shaking vessel heavily. ed that the American seamen are NATHANIEL ERWIN on the decreased sinkings, which Tuesday, , 1944: Wind W, Friday, 1944: Wind NW, the only seamen in the world to­ the Board felt ju.stified tlicir ac­ 6. Sea Rough. 2.15 AM, Several 2. Sea Smooth. 12.58 AM, several NORMAN ROBERTS day who enjoy any semblance ot (T.C. No. 2422) tion in reducing the monthly bombs fell 200 feet astern, shak­ bombs dropped around vessel, freedom. bonus from 100to 06 2/3%. I ing vessel heavily. 6.00 AM, ap­ concussions shaking vessel sever­ JOHN W. BAUSH "The foreign seamen must fight am enclosing a copy of the offi­ proximately 20 bombs dropped ely. 7.25 AM, bombs dropped ARTHUR KROWE to bring their conditions up to JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, cial log of the SS. ( ), while 200 yards astern, shaking vessel close on port side, concussion those guaranteed under the Am­ (T.C. No. 5807) that vessel was at Anzio, Italy. heavily. shaking vessel heavily. 11.50 AM, OSCAR CLARK. (T.C. No. 2847) erican law; they must fight to This is a verbatim copy of the Wedne.sday, , 1944: Wind Several bombs dropped close protect their liberties and rights GEORGE A. ALVEX, ship's log, and you will note the W, 7-8. Sea Rough. 3.20 PM, sev­ astern, shaking vessel heavily. as human beings." (T.C. No. 2846) terrific pounding that this vessel eral bombs fell 50 yards on star­ Saturday 1944: Wind (T.C. means Trip Card). ITF A Medium took. It is also interesting to note board bow, shaking vessel heav­ WNW. 2. .Sea Smooth. 7.40 AM, In concluding his report Presi­ that the Master recommended ily, putting large dent in shell Several bombs dropped in water dent Lundeberg pointed to the that the vessel be docked for plating starboard side of No. 1 close on starboard side, concus­ ITF as a medium which will play overhauling and repairing the hatch. 3.48 PM, six bombs drop­ sion shaking vessel heavily. 4.50 a role in the prime importance of damage that was inflicted on the ped 200 yards starboard side, PM, bombs fell in harbor, shak­ solving the seamen's problems. vessel. shaking vessel heavily. 6.15 PM, ing vessel heavily. 5.55 PM, O'HARA. Oiler, please come to "Cooperation was urged by all This copy of the log-is a sample heavy attack by enemy planes, bombing attack, bombs falling of what the crews of vessels are bombs dropped close ahead on close to vessel on both sides. 10.40 the New York agent's office and the delegates, as of prime im_ ^•equired to endure while their port bow, shaking vessel heavily. PM, harbor bombed, concussion get your overtime beef settled tance in the solving of our pro' before it is too late. See Stew­ lems," he said. vessels are undergoing an attack. 7.05 PM, Several bombs dropped shaking vessel heavily. ards' Patrolman F. Hart. "It is absolutely necessary that We can't understand why the close by on port side, shaking Sunday, , 1944; Wind the seamen back one another oa Board took the action that they vessel heavily. Var, 1." Sea Smooth. 3.00 AM, SS rific concussions, damaging rails an international scale, in order have taken in eliminating the Thursday, , 1944: Wind ( ^ ) exploded one-eighth on port side of No. 5, showering to protect themselves from the, Fort Attack Bonus, when the NW, 2. Sea smooth. 5.12 AM, mile on starboard side with ter­ vessel with steel and shrapnel. reactionary shipowners and Govi ports that these vessels are in Heavy bombing attack. Several rific concussion, breaking doors It is recommended that vessel ernments. Further meetings fire continually undergoing the bombs stradling vessel, shaking off boxes on boat deck, 3.46 AM, be docked for underwater dam­ the ITF will be held at an ear' tame attacks of vessels that are vessel severely. 7:48 AM, bombs vessel exploded again with ter- age. date." Fishermen and Fish Cannery Workers N' - (I f p• NOTICE b t :fe � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1944 Ne. .10 AFL Executive Council Hears SIU On Bonus Liberty Ships To Be Named For Two SIU Heroes '/ WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1—Two members of the SIU who gave their lives during the war that others might live, are to be honored by having ships named for them, the Maritime Commission announced here today, while praising their heroism in high tribute. The vessels are to be launched on Maritime Day, May 22, in connection • vith the observance of ceremonies for those who have given their lives at sea while plying war-torn and submarine infested waters. The launching ceremonies may include the presentation of the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal to the nearest of kin, the announcement said. Both launchings will take place in widely separate ports of the Nation. The ships are Libertys. The New England SB Corp. will launch the freighter Joseph Squires, the Commission said. According to the citation he was aboard the freighter SS Maiden Creek when it broke up in heavy (Continued on Page 4) Buy War Bonds The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. NMU Men Join SIU Picket Line At Norfolk USS President Lundeberg Cites Hazards — Charges RMO Wastes Money - - - BULLETIN - - PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 4 — Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU of NA, and John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District and Vice-President of the SIU of NA today laid before the AFL Executive Council all details of the Union's fight on the reinstatement of bonuses to the pro* April 1 level, and increased war-risk insurance for seamen. • FuU history of the war bonuses since their inception and the decisions of the Maritime War Emergency Board were placed on record before the full sembly of the highest body of the AFL convened here in executive session. ^n Brothers Lundeberg and Hawk went into the minute details of MWEB I Chairman, Macauley's, actions on this matter. SIU Fights For Bonus Increases I 0' Ij WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1— Criticising the recent action of the Maritinie War Emergency Board in cutting the seamen's bonuses, Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU of NA, called for sweeping revisions in the MWEB's last decision, here this week, |j in a communication outlining the entire background of the dispute and explaining rh^ hazards and dangers that the merchant seamen face under a war time condition which daily places them within reach of^;; Treasurer respectively, I am adsubmarine action. dres.sing to your Board this offi­ As well as this they are sub­ cial communication of protest in jected to the danger of aerial at­ regard to recent actions of the tacks, shellings and bombings Board in dealing with the War and in effect make them bear the Bonus question affecting the Am­ brunt of enemy engagements, the erican Merchant Seamen. NEW YORK CITY—An inter­ letter continues. Brother Lunde­ On April 19th I sent your national radio hook-up from Eng­ NORFOLK, Va.—A picket line was estabilished at berg asked prompt moves by the Board a letter requesting a meet­ land, with Ernest Bevin, Minister 12 noon around the USS Hotel Fairfax, through a special Board to restore the bonuses. ing with the Board as per the of Labor, and U. S. Ambassador meeting held at 10 A.M., April 20, 1944, in regards to the The letter, copies of which were Statement of Principle signed by John G. Winant as principal USS here. The result of the meeting was to establish a sent to John R. Steelman and President Roosevelt on March 18, speakers, marked the opening solid picket line. The front of the Hotel, on the Frank Graham, as well as to 1941. The Statement of Principle ceremonies of the third merchant Shell-and-Pea Game" Macauley, reads as follows; sidewalk was filled with baggage* seamen's club to be built in Brit> hotel. SIU members invited all asks that another meeting be of the men who are now leaving "Whenever any difference ain through the contributions of the place. Reporters came down seafarers who approached the leld to straighten out the situa­ shall arise between any steam­ American organized labor. there and got a statement and hotel to seek accommodations tion and save many of the old- ship Operator and any Union Situated in Cardiff, Wales, one elsewhere. time seamen from leaving the representing its employees with of the busiest of British ports^ some picturesRogers also notified the NMU sea. Brother Rogers also reported regard to any question relcd- this club will provide recreation, that Mr, Crandall of the USS has Acting Agent, a man named The full text of the communi­ ing to War Risk Compensation entertainment and other facilities tried every conceivable tactic to Kirk, who states that the NMU cation follows: or War Risk Insurance of per­ to merchant sailors of all nations. get the picket line taken off, even was on record to uphold the USS sonnel of the vessels of such The Cardiff club is located At Washington, D. C. going so far as to cause his ar­ 100% but the NMU Members steamship Operators and such within easy walking distance d April 29, 1944 rest on a complaint of Mrs. Dun­ filed out. Only Kirk and Dan question shall not be settled the docks, the main railroad sta­ can Wade, a room clerk. She Boano, regular NMU port agent, Maritime War Emergency Board through the ordinary proced­ tion, and the Ministry of Labor, based her charges on the assert­ (both well known for their CP Washington, D. C. ure of collective bargaining be­ where sleeping accommodations ions that she was afraid of him. activity) refuse to cooperate with Attenlion: Capt. Edward tween such steamship Opera­ are available for merchant sea­ Maculey, Chairman Rogers and his attorney, John j;he seamen. The members, how­ tor and its employees, such Mr. John R. Steelman, Member question shall be referred to men. The club is well equipped C. Davis, exposed this at the trial ever refuse to remain behind the and attractive, and has kitchens, Mr. Frank P. Graham, Member picket line, also the employees of and the case was dismissed. the Board by such steamship a dining hall, reception and He declared members of the the place, not all of them, but the Gentlemen: Operator or such Union by giv­ writing rooms, two billiard rooms Seafarers International Union bell hops, waiters, etc., are com­ ing written notice to the Board and a bar. In addition, there is a On behalf of the Seafarers In­ will continue to picket the USS ing out also. ternational Union of North Am­ and to the other party of the large concert hall and ballroom, ; Rogers said he had affidavits erica and its affiliate, the Sailors intention of the party giving Dressing rooms and a stage have |! Hotel Fairfax "until all seamen from several seamen which state Union of the Pacific, of which such notice to refer such ques­ been provided so that the ball- |j get just treatment." While the trial was on they had lost money and belong- Organizatiors-r ajh the duly elec­ tion to the Board. Such notice room can also be used for the- | pickets walked in front of the ted • • President and Secretary(Conthmed on Page 4) aterical presentations. (Continued on Page 2) •A".- • NewSeamen'sCluli Opened In Britain - fl �;^-V.ryy^- r'^yxf y. f THE Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 5, 1944 i. S I U Leads Fight For Bonus Increases strayed very far from the langu­ D. 50% but nothing less than (Continued from Page 1) shall specify the question to be age, intent, and purpose of this $50.00 per month for each mem­ document. We want to point out ber of the erew on all U.STA. con­ referred to the Board." Affiliated wif/j the American Federation of Labor We might remind the Board the following facts about the il­ tinental coastwise voyages. the Statement of Principle was a legal activities of your Board. II. PORT ATTACK BONUS HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President voluntary document drawn up by 1. On November 10, 1942 Chair­ Reinstate Port Attack Bonus representatives of ship Operators man Edward Macauley, through as per decision of March 1, 1943, 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. and Seamen's Union representa­ his secretary, Erich Nielsen, at­ payable at $125.00 for each crew tives on a nation-wide scale— tempted to rewrite the Statement member for each port or anchor­ JOHN HAWK - -- - - -- - Secy-Treas. and signed by the same. It was Principle through back door age, which experiences enemy P. O. Box 2 5, Sfation P., New York City accepted by President Roosevelt methods. This failed, due to the attack during the presence of the and put into effect by him under alertness and opposition from our seaman's vessel in such port or MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. the document called "the State­ Union. at such anchorage. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. ment of Principle" on December 2. On April 25, 1943 the Board III. AREA BONUS 18, 1941. aribitrarily intei-preted the State­ m To Be raised To $7.00 Per Day Dr. Steolman should be very ment of Principle and the Board's familiar with the contents and authority without even consult­ A. Area covering European Directory of Branches pui'pose of this document because ing the signatories of this docu­ waters to remain as per April 1, 1944 decision of Board. ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE he was represented at the hear­ ment. ings held to draw up this docu­ 3. At another date the Board B. Area covering Pacific waters NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 3 30 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 ment by two of his able com­ to extend to 20° South latitude again arbitrarily interpreted the BALTIMORE (2) l4NortWGaySt Calvert 4530 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 I missioners, namely, Mr. Bryce powers and functions of the "Ad­ and to extend westward to the NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 H o 1 c o m b and Commissioner visory Board" without consulting Date Line and to include the Bay NEW ORLEANS (16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3 336 SAVANNAH 2 18 East Bay St Savannah 3 -1 728 Omar Haskins. the signatories. Both times, of of Bengal, and the Persian Gulf, TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial2-1392 Our request for a hearing was course, giving yourselves more and the Aleutian Islands. PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra answered by the Secretary of the powers and both times violating GALVESTON 2 19 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 IV. INSURANCE Boai'd, Erich Nielsen, on April the document signed by the A. Inci-ease the War Risk In­ 25th on behalf of you gentlemen. President on December 18, 1941. surance to $10,000.00 to the de­ This letter again denies our re­ The action of the Board is, to PUBLICATION OFFICE: pendents of Merchant seamen quest and refers to meetings held say the least, high-handed and ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET killed or missing through war ac­ by the so-called "Advisory Com­ dictatorial. We are again, through New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 tion, and make this retroactive mittee" on February 23, 1944 and this communication, demanding from the start of the war. on April 12, 1944, and says the that you take notice of the Am­ B. Increase War Risk Insur­ Unions had been given proper erican Seamen's request that you ance to $150.00 per month for life hearings through this so-called change and revise the War Risk for Merchant seamen permanent­ "Advisory Committee." Compensation contained in de­ ly disabled through war action. Let us again point out that the cision 2-B as of April 1,-1944, to Our reasons for these very Statement of Principle is very at least the following scale to be specific in its statement dealing the absolute minimum for the modest demands are as follows: 1. Prior to the entry of our with the Advisory Committee. duration of the war, with- the un­ country in the war, our Union Let us quote it for you: derstanding it may be raised as received a War Risk Compensa­ "The Board shall appoint ad­ war conditions and hazards in­ tion set by the National Media­ RESOLUTION: visory committees of represen­ crease. tion Board, which was in effect I. VOYAGE BONUS higher than the present War WHERAS, there are thousands of foreign-born non-citizen union tatives of the steamship Oper­ ators and of such Unions of seamen today sailing in American ships, carrying supplies to our A. 100% but nothing less than Risk Compensation set by your equal representation for the $100.00 per month for all licensed Board on April 1, 1944. We re­ armed forces and to our allies over seas, and purpose of consulting with and and unlicensed personnel for all ceived 66 2/3%, but nothing less WHEREAS, as these foreign seamen, v/ho are helping cur coun­ advising the Board in respect trans-ocean voyages from depar­ than $80.00 per month per man try in our fight against Nazism and Fascism so that freedom and OF ANY OTHER MATTERS ture from the last continental in nearly all waters—the same as democracy may prevail throughout the world and looking towards improvements U.S.A. ports until arrival back in your Board is giving today. There WHEREAS, these seamen are unable to become American citi­ and coordination of the war ef­ can be no question in the minds first continental U.S.A. ports. zens due to the technicalities of the immigration law, and fort of the United States in the B. 100% but nothing less than of the Board—we hope—that the WHEREAS, our great country has justly granted foreign borns Merchant Marine field." $100.00 per month for each mem­ war risk has increased 1000% at present in our armed services, such as the Army, Navy and Mar- In plain English the so-called ber of the crew on all outside from October, 1941 to this date. ^ ine Corp, their American citizenship papers after three months ser­ "Advisory Committee" has no voyages from U.S.A. continental In other words, we were, in vice with the American armed forces, and authority to deal with, suggest, ports to ports in the territory of 1941, able to negotiate directly WHEREAS, these fox-eign merchant seamen, together with Am­ or alter the War Risk Compensa­ Alaska, and return. with our employei's a half-way erican seamen, sailing American ships, it can justly be said that tion of the Merchant Seamen. We C. 100% but nothing less than decent bonus—^before we entered they are part of the armed forces of our great country; AND can only surmise that the Board $100.00 per month for each mem­ the war. We also received Port THEREFORE BE IT is using this "Advisory Commit­ ber of the crew on all voyages Bonuses in the Ports of Suez, and RESOLVED: That the Seafarers' International Union,' convened tee" set-up to cover up their il­ from continental U.S.A. ports to in the ports in the Persian Gulf, .at New Orleans, go on record as follows: legal acts of cutting the War South America, and return. (Continued on Page 4) Risk Compensation for Seamen 1. To instruct the Secretary-Treasurer and the President to draw lip a bill to be introduced in the Congress and Senate of the United from time to time when it suits jStates to give to foreign-born seamen full American citizenship, pro­ the Board to do so. As for the letter signed for the viding they have sailed one full year in American ships during • wartime. Board by the Secretary, Erich The following communica­ to deal with local board 2 That the Secretary-Treasurer and President and our Wash­ Nielsen, April 25, 1944, referring tion re: Selective Service was through RMO on any ques­ ington Legislative representative request a friendly Congressman to an Advisory Board meeting received: tions that may rise. Request ^>n the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; and a friendly held April the 12th supposedly April 5, 1944 for extension of allowable time for the purpose of discussing Senator on the Committee of Commerce, to introduce this bill. "John Hawk. ashore must be kept to mini­ whether the War Risk Compen­ 3., That all our affiliated organizations petition, through wires "Roosevelt Hotel, mum. Will you notify your sation for Seamen should be cut j-- -and communications, their Congressmen and Senators in the various "Hew Orleans, La. members of this wire? or not, this is an insult to the i districts, to support this bill, and that our affiliated organizations "General lightening of reg­ "H. Chase Stone. WSA." American Seamen, when we I ask the central labor bodies, the State Federation of Labor in their know and can prove that on ulations of Selective Serylce There it is Brothersl i'. district, to help us in this fight to pass this bill, April 10th the poard released an system has resulted in increas­ Shdre time allowed on your e: 4. That the President of the International contact President Oversea Broadcast through the ed losses to seagoing manpow­ • , Green, of the American Federation of Labor, to help and aid in the OWI, stating the War Risk Com­ er to draft can be prevented in pink slip from the RMO—form j passage of this bill to grant foreign-born seamen American citizen- pensation had been changed by almost all cases if seamen WSA 61—can only be extend­ f ship papers after one year's sailing during wartime. your Board. In the light of this make certain WSA 61 is com« ed by the RMO — and with Submitted by: press release and broadcast is­ pleted at beginning and ler- their permission — for extra­ sued by you through the OWI on mination of each period aboard ordinary circumstances such Edward Coester, April the 10th, may we ask you vessel. Urge your members to as sickness, hospitalisation, Harry Lundeberg, gentlemen what was the purpose make certain that this is done sitting for a license or going to Maurice Weisberger, of holding a meeting on April the at our request. General Her- up-grading school, etc. Charles Brenner, Failure to comply may find 12th? Were you kidding us? Did shey has exempted active sea­ Harlan Snow, you in th-» Army Brothers! men from preinduction physi­ you act in.good faith? Maxie Weisbarth, cal examination, normally re­ Keep Up With Your Draft Your Board-w\^2...?ppointed by John Massey, quired of men under twentyBoard 'Before It Keeps Up President Roosevelt to do a job, Delegates of the six. Seamen should be advised With You! (2) according to a document called SAILORS' UNION OF THE PACIFIC. "Statement of Principle." You 1 A Convention Resolution Re: Foreign-Born Seamen 1 Seamen Warned On Draft - - iiiV ' ' -- • * <1 �Friday. May 5, 1944 THE / V ' SEAFARERS f •' WHATS DOING r tfci® 5?oB?t8 LOG Page Three Computation For Merchant Seamen Navigation and Vessel Inspeciion Circular No. 46 Subject: Computation of Seamen's Wages. 1. The following rules will be observed by shipping commis­ sioners and collectors of customs acting as shipping commissioners in computing the wages of sea­ men employed on merchant ves­ sel of the United States: 2. The date written in the column of the shipping articles headed "Time at which to be on board" is taken as -the time when a seaman's wages should com­ mence, provided he was on board or duly presented himself to go on board at that time. If he -went on board before that date with the consent and subject to the orders of the master, he is deem­ ed to have commenced work and to be entitled to wages from the date of going on board. If he failed through his own fault to join the ship at the time specified in the articles, his wages accrue only from the time at which he went on board and reported for duty. Disputes in regard to the time when the wages began to accrue rarely involve more than one or two days, and they are usually adjusted by the ship's log, although if there is doubt arising from the absence of prop­ er entry in the log or suspicious interlining, or other cause, the seaman's statement may be ac­ cepted. 3. The column in the shipping articles headed "Place and date of signing this agreement" con­ tains the date of the agreement. It docs not indicate the time when wages are to begin. 4. The agreement is considered, as referring to calendar months, defined as the time from any day of a month to, but not including, the corresponding day (if any, and if not, to and including the last day) of the next month. For example: January 29 to February 28, inclusive, is one month. January 31 to February 28, or February 29 if in a leap year, inclusive, is one month. January 31 to February 28, inclusive, if in a leap year, is 29 days. February 28 to March 27, in­ clusive, is one month. March 28 to April 27, inclus­ ive, is one month. 5. In computing the amount due for a fraction of a month, 30 days is counted as a month with­ out regard to its length. For ex­ ample, five days in any month are one-sixth of a month. 6. Any fraction of a day is counted as a whole day. For ex­ ample, from the afternoon of March 1 to March 4, both inclus­ ive, is recokoned as four days; and from March 1 to the fore­ noon of March 4, both inclusive, is reckoned as four days. But if seamen be entitled to wages from the afternoon of one day to the forenoon of another day, the two fractions of a day are considered as one day only. For example, the time from the forenoon of March 1 to the forenoon of March 4, both inclusive, is threa days. 7. In computing the amount of wages due, the number of calen­ dar months (commencing on the day on which wages began to accrue) is to be determined first; to this is to be added the frac­ tional part Of a month determin­ ed by counting each and every day beyond the final day of the last full month. For example: January 29 to March 3, in­ clusive, if not in a leap year, equals one month, three days; if in a leap year, the time is one month, four days. January 30 to March 3, in­ clusive, whether or not in a leap year, equals one month, three days. January 31 to March 3, in­ clusive, whether or not in a leap year, equals one month, three days. June 15 to October 13, in­ clusive, equals three months, 29 days. June 15 to November 13, in­ clusive, equals five months, June 15 to November 14, in­ clusive, equals five months. 8. In the event the monthly wage of a seaman is changed dur­ ing the voyage through promo­ tion, demotion, or otherwise, wages are to be separately com­ puted for each rate of pay in ac­ cordance with the foregoing. 9. This circular supersedes an<l cancels Department of Commerce Circular No. 305, dated May 7, 1938. Shore Patrolman comes aboard he will be able to glance at the overtime sheet and be in a posi­ Not much doing around Boston This port has settled practical­ tion to know just who is who. ly all old beefs hanging fire here this past week, shipping and 4. Re — Keeping an. accurate in the past week, as well as new business rather slow. Expect more activity in the near future. record of all overtime worked. ones coming up. The men and I see by the newspapers that Well, if this is done there wUl ports involved have been noti­ the SIU is getting some action on not be any room for disputes at fied. . the bill that was introduced in the time.of Pay-off, as everything The No. 1 Patrolmen for each Congress to give Merchant Sea­ will be on record in bleak and department and Business Agent men disability pensions for in­ white. are acting as a committee hand­ juries received due to enemy ac­ No. 5. Re—Assistaing the Pa­ ling all disputed beefs, local and tion. trolman and informing him as to out-of-town. So far, this is very Bros. Dushane, Lundeberg and who is qutting the ship. Well, if effective, and has resulted in this Hawk deserve great credit for this is done it wiU be very help­ Branch having a clean deck as their perserverence in getting ful, and I am sure it will be far as beefs are concerned. this Bill through the lower house. greatly appreciated, as we know We had an odd one the other The next step is to get it through by past experiences that when day. The first Overtakes Freight the Senate, thereby having it en­ the Shore Patrolman comes aboard in some instances the trip Corp. ship since the signing of acted into law. their contract paid off in this A recent visitor to this office card boys generally are hard to was Warrant Officer Max Nier- be found and this being the case, port. mann of the U. S. Army. Maxie the Patrolman has to hunt them Due to the fact that the com­ will be remembered as the lad up and in so doing he loses a lot pany officials had been previous­ who thought it was the 4th of of valuable time. On the other ly working in an outfit with an July when his ship was being hand, as a rule, the Delegates NMU contract and this was the bombed, shelled and torpedoed know just who is quitting and by skipper's first SIU ship, Patrol­ while enroute to Murmansk. The informing the Patrolman of this men Coffin, Michellet and myself crew sure admired little Maxie fact, this will be quite a help had quite a bit of action at the for his courage. also. payoff in educating them to the No. 6. Re—Quitting the ship's Nothing further of importance SIU way of business. over Beefs because they are not to report this week. They had knocked off nearly JOHN MOGAN, Agent settled on the spot. A beef can 800 hours of overtime which they always be settled at the time of claimed they had never paid un­ Payoff as a rule. If it cannot be PHILADELPHIA der NMU contracts. settled the Patrolman or the Agent of the Pay-off Port knows We educated these people and Well, here we go doing busi­ what machinery to set in motion got the entire amount of disputed ness at the same old place as in order to settle the dispute in time with the one minor excep­ usual, the original three musket­ t question. Qutting the ship in an tion of 26 hours in the Deck de­ eers have disbanded, "BUT" as out-Port where there are no of­ partment. one of the remaining Musketeers ficials, don't help matters. This The crew on this job were good I will carry on until we have the plays right into the hands of the men and got quite a kick out of pleasure o f getting together operators or owners, as nine In a great many instances the watching the -union in action. again, as you readers know what times out of ten when you go to beefs become personal and in the This comparison between the we used to point out things of the company's office to try to windup the delegate in question NMU and SIU contracts aboard interest to the membership, so settle your beef there is no rec­ often gets the Boom lowered on this ship was so impressive that here goes one again, these over­ ord of it there and then there is him. even the cadets wanted to join time sheets that you guys get no member of the crew to sub­ Now, things of this kind don't . the SIU. aboard ships. How many of you stantiate your claims. So this is help matters at all. If anything, It's no mystery any longer as stop to read them? There are important, ride the ship to a Port they are harmful to the Union, to why there is a constant stream seven rules, DUTIES OF SHIP'S where you can get representation because experienced members of of NMU men coming up and toss­ DELEGATES, let us take them from your Shore officials. the three departments will not ing in their books from that out­ up seperately: No. 7. Re—Delivering the Over­ assume the duties of delegates. No. 1. Re—^Agent appointing a time sheets properly filled out to On the other hand, if the Dele­ fit and joining the SIU. delegate for each department be­ the Agent in the Port where you gate in question is weak and he There is something that all fore the ship sails, that is fine, paid off. This is very important. takes all these phony beefs up to members should remember dur­ but it is much better for the crew Let us be very concise on this the skipper, he will be put on the ing the course of a voyage, and to elect their own delegates. By matter. Suppose that the dele­ spot and put down as an agita­ that is the proper way to put in so doing they are sure to have a gate does not make the overtime tor, and in most cases this will overtime. Be specific about every real democratic rank and file sheets out plain and he does not result in bad feelings with the Vi instance! Insist on the head of member to represent them. keep a rough log explaining Skipper, Mate, or Chief Engineer, the Department keeping a record everything in detail; when the and will eventually lead up to a of all overtime; disputed or not! No. 2. Re—Full Book or rated matter is brought up or is in dis­ personal matter, and when the More good beefs are lost through men to act as Delegates in each pute, unless the delegate has an ship arrives back this will all be Department; also no key men the lack of this information than recorded in the ship's log. In this answer, naturally no one remem­ shall act as delegates (Bos'n, for any other reason. Deck Engineer, or Steward). Well, bers the details, and in a case case we have definite proof where Shipping is on the pick-up at this is OK in peace time, but on like this it will often prove to be a delegate has had his papers present here, so some of you fel­ some ships the Steward is the in the company's favor. lifted for periods ranging from lows in the out ports who are only full book member in his It seems to be quite a practice thirty to sixty days. having trouble getting out can department. So the same thing in of these trip cards to get on a So in order not to put your de­ come on up this way, as it is a the Deck or the Engine Depart­ partmental delegate on the spot ship and in the absence of book question here of how many hours ment, so therefore, it is often members, to gang up on the De­ with the Coast Guard and to keep it will take to ship, instead of necessary for the key men to act partmental delegates. By this we him from getting jammed up, how many weeks, as in some as Departmental delegates. mean they will make all kinds of when you present a beef to him ports. No; 3. Re— keeping a record snowballs and then give them to and he tells you that it is no It looks as though we will have of the name, book, and month a the delegates and tell them to good, let it go at that. to buy some of the Patrolmen man is paid up to. Well, this is go to the head of their depart­ But keep a record of it and if here pogo sticks to cover territ­ very important for the following ment to settle same, and when you are in doubt, present it to ory with, as some of them are reasons. First, it insures that the Delegates look the beefs in the Patrolman who contacts the paying off as many as seven ships every man either is a book or question over and after consult­ ship from shore when you arrive a week, not counting the rest of permit member, and that he has ing the aggreement and delegate back at the Pay-off Port. Then he their other duties, such as sign­ bonafide shipping cards, and that in question often finds out that will tell you whether or not it is ing on ships and working on out- he has shipped through the these snowball beefs that he has a good or bad beef and in this of-town beefs, etc. So, if any of Union Hall and not off the dock. been handed in are not in ac­ matter everyone will be happy. you fellows down the line have a Second, in the case where the cordance with the agreement. Well, I guess that I have bent stock of pogo sticks, send them members have a little get to­ He informs the trip carder that your ears long enough, but I hope on up as some of these patrol­ gether, the members' book will the beefs are out and that he will that everyone that reads this will men's feat w'll soon be worn determine on what amount of not go to bat for them. At this give it their serioiis attention. So down to their knees. voting power the member in stage of the game the trip carder here's to a Bigger and Better GEORGE PRICE. 3rd. Yod _ Yours for a flying flsh on each question will have when import­ goes into a huddle with the rest Union. With best wishes, I have money coming. See CL foot. ant questions of the Union are to of the trip cards and they mark remain, Fisher. New York Stewards' Pa­ PAUL HALL, Agent be decided upon. Third, when the the Delegate in question, lousy. HARRY J. COLLINS. Agent trolman. NEW YORK y BOSTON Money Due �•;<. {m[l ... - --'•" •; 'r If'S' Page Four THE V. E. HILL, Messman from the C. FORD, messman, who paid SS Knute Nelson, Robbin Line. off the S.S. Arizpa, last voyage. The gun crew mess has coUected Please see New York Patrolman C. Fisher and pick up voucher on a purse for the messman. * » • extra meals. * » » The claim for pumping oil on (Continued from Page 2) The following men have money besides receiving $5.00 per day the SS Pichens of S. ATLAUBE due at the Calmar Line offices, while in the Ports of Suez. It will be settled soon. • • e in New York: THORNHIILL, L. must also be remembered that GRICE, Third Cook, ex SS PARKER. IVAN LEWIS, CHAS. our monthly wages were less. So Mary-Mar. See Patrolman F. WILLIAMS, J. MARIANO, S. consequently our bonus was SARGENT, J. LUCAS, HOLMES. higher than now. How can the Hart in the New York office. • • » * » *. Board justify this action? At JUAN RIVERA, messman. You that time no American seamen Will the follov/ing men off the SS Felix Grundy of the Stew­ have 30 hours coming from the had lost their lives through war ards' Dept. see Patrolman Heurt in SS Brookholst Livingston. This action. Today American seamen New York. Overtime for the trip j is payable at the Bull Line are getting killed in all waters of must be settled: MARTIN and Office. the world. UZONYI, Cooks; CARE, Baker; 2. The wages of workers ashore, FRIEDBERG, Mess; A. GALparticularly in the shipyards LANTE, BORUTA, ROMA, and which are paid by the Maritime OWINS, Utility-men. Commission, are higher than the * *• * V • * GREENE and SPENCER of the SS S. W. Rawlee can collect their overtime at the New York ofiice of the Bull Line.—F. Hart. 't NMU Men Join SIU Picket Line At Norfolk USS (Continued from Page 1) ings in the USS Hotel Fairfax. He said one man who left $1,000 for safe keeping with a hotel em­ ploye, was unable to recover it for 36 hours. Harold C. Crandall, port area dLrector for the USS, explained this transaction by saying the en­ velope in which the money had been placed had been put away by. a women employe who went to a hospital for treatment and it could not be located until she had returned. $600 Reported Missing Nelson B. Brown, an engineer, said he missed $600 from his pocket, after spending a night at the hotel April 6. He said he com­ plained to the management and was told the matter would be in­ vestigated. H. Chase Stone of the RMO in Washington, also a USS official, declared on the scene that the seamen's complaints will be given a hearing. Honor Roll seamen's wages. Their work is war wox'k—with less risk, a bed to sleep safely in every night, with no hazards. They receive on an average $1.25 per hour with time and one-half for over­ time. They receive more money and enjoy better conditions than the Merchant seamen. We do not begrudge them this, they are en­ titled to it. But why should the War Shipping Administration, who pays our War Risk Compen­ sation and also pays the shipyard workers' wages, discriminate against the seamen? The ship­ yard industry is treated better, their problems are taken care of by a more just Board than you gentlemen on the MWEB. 3. The risks of the Merchant seamen are greater than the Navy. The Navy personnel are protected in well armored and very fast fighting vessels. They are fitted out to fight. Very sel­ dom is a naval vessel attacked except in combat action, while merchant vessels are poorly equipped for defense either $253.00 against aerial attacks or submar­ ine attacks. Compared with the Navy, it must also be remember­ ed that the material and econom­ S.S. JOHN LE FARGE $36.00 S.S. GEORGE E. DERN .... 23.00 S.S. JAMES HOBAN 17.00 S.S. K. S. WOOLSEY 14.00 S.S. J. P. MITCHELL 13.00 S.S. FITZHUGH LEE 12.00 J. LYON 12.00 EUGENE SNEED 12.00 R. S. LITTLETON 10.00 S.S. CLARK MILLS 10.00 S.S. LILLINGTON 10.00 A. M. MAGNONE 8.00 S.S. A. KENDALL 8.00 C. DUVAL 8.00 A. L. SLEYSTER 8.00 S.S. JOHN LAWSON 7.00 F. PRICE 6.00 JOHN MARCHITTO 6.00 B. MOORE 6.00 S.S. CARTER BRAXTON .. 5.00 CHIEF MATE S.S. G. WELLS 5.00 M. ROSENBERG 5.00 B. W. JENSEN 2.00 R. WETZER 2.00 C. PAPPICH 2.00 HENRY RUNGE 2.00 C. M. WAGENFER 2.00 C. L. CONN 2.00 TOTAL Friday, May 5, 1344 LOG SI U For Bonus Increases MONEY DUE Crew of the SS Kofressi has 75c coming for one meal. » » » SS Henry Bacon, South Atlan­ tic Co. L. E. SEILER, AB, has 48 hours overtime coming to him; P. P. BAROWSKI, has 48 hours coining, and J. L. MUDDEN, has 5 hours coming. Collect at Com­ pany's office—E. S. Higdon, New York Patrolman. • • • SS Alcoa Trader. All unlicens­ ed men who paid off in New York recently have 1 day's pay and three meals coming. Money is payable at the Alcoa Line office, 17 Battery Place, New York, • • • Following men have money due from the Bull Line and can collect it at the New York offices of the company, for voyage on the SS Rufus Peckham: CALVIN HESTER, GEO. CHAMBERLIN, LEO DUNCAN, WILLIAM TAY­ LOR, and THEODORE SMITH, division of wages of utility man for 2 months and 27 days. GRAN SITES, 33 hours and di­ vision of wages. I- SEAFARERS Liberty Ships To Be Named For SIU Heroes (Continued from Page 1) seas during a storm on Dec. 30, 1942. Squires and another sea­ man volunteered to remain be­ hind and lower the lifeboats. High seas were running and made it impossible to remove the two men. They stayed and were lost with the ship. Brother Squires was born in Newfoundland in 1909. From the Delta SB Co.'s yards ,in the South, the second ship to be named for an SIU member Will take to the water. In this yard the George W. Alther will proudly herald his accomplish­ ment. Even though Brother Alther had been sailing as Second' Mate he still kept in good standing with the SIU. He lost his life when he went to the assistance of a naval gunnery officer after a bombing of the SS Timothy Pickering, July 13, 1943. The vessel was loaded with munitions, TNT, and high octane gas. Brother Alther was born in Massachussetts in 1918 and is sur­ vived by his father, George Al­ ther, Sr. His father is expected to attend the launching. .X-. ic conditions of the Navy com­ pare favorably and higher than the conditions of the Merchant seamen. They are protected with just as high wages, also with va­ rious benefits accorded military personnel, such as mustering-out pay, hospitalization for the rest of their life, higher insurance both for themselves and their dependents, and also enjoy cer­ tain privileges as veterans, etc. 4. War Risk Compensation is not based only on the supposi­ tion that a man stands the risk of being killed—that, indeed, is a secondary issue. Have you gentle­ men ever thought of the nerve racking tortures Merchant sea­ men go through? There are Am­ erican seamen by the thousands knocking around American wa­ terfront ports whose lives are shattered, who are useless for the rest of their lives due to the ter­ rible strain they have gone through. Why doesn't the Board check on this to find out? Does the Board know how it feels to lay in your bunk trying to sleep in a blacked-out ship in the war zones, waiting for a torpedo from some sneaking submarine to blow up your ship, full of am­ munition, perhaps? Have you ever stumbled out of your bunk night after night when the gen­ eral alarm goes on, groping around in the darkness—waiting for that old torpedo to hit? Has the Board ever thought of how it feels to have this raid alarm go off and have no place to go— when Jap and Nazi bombers start to drop their eggs all around you—when you expect every minute that your ship will get it next? Not only once, but night after night, day in and day out. And you have the nerve to cut the lousy War Risk Compen­ sation! Pay Your AssessmentsKeep In Good Standing Recent meetings of the New York Branch have voted to again bring to the atten­ tion of the membership that they are not entitled to hos­ pital benefits unless their as­ sessments are paid up. Otherwise members fall into bad standing according to the Constitution. The deadline for the payment of assessments was March 31, 1944. Check your union books. The Constitution is as follows: Article 111, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: "Members more than Three (3) months in arrears in dues, assessments or impaid fines, other than during the period of strikes or lockouts shall forfeit all claims to benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. He shall not stand suspended until six (6) months in ar­ rears in dues, assessments or unpaid fines. "This section shall not ex­ cuse any members for being behind in dues or assess­ ments while employed." Article reads; VllI, Section 1, "Members who are confin­ ed to hospitals in good stand­ ing shall be suspended from payment of dues or assess­ ments while so confined. Members who are confined to hospitals in bad standing shall not be entitled to any benefits whatsoever." Therefore all members must pay their assessments if they want to enjoy the union's benefits. The dead­ line for paying these assess­ ments was March 31st. PAY YOUR ASSESSMENTS AND KEEP IN GOOD STANDING, BROTH­ ERS! 5. The last decision of your Board dealing with Vessel Attacfe Bonus is far from being decent It is an open insult to the Amerl« can seamen. Your "gift" of giving a seaman $125.00 attack bonuf providing the vessel he is entployed on is "destroyed or sub­ stantially damaged or on whicb anyone has been killed or serl^ ously injured." This ghoulish' "classic" and its authors will long be remembered by the American seamen. In other words, if your shipmate is killed, you'll get $125.00. What a price! What a Board! 6. Since your War Risk Insur­ ance cut went into effect on April 1st, the Tanker H. S. Collier was sunk in the Arabiaft Sea with tha loss of 44 men—and she is not the only ship which has gone down in these waters lately. Bjr the way, this is one of the zonea in which you cut the men's com­ pensation. Since your cut went into effect, the Steamer Straub went down through enemy action in Alaskan waters. Fifty-four men went down. This is also another zone where you cut the bonus. We wonder, where you get your facte and figures and information from? 7. As a result of your cold­ blooded cut, hundreds of oldtime seamen are already leaving the sea. They are too old for the armed forces and consequently do not have to go to sea. They are finding berths ashore in the shipyards with better pay and safer sailing. The War Shipping Administration is very liberal when you work ashore. We feel your arbitrary decision is hinder­ ing the war effort, inasmuch as it drives the best of seamen ashore, and we know they are needed. 8. The reason we are asking you to increase the Area Pay from $5.00 to $7.00 per day is because the RMO, a division o£ the War Shipping Administra­ tion also headed by Captain Ed­ ward Macauley, are paying thou­ sands of so-called Seamen $7.00 per day for standing by waiting for jobs in the RMO pools ashore,. If a man can get $7.00 per day for doing pothing, loafing around in safe American ports on Captain E. Macauley's dole—there is no reason why men risking, their lives and undergoing nerve rack­ ing hazards in the South Pacific and elsewhere, should not get the same. COMMENT Your Board can well afford to ch^ge their decision without losing face. You have enough—actual, real, and moral reasooa for giving the seamen a decent War Risk Compensation, than any other group of American workers. It is the duty of your Board to act and explain to the public in general why you should raise the Seamen's War Risk Compensation. Very truly yours, HARRY LUNDEBERG. President, Seafarers International Union of North America, Secretary-Treasurer Sailors' Union of the •' Pacific. 'V n . aiS/iii';';'.;'?- It � 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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No. n NEW YORK, N.Y., FRIDAY. MAY 12, 1944 SIU Members Urged To Take Up-Grading Courses At Schools Union Ends Picket Line At USS Hotel Fairfax In Norfolk NORFOLK, Va.—Picketing of the USS Hotel Fair­ fax by the Seafarers International Union was ended re­ cently, following a meeting of the union, which was at­ tended not only by SIU members, but by members of the National Maritime Union, Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and Marine Firemen, Watertenders and Wipers All members of the Seafarers International Union of North America who have Union. • sufficient time in to qualify themselves as applicants for upgrading under the United This action followed the adop­ States Maritime Service training program are urged to take advantage of the facilitiei tion, by the executive committee offered, a letter from John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the A & G District, to all Branch of the United Seamen's Service, Agents and the Membership, declares. Brother Hawk goes into the entire program in of a report made by a special V committee which investigatec charges made by the SIU against the Hotel Fairfax and other USS activities in this section. The executive committee agreed to put in effect at once recommendations made by the committee and the SIU meeting adopted a motion to abandon the / picket line so as to give the USS a chance to make the changes recommended. The investigating committee was headed by Judge Clyde H. Jacobs, and it was named by S P. O'Connell, chairman of the USS executive committee. C. M. Rogers, Norfolk agent for the SIU, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the meeting of the union. "The report of the investigat­ ing committee has been received and considered by an attendance of 121 members of the Seafarers International Union of North America and Sailors Union of Pa­ cific and 39 members of other Maritime Unions, some of the lat(Contimied on "Page 4) Ship Named For Tom Lyons Of N Y State AFL .... minute detail and outlines the# reasons that many of the men in about a positive danger to the the lower capacities should take Union as well as to the men advantage of the opportunity to themselves, because of the fact that the industry has been flood­ upgrade themselves. ed to a degree with men through Besides protecting themselves the RMO, who are all gaining ex­ they are also protecting the perience and getting the higher Union, he says. The full text of grades through continued train­ the letter follows: ing. Thus a condition is foreseen May 10th, 1944 whereby many of the genuine To All Agents, Patrolmen, Union seamen who have neglect­ And the Membership ed to upgrade themselves may be Dear Sirs and Brothers: forced out of the industry. For At the recent New Orleans competition for jobs will grow Conference of the Agents of the sharper and sharper as times goes Seafarers International Union of on and harder times will hit the N.A. it was voted to put the industry after the war, making question of endorsing the Up- it just so much tougher. This Grading Program of the United condition, too, will be felt to a States Maritime Service to the minor degree, should the war in Branches for membership action: Europe cease prior to the Pacific For acception or rejection. theater of action. With a conse­ The membership on a Coast­ quent slump in all shipping in wise basis has accepted the reso­ the post-war period and shortly lution from the Agents' Confer­ after the cessation of hostilities. ence which urges that members In addition to this, it is said, take advantage of the program the examination standards will and upgrade themselves. Officials become so strict and high that it of the various Branches and at will be impossible for the ordin­ headquarters have pointed out ary man to pass them. Waivers that members who have suffici­ Many Union Brothers are ent time in to up-grade them­ selves from ordinary seamen to pointing out that if waivers on AB's and from Messmen to 2nd the number of specified ratings Cooks and Bakers, or men of that required aboard a vessel are cut capacity to Chief Cooks should out the Union men who have been lax and neglected to up­ not neglect this task. For any neglect of such brings grade themselves will be endan- Film Star Carole Landis wore clothes when she testified for the Screen Actors Guild (AFL) at an NLRB hearing to determine col­ lective bargaining agents for extra players. Carole credited NEW YORK—As a result of a the SAG for her rise to stardom. successful drive by the New York State Federation of Labor in promoting the sale of War Bonds and Stamps since September 1, 1943, purchased by unions and members affailiated with the State body which totals an amount now more than $2,000,000, the U.S. Maritime Commission has In announcing the publication limitation varies from 6 months authorized a Liberty ship to be of a "Digest of State and Federal to 3 years." named in honor of the late Presi­ Labor Legislation" Secretary Stating that such laws set wage dent of the New York State Fed­ Trances Perkins cautioned State claims apart from other contracteration of Labor, Thomas J. labor departments and organized claims where statutes of limita­ abor against statutes of limita­ tions usually run six or seven Lyons. This ship will be launched tions on wage claims, "a particu­ years, the Secretary said the 1943 about May 18 at Jacksonville, larly insidious type of law which legislation "seriously affected the during 1943 was quietly enacted administration of State mini­ Florida. mum-wage and wage-collection Arrangements are being made in six states." and wage-payment laws as well "Seven State legislatures will for Mrs. Thomas J. Lyons to of­ ficiate by christening the vessel be in session in 1944 and those as the Federal wage-hour law." with the name of her late hus­ concerned with employee welfare Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, band. New York State Federa­ will wish to be on guard against Ohio and Oregon enacted this tion President Thomas A. Murray the spread of these laws which type of law during the current will officially represent the State limit the period during which year. In 1944, legislatures will organization at the launching. workers may institute suits for convene in Kentucky, Louisiana, Other unions are also expected to recovery- of wages and overtime Mississippi, New Jersey, New send delegates. due them," she said. "The time York, Rhode Island and Virginia. Perkins Warns Of Limitations On Damages And Overtime Pay ATTENTION! Agents in the Branches are asked to please post the va­ rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment, Bond Buying, and Payment of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc., on the Bullet­ in Boards. This will help to keep some of the members well inform­ ed on these questions. —SEAFARERS LOG Every Dollar Helps When It Is Invested In War Bonds. gered by the influx of younger elements now sailing under the relaxed war-time requirements. The lax seamen wiU have to stay in the lower ratings. Under new business at the Agents' Conference a resolution was passed urging all men with sufficient time in to take advan* tage of the Maritime Training Program. This resolved as fol­ lows: "That this Agents' Conference goes on record to encourage the members of the SIU, Atlantic ft Gulf District, to attend these UpGrading Schools; and, BE IT FINALLY "RESOLVED. That all the of­ ficials of the Atlantic & Gulf Dis­ trict give all the members of the Union the straight information as explained to the Conference by the representative of USMS." On the East Coast and Gulf there are schools for up-grading under the Maritime Training Program at Pier 73, East River, New York, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., and at New Orleans, La. No Uniforms Required Under the new regulation sea­ men being up-graded dress as they please. No uniforms are re­ quired! Fares and transportation will be provided the applicants from any port on the Atlantic and Gulf to the nearest of the schools named above at the discretion of the USMS, under the training program. Lodgings can also be arranged. At the Conference Mr. Paul Schmidt, Warrant Officer, Mari­ time Service, WSA, was accord­ ed the privilege of outlining the Merchant Marine Training Pro­ gram declared that when a mfli^ is upgraded the Government is interested in that man going back to sea because of the short­ age of skilled ratings. Qualifications The qualifications needed for an ordinary seaman to upgrade to the rating of AB are that the applicant for a license is required to have six months at sea or oa the Great Lakes. From that the member can graduate" in thirty days. For those who were trainees and have a Deck graduation from the USMS school plus three (Contimied from Page 3) �,1,11,1 • ; w-'fj;,'; Page Two Viiblished by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District THE SEAFARERS — V, • . —IIII1 li>BI • • ' IIIIH 'ji- , ' ;; i Friday. May 12, 1944 LOG {lc€P01?T ^ASHItVGTOIV «BY MATT-WEW PySUANe-* ' Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor I have received several com­ increase granted by the arbitra­ in others they have received an munications from agents where­ tor was in conformity with the increase in wages, their working HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VreMeni in the Army authorities are re­ "LITTLE STEEL FORMULA" or conditions that they went out in 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. fusing to allow union representa­ if the increase was in line with the picket line in 1934 to estab­ tives to board vessels that the the Stabilization program of the lish, have' in some instances been JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, union has under contracts, when NWLB, the stabilization program chopped down. these vessels are docked at piers is based on Executive Order No. The preferential hiring clause P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City that they have had in some of that are under the jurisdiction of 9328. their agreements are secured, the Army. The question that was before MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. however, in companies that they the panel was, what approach This matter has been taken up 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. did not have preferential hiring should the panel take in handling with representatives of the Army here and they have advised me the MFOW case and other cases has none been granted them by that the Army will not allow that may come before the panel the board, on the whole they did ANY UNION representatives to for action. I took the position not accomplish anything by de­ Directory of Branches board vessels for the pui-pose of that in view of the fact that the manding a uniform agreement. BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE panel did not have the MFOW No action was taken by the collecting dues. NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 case before the panel for action, panel to bunch all cases up so The Army has made arrange­ BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St CaK'ert 4539 ments for Union representatives as the case was not even certified that they would all be heard at PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 765 I to be present and meet with crew to the NYLB, we could not one time. This means that aS a NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS ( 16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3336 members when they are signing lay any rules on how we would case comes into the panel it will SAVANNAH t. 2 18 East Bay St Savannah 3 -1 728 TAMPA 42 3 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 on or paying off. An office has handle this case as it was not be­ be heard on its own merits, MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 been set aside on the docks for fore the panel and we did not which is the board's order in es­ PUERTO RICO. 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra GALVESTON 2 19 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 have a case to discuss. tablishing the panel, and has this purpose. My position was definite, that been the practice in the past. When a union representative if this case is certified to the On the Great Lakes the SIU wishes to board a vessel that the PUBLICATION OFFICE: union has under contract, and it board, and the board assumed signed an agreement with the ROOM 215, 2 STONE STREET is necessary to settle a dispute, jurisdiction, that we would then Overlakes Freight Corporation the union representative will proceed with it on its merits, the for another year, this case should New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 have to contact the Security Of­ same as has been the practice come before the panel some time 267 ficer in charge of the docks. He since the establishment of the next week. The question of the jurisdiction may then give the representative panel by the National Board. a pass to board the vessel, and an The CIO representatives on the on dredges was discussed. My MP will escort him to and from panel took the position that all position was that the panel did Voluntary agreements or dispute have the jurisdiction over the vessel. cases that come before the panel, dredges, as the SIU on the Great Brother Lundeberg also met which call for an increase in with representatives of the Army wages should be all heard at the Lakes has several dredging com­ panies under contract. Some of on this matter. same time by the full panel, and these dredges are at present op­ "Polictics means Pork Chops" states a brochure issued WAR SHIPPING PANEL claim that their proposals would erating on" the SURINAME by the CP througgh the NMU in the name of Joe Curran, establish uniformity of wages in RIVER in DUTCH-GUIANA. I the hero of North Africa, Teheran, Moscow Conference, Attended an executive session of the panel on April 28th**•Last the industry. Later on they would felt that the panel was in a bet­ International Labor, Chinese Red Army, etc. September the MFOW opened demand that working conditions ter position to handle dredging Certainly, to a bankrupt leadership whose support is their agreements with the em­ be also uniform for the industry. cases than a regional board. the shipowners aiid Government agencies, politics is of the ployer for an increase in wages. The MM&P and MEBA fol­ The panel recommendation to essense. No one can deny that. Yet, someone is getting Their case is now before an ar­ lowed this same line of reason­ the National War Labor board is ing, and they submitted a dispute that the shipping panel has the rooked as the price of this Government-shipowner support. bitrator for a decision. If the ar­ bitrator renders a decision that case to the board and demanded jurisdiction over dredges, and re­ Now who is getting the well known rooking? (Seamen would grant an increase of wages a uniform agreement. The re­ serves the right to refer some of have a much more rugged though unprintable name for it.) to the MFOW, it would then have sults of their dispute is that they the cases to a regional board for The answer is self evident. Think of the millions of to be referred to the War Ship­ took a licking on the agreements, action. dollars that has poured into the shipowners' pockets since ping panel for recommendations they now have a uniform set of FISHERMEN the formation of the NMU by the fact that these heroes to the National War Labor board. wages and working conditions. Pat McHugh Secretary of the The panel would then have the In some of the contracts they of labor signed cut-rate contracts, lower than the lowest job of determining whether the have received a cut in wages and Atlantic Fishermen's Union has Union scales in the industry? been commuting between Boston and Washington of late. He is Hundreds of millions through the years, my friends, making a strong attempt to jar was the price these highjackers of all things clean, paid to the OPA loose from their decis= the shipowners for recognition. This came from the sea­ ion, and trying to get them to men's pockets, direct. establish the ceilings on the Now that the Government is paying all bills the prices that the;)^ received in 1942, instead of a weighed average. NMU's super patriots, meaning the CP officials, are trying Pat has been putting up a hard to have a government board bring these working conditions fight and is now bringing his case up to SIU contract levels. to the attention of the house ^ The appeal of the CP offcials of the NMU for "equali- Editor of the LOG. MERCHANT MARINE committee that is investigating VETERANS GET CHARTER _ Zation" of wages with the standards of the A. F. of L. is a 2 Stone Street the OPA, and is holding hearings on a bill to continue the OPA for confession of guilt. Why did they sign such robbery con­ New York, N. Y. , The Merchant Marine Veterans another year. A Senate bill calls tracts in the first place and allow the NMU membership Dear Sir: Association of the United States for the continuing of the OPA to be rooked all these ycar.s? The enclosed is perhaps of was today granted a charter by until two years after the war. For, this scabbery in Unionism started with the NMU's some news value to you, as this Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of Have been informed that on first contract and this traffic with the shipowners is only newly formed organization is the Commonwealth. Purpose of the Pacific oast the OPA are go­ the Association is to aid Mer­ now coming to light. Remember, also that the NMU con­ comprised of a group of seamen chant Marine Officers and Sea­ ing to adjust the price on Salmon and others, who are interested in for the California area. The indi­ tracts could be opened every 6 months for wage revisions. the welfare of the Merchant Sea­ men in securing some of the cations are that Rock Cod will Recognition by the shipowners had to be paid for. It man and were organized for that rights, benefits and privileges ac­ not be given inuch consideration set the Communists up in business as a "going" concern, purpose, as the release states, to corded members of the United by the OPA. May require a little and it was a paying business for both. The on y ones who aid them in securing some of the States armed forces, by local, more pressure from the co&st. State and Federal Governments. lost out were the NMU members and the seamen as a whole. rights, benefits and privileges Posts will be organized in all In the Gulf area the OPA does given to men in the Armed not give any indication that they For this shipowner controlled clique by signing such cutforces. That there, is need for the large cities of the nation will set a ceiling price on fish rate contracts acted as a drag upon the wages and condi­ such an organization, I have no Men who served in the Merchant Marine service in World War I down there, at least not for the tions for the industry as a whole. doubt, you will agree. or World War II are eligible to time being. Should they estab­ ^ This is scabbery on a mass scale. lish a ceiling, the rumor is that Thanking you, I am membership. In the meantime these tools were secure. Doors were they will go for the prices of W. L. Drew, 45 Strathmore 1942. Congressman Petersen is Sincerely yours, open to them in Washington, where they made the most of CARL A. MEYER. Road, Brookline, 46, Massachu­ against any ceilings down in the their "political" opportunities for every cause except that Commander. setts, was elected Adjutant. (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) Currans' 'Politics' New Group Asks Full Hospital Rights For Merchant Seamen I Tv 'r ;Ll �;.;--'p ••• Friday. May 12, 1244 ;y- ' " Tn?•r:, n' •.-, - • • a- THE SEAFARERS •^" Around the Ports BOSTON Attended a meeting of the USS as observer. This was done as a result of the poor management of the USS Hotel in Norfolk, and I found out about the loans to seamen. It seems that there are two types of loans that can be made to seamen; both emergency loans: One is expected to be re­ paid, but the other is not expect­ ed to be repaid, provided it works a hardship on the person obtaining the loan. This information can be got­ ten at any USS agency that handles loans for seamen. The New York Educational Committee is doing a fine job, and when they complete their data they will have something helpful and instructive for our Hiembers. I would suggest that we get a card printed with our working rules thereon, especially that part of the agreement pertaining to overtime in the three depart­ ments. This will help eliminate sore spots and help to eliminate scores of beefs and create more It has made it a lot better for harmony aboard ships. the piecards here in knocking JOHN MOGAN, Agent. them out for wins, instead of los­ ing them, because of the lack of NEW YORK a few words of explanation. So if It looks as though we are final­ you guys in the other Branches ly going to get out of this pig pen, keep up the good work we guar­ that we call a hall in New York. antee you good representation in The lease is on the verge of be­ taking these up with the com­ ing signed for the new building panies. and we will be moved over there We had a fine example of what in a short time. It's about time good union men can 'do on a ship the other day at the payoff of the too! The Organization is growing so SS William Kent. She only car­ rapidly that the joint we are in ried five SIU book members, but now cannot even hold the mem­ these fellows had the crew lined bership attending the meetings up all the way. They had edu­ Monday nights. We are taking a cated them thoroughly in union­ step forward when we get out of ism and brought in a minimum of here, as in our new Hall, we will beefs. They did a really good have a layout that any Labor Or­ job and deserve a vote of thanks. ganization can well be proud of. If all ships coming in had This will be quite a conti'ast to things as well in hand as these the place we are in now, as we fellows did, paying them off have about every type of phony would be more efficient and sat­ outfit imaginable in this build­ isfactory to all hands. ing, all the way from a shipping We have definitely been assur­ crimp to a conscientious object­ ed that Joe Curran is not going ors' outfit. to run for President of the U.S. This Port has a hell of a lot this year (along with several easier time for handling out-of- other Red winos), so all of you town beefs now, since the Agents guys can now relax, all is well. and Patrolmen in the Outports Yours for less politicians and are cooperating with this Branch more unionism, by sending in clear, well-drawn up beefs. PAUL HALL, Agent SIU Members Urged To Take Up-Grading (Covthmed from Page 1) months sea service the time gen­ erally required to, up-grade is less than a month. The physical examination is said to be fairly easy, with a pro­ vision of reasonably good eye­ sight. Papers required are enough deck discharges to cover the stip­ ulated time, Coast Guard pass, proof of citizenship, or first pa­ pers for aliens, or Filipinos, who are generally over 18 years of age. Pay While Learning Those taking advantage of the training school courses to up­ grade themselves are paid under the program. For ordinary seaImen up-grading to AB's the pay is $156. per month, ($66. plus $3. a day subsistence and quarters). This breaks down to a figure of '$36:40 per week. For messmen up-grading to 2nd Cooks and Bakers the pay is $144. per month, ($54. plus $3. a day sub­ sistence and quarters). This breaks down to a figure of $33.00 Tier week. Pay is every two weeks. Stewards Department The time required for mem• bers of the Stewards' Dept. to up­ grade is from thirty to fifty-six days with the pay outlined above. The sea time requirements are as follows: Three months at sea as Second Cook and Baker, to qualify as ,a Chief Cook, with some baking experience necessary. Four months at sea or on the Great Lakes, in any rating in the Stew­ ards Dept. (Messman, Pantry­ man, Utilityman, etc.), to qual­ ify for training as Second Cook and Baker. The class day is about six and one half hours each day. Can Eliminate RMO By attending the coui'ses and bettering thfcmselves, members of the Union ean make great strides toward eliminating the RMO and their fink-hall set-up from the field. The RMO has no hand in the Maritime up-grading service or schools. For the Maritime Ser­ vice is a complete unit having nothing to do with the RMO programs. Mr. Schmidt, at the Conference declared that the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard in Wash­ ington issues all orders pertain­ ing to the way such schools are to be run in the various ports. Further the up-grading means for members of the Deck Dept. an increase of $17.50 per month in their basic wages. For members of the Stewards' Dept. up-grading means that they will be in line for better jobs with an approximate increase of $35. per month for those now sailing in the lower ratings, with of course, the same percentage increases according to bonuses. Will Help War Effort With all members getting be­ hind the program they can not only help the war effort but their Page Three LOG WKArS DOING Union as well as themselves, it :'s said. And, for that matter they are able to voluntarily leave the school if they find themselves unsuited for the mark they had set themselves for. Below is a list of United States Maritime Service offices on the East Coast and Gulf where mem­ bers of the SIU may make appli­ cation for up-grading: NEW ORLEANS, 523 St. Ann St. NEW YORK, 39 Broadway. BOSTON, Rm. 101, 177 Milk St. PORTLAND, Me., Rm. 17, U. S. Custom House. NEW HAVEN, Conn., 1044 Chap­ el St. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Rm. 330, 100 So. Broad StBALTIMORE, Md., 209 E. Fay­ ette St. WASHINGTON, D. C., 1311 H. St., N.W. NORFOLK, Va., 119 Tazewell St. CHARLESTON, S. C., 117 Broad St. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., U.S. P.O. Bldg., 311 W. Monroe. TAMPA, Fla., Hillsboro Hotel, 504 Fla. MOBILE, Ala., 64 St. Francis St. PORT ARTHUR, Tex., 208 Bluestein Bldg. HOUSTON, Tex., 1305 Prairie Ave. Your full cooperation and at­ tention in pushing this program is requested. Please post on bul­ letin board. Fraternally yours, JOHN HAWK, Sec'y-Treasurer. •'if" Curran's 'Experting * That Of Puppet NMUer Declares Editor of the SIU LOG Dear Sir: Knowing from past experience that these remarks would never be printed in the NMU's Com­ munist controlled press — the Pile-il—^I am addressing these re­ marks to the LOG, where Free­ dom of the press is still practiced. I note in all the great pubhc presses that that erudite "expert" Joe Curran has been down to Washington again. This time he testified as to the seaworthiness of the Liberty ships which were under fire. With sublime ignorance, so well portrayed in the SIU LOG's report of this investigation and Curran's role, this broken-down CP stooge stood naked before the world, exposed for what he is —a political parasite without scruples or even elementary knowledge of the subject matter under investigation. He was the perfect tool of the Big Business interests. I doubt if they will use him again for his ignorance was so marked as to be sublime. As a labor skate to delude in­ nocent seamen and workers gen­ erally his value has been proven. Here, he is unquestionably an "expert." The shipowners who have used him and his clique to pick the pockets of the seamen in the NMU clean through favorable (to the shipowners) contracts have never regretted their con­ nections with this stooge. It paid dividends in hard cash. And now, he had a still greater service to perform for the ship­ yard interests. What? Are you looking for­ ward to the day when the NMU members will catch up with you? (Henry J. Kaiser take notice. Here is an "expert" to be picked up at a bargain. One guaranteed to operate on hoi air and to use his 6 ft. 2 and scowl to the very best advantage of his controller. He has been known to scab on Union men and Union wages by working for half rate. His past is guaranteed. He is docile, tract­ able and well broken-in.) The mystery in this latest visit to Washington, however, is not in Cuiran's "experting." We have always known that he is nothing but a puppet and is a false-alarm, built up by the Communists who surround him and control every movement of his life. He ^ a mask behind which they operate. Left to his own devices his ig­ norance of even elementary mari­ time problems is amazing if they were not so tragic. And who can expect more from a cut-rate Grace Line shore-gemg straw boss. The mystery lies in the Pilot of March 17, 1944, following this "experting" by the "President" of the NMU before the Truman Committee. Search as you will you will find no word of this fa­ mous expert's testimony or men­ tion thereof. Why? Well, brothers, there's a reason, and it is this: The testimony will reveal to aU maritime workers, both the ignorance of Curran in maritime matters which might serve to awaken the NMU mem­ bership an dthe general public as well, and the servile role played by the politicians of the NMU in defense of Big Business in line with the recent instructions of the Communist Party that they have to "play ball" with capital­ ism and all capitalists who will play ball with them in the "Spir­ it of Teheran." To heU with seamen's lives the CP's siij'—diet's have ihbre aiid bigger political conniving. We can be trusted to "play ball." That is the message of the hear­ ings as gathered from the study of the expert's remarks. Curran's masters behind the scenes know what to print or kilL And the Pilot editor, good Com­ munist stalwart that he is, is well trained. He can spot danger a mile off. Curran is given plenty of play —on everything else but the vital topic effecting all seamen — his "experting" in Washington. And, to take your minds off the thing altogether they have printed a leg demonstration on the front page with others throughout. Also on the front page is Ferdy (Continued on Page 4) Seamen Wartted On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt Hotel, "New Orleans, La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Request for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone. WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—^form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e SS. hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading school, etc. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (2) Ai.\i-ti1^1:iVi<-. r:.' ki'Uu'ir'M- ••;S0| •"Sf �Page Four T HE Union Ends Picket Line At USS Hotel Fairfax In Norfolk (Contimiei froin Page I) tei- frora the National Maritime Union. The Marine Cooks and • Stewards Union and the Marine Firemen Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Union, and a few unor­ ganized seamen, in a meeting held in the Seafarers Internation­ al Union Hall in Norfolk. "We believe that our com­ plaints and grievances which we considered reasonable and gen­ uine were fairly heard by the in­ vestigating committee, composed of the following citizens of Nor­ folk; Chairman Judge Jacob and four other prominent citizens of Norfolk, and we further believe "yid hope that the recommendauons contained in their report, if immediately adopted and put in­ to effect will eliminate our diffi­ culties. We understand that the Executive Committee of the Uni­ ted Seamen's Service adopted the report entered and ordered that the recommendations of the in­ vestigating committee be put in­ to immediate effect. In order that this may clear without hin­ drance, or in part, picketing of the USS Hotel Fairfax on the part of the Seafarers Internation­ al Union and Sailors Union of Pacific members and also mem­ bers of other maritime unions and imorganized seamen has been suspended. Our aims throughout this matter have been to obtain equal justice and fairness for all merchant seamen. "We sincerely feel that the aforementioned has not existed in the past and we trust that in the future the Merchant Seamen will receive more cooperation from the United Seamen's Ser­ vice, and fairness in the issuance of tickets for rationed articles, and that the loss of money, clothing, etc., will be eliminated or stopped as much as possible." NOTICE HERBERT E. BORI, Book 21,855. All your seaiheh's papers and Union Book and some per­ sonal papers were turned over to the Union by the United States Post Office, Station P. The papers were accepted by F. Stewart and are now located at the New York Dispatchers' office, 2 Stone Street. Please call for same immediately, otherwise they must be returned to the various Government de­ partments which issued them, e. • • P. J. CAMARON lost a sum of money in the Philadelphia area. It was found. Will Brother Cam­ eron please write William John­ son, Acting Agent for Philadel­ phia, for further information? MONEY DUE The Engine and Deck Depart­ ments of the MARIBOU B. La MARR are entitled to two weeks linen money. Collect at Water­ man Office in New York. * n- • The following men from the SS WILLIAM STURGIS, Voyage No. 3 can collect the following money: Anthony Dower, $1.84; Theodore Peterson, $6.36; Joseph A. Schmidlin, $12.72; Norman Cra­ mer, $27.53; Albert Cramer. $23.51; Joseph Kelly, $27.95; Ed­ ward Toner, $5.04; Wm, McDevitt, $2.69; Patrick McCarthy, $18.13; Richard Daisely, $21.82; Richard Purcell, $35.59; Weldon Friday, May 12, 1944 SEAFARER S. LOG Bassett, $13.09; James Earl, $13.18; V. Velazquez, $2.69; Hjalmar Nordby, $18.13; Norman Hartnett, $24.17; Sam A. Fawcett, $20.82; and T. Simmons, $2.69. » » • Engine Department on the SS HENRY LEE has linen money at the Calmar Office, New York. • * • The following men from the SS E. WHEELOCK. Wages that can be collected at the Calmar Office, New York: Richard Ma­ son and Elmer Holmes, $157.53; Ernest O'Rourke and Wilfred Bennison, $135.82 each; and George Ellis, $65.62. Dushane's Report for an increase ^ (Continued from Page 2} wages. Looks like a smoke screef^l Gulf area, particularly in the to cover their agreement thai Florida field. they made in approving of thd Brothers Lundeberg, Weisberbonus reduction that the MWEI| ger, and Hawk have been in town made. meeting with representatives of seveial government agencies, try­ ing to iron out the numerious matters that are effecting our members. Brother Lundeberg is now in Philadelphia and is meet­ ing with the Executive Board of the American Federation of La­ bor, and is trying to enlist their support to have the Maritime War Emergency Board to re­ (Continued from Page 3) establish the 100% bonus. the fink Smith burning the lasi It seems that all the other Mar­ election ballots with a captioql itime Unions have given up the "Democracy in Action." fight on this vital matter, how­ Oh, yeah? ever, we have taken the position I am happy to see the Seafarer! that we are going to continue Log smoking these political shy­ this fight no matter how much sters out of their holes. Morfli time and expense we put into power to your pen. May the trad! this dispute. The union is .of the winds fill your sails and goodi opinion that the board's decision sailing. Keep up the good work on the reduction of the bonus is These are the most sinister fakeri an unfair one, and merits recon­ who ever disgraced the maritinM sideration. industry. The NMU has completely for­ They are knights of the doublf gotten the bonus reduction and cross. Stick to your guns and lo| are trying to soft pedal their them feel the thunder of yousj membership to forget about it, broadsides. and are hollering for an increase In conclusion, let me assuJi in wages. They will have to wait you that the SIU Log will be read until September 30th, 1944 before they can legally open their con­ by the seamen, including thf tracts on this issue, as they did bona fide honest NMU membertb not open their contracts in March Thank you. -Old-Time NMU Membep 1944 for any wage increases. We then have the Pilot shoot­ Keep In Touch With ing some more bull to the NMU membership with their blazing Your Draft Board Curran's 'Experting' That Of Puppet NMUer Declares Currans' ^Polities' (Continued on Page 2) of the seamen. These contracts remained a deep dark secret. While they urged the NMU mem­ bership to "study their contracts" they did not urge them to study these contracts in compari­ son and contrast to the rest of the Union con­ tracts in the industry. And, unless this were done there is little meaning in "studying" any contract. This was the catch for the ignorant seamen—a mask to hide the truth from their eyes. l:i' k i For these services these political rats n6%u demand the Checkoff. They realize that the Union is slipping away from them—that the members are getting wise and are voting with their feet. The ship­ owner must come to the rescue and compulsion must take the place of free independent choice on the part of the individual—whether he will support this fink political clique or give them the deep six. ' That isn't all by a long shot. Now, in the NMU Pilot of April 21, 1944, we see the Communist clique calling a confer­ ence of the shipowners who have profited great­ ly by Pork chops and Politics. This Conference was held in the NMU headquarters (appropriate place it seems) and here the CP offered to turn the dispatching and shipping in the Union Halls over to the shipowners, whose agents would sit in the NMU halls and take over the show. These political highbinders are drowning and because politics are their pork chops (at the seamen's expense) they are calling upon the shipowners to come to the rescue. Why, because the real seamen have quit in such numbers that only the Communist draft dodgers, needle workers, button hole makers are left, and these cannot man the ships. Yes, there's politics and politics, and pigs are pigs. Did the shipowners refuse the invitation, refuse to be found in open collusion with the Communist control of the NMU? You guessed it. Brother—they were there in force. Why not, when politics means pork chops for the ship­ owners? Didn't the invitation follow the stabbing in the back of the seamen over the Bonus ques­ tion? Didn't they left-handedly support the MWEB Bonus cuts by stating that they were only interested in a wage increase—^meaning the "equalization" demand on a par with the AF of L, now before the War Lalwr Board and over which the MWEB has no control? And isn't the Chairman of the MWEB the same Captain Edward Macauley who is also in politics for pork chops? Verily, they understand each other, while the seamen who are out there doing the sailing and the dying, pay the price in a midtitude of directions. Take into consideration the fact that the NMU members are paying the highest dues and assessments in the industry, thinking that they belong to a Union, when in reality they belong to a Communist Political Club, masquerading as a Union. They are paying to support the very clique which swindles both the NMU membership and all seamen, directly and indirectly. And, the membership of the NMU is not even allowed •to run an opposition slate against these high­ binders on the POLICY MAKING BODIES the Union. What an appaling racket. Unionisn| has struck new lows and is scraping bottom. There is room for belief that the vast "take*^ of income from the befuddled and unenlighteifed NMU membership is being used to float subsidize even greater political rackets, now tha^ the "Party" has captured the American Laboi^ Party and are tied up with the CP dominated CIO "Political Action Committee," for CIR dominated it undoubtedly is as far as the parti­ cipation of the CP leaders of the NMU concerned. r Yet, these political racketeers point to thi sumptions Halls built up at the seamen's expens^ and exclaim: "Look what we are doing for you. This 2| progress," Yea, Brothers, you have paid already foi; palaces of gold through the cut-rate contracts^ etc., etc. All you are getting now is propaganda^ and tinsel opening the doors to still greater pil­ laging of the American seamen. Wake up. Brothers—wake up and Live| You have been doped by the Piloteers efff Union Square too long. The wages and living standards of the seatmen as a whole are in mortal danger. You havii paid a terrific price for ignorance already. It iif up to you to clean house of these fakers and! reach out your hand in Brotherhood and thtf spirit of Unionism to your Brothers of the AF of L now fighting hard for all. That is the only; way we can. win pork chops for the seamen— on the plate, and not in a Communist-Currajtf brochure. � 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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F SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. IT NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY. MAY 19. 1944 No. 12 AFL Executive Council Supports SIU On Bonus U.S. Submits Plan To ILO Seamen Warned Conference To Raise World On Censorship Regulations Wide Labor Standards PHILADELPHIA.—The United States Government submitted to the national labor conference a plan of action for putting into effect the social objectives of the Atlantic Charter through measures designed to win improved labor standards, economic development and social security. Pressing for the adoption of* five concrete steps to better the parts of the world remain unsat­ lot of the working man through­ isfied." out the world, the United States The plan sets out these five plan called also for the promo­ points: (Coiithnied on Page 2) tion of a less restricted system of international trade, including freedom of the air, and for close scrutiny to make certain that the signatory governments abide by the rules. The sweeping plan was placed before the newly constituted Uni­ ted Nations committee of the The dispatching hall in the Port ILO by Frances Perkins, Secre­ of New York is to be open for tary of Labor, and Senator Elbert longer hours than formerly, it D. Thomas, Government dele­ was reported at the meeting last gates. The plan is the pi'oduct of Monday night. six months of conferences by all The hours, hereafter, for dis­ 'interested Federal agencies and patching of Union Brothers to departments in Washington. jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Through ratification of the plan on week days, Monday through each signatory government Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until would, among other things, rec­ 6 P.M. on Sundays. ognize its obligation "to foster The step was taken to protect expanding production and em­ many of the Union Brothers' jobs ployment on a sound basis, free and afford them greater service from disruptive fluctuations, and during the coming period. Agents to insure that workers and facil­ of the other Branches have also ities shall not be allowed to be been requested to post this notice idle while the needs of large on their bulletin boards. New York Hall To Be Open Longer Hours Above is a picture of the banquet which was given the Workers' Delegates from all over the world to the ILO Conference at Philadelphia. Pa. i I 4.': The following wire has been received by the New York office, warning all sea­ men on the censorship reg­ ulations. John Hawk. Sec'y-Treas.. Seafarers IntT Union of North America. 2 Stone Street New York. N. Y. The office of censorship has asked us to advise and emphasize the following no­ tice for publication to your membership on Bulletin Bo2u:ds and newspapers: "Crew members are pro­ hibited under Section 303 of the first war powers act from any attempt to evade censor­ ship regulations, such as the carrying of letters for them­ selves or others without first submitting them to censor­ ship. "Any violation of this act may subject the offender to imprisonment for ten years and a fine of $10,000. (Signed) G. H. Helmbold. Assistant Deputy Administrator for ship operations. War Ship­ ping Administration." Hubert Wyckoff. Assistant Deputy Administrator for Maritime Labor Relations. Session Clears Way To Aid Union'sFight AgainstMWEB PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 17.—The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, in its extra-* ordinary session, held here recently, decided to support the complaint of the Seafarers International Union of Noirth America against the action of the War Shipping Adminis-< •tration through Capt. Macauley of the Maritime War Emergency Board in reducing bonus pay­ ments to seamen who are asked to take ships into hazardous waters. Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU and Sec'y-Treasurer of PHILADELPHIA. —The world the SUP, and John Hawk, Viceconference of labor proposed by President of the SIU and Atlan­ the British Trades Union Con­ tic and Gulf District Sec'y-Treas­ gress and repudiated by the Am­ urer, appeared before the Coun­ erican Federation of Labor will cil in a full-dress session and not be held, it was officially an­ laid the details of the Union's nounced here. The meeting had fight on the reinstatement of been scheduled to open in Lon­ bonuses to the pre-April 1 level, and increased war-risk insurance don next month. for seamen. The AFL had opposed the con­ Full history of all the bonus ference on the ground that it disputes was laid before the would not be truly representative of the free trade imion move­ highest body of the AFL and ments of the world, which were Brothers Lundeberg and Hawk not consulted before the plans for disclosed the minute details of MWEB Chair man, Macauley's^ the meeting were announced. British labor delegates to the manuevers on the matter. Harry Lundeberg told the ILO here said the transportation Council that more than 1,900 of blockade, imposed because of the the Union's members had been impending military drives by the killed by enemy action since United Nations, made the gather­ Pearl Harbor. ing impossible. It is understood, however, that interest in the pro­ The Council also plans to issue posed meeting turned lukewarm three new charters to Internaafter the AFL repudiated it. {Continued on Page 4) London Labor Parley Suddenly Abandoned This was attended by Brothers Harry Lundeberg. Matthew Dushane. and John Hawk, advisors on maritime affairs to Robert Watt (AFL). American Workers' Delegate to the member of the Executive Labor Orgcmisation. Delegate Watt is a of the International •y iiiiisias •^1 �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tlx American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 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. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) MNorthGaySt PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 I,lberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 ' Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Those NMU 'Victories' AN EDITORIAL Wonderful and mysterious are those heralded gains of the NMU officials carried in streamer banners across the front page of the Voice of the NMU??.^ the Pile-it. Never a week passes but we are entertained to a display in the art of publicity—i.e., covering things, up through the use of words. After reading an issue of the Pile-it, one is immediately tempted to start counting the money, and a marvelous feeling creeps over the uninitiated and the innocents. "God's in his Heaven, all's well with the world" the Comfnicals are sure on the job looking after his interests. He can order another beer any time on the strength of the headlines in any week's Pile-if. But, if he sticks around long enough to get some use out of the fee that he paid to the NMU officials as an ^'Initiation Fee" (This explains why it is appropriately called an Initiation fee), he will find that the heralded gain he celebrated months ago, has vanished like the snows of yesteryear. Nothing in fact, -has been changed! The Yogis of 17th Street are still spinning their mysterious victories in headlines which never materializes. It's the old Indian rope trick we have heard so much about where everything disappears before your very eyes -a-fter you bet your last dollar on the vision being a reality. Aye, it's a bonny feeling. Many an NMU member has spent his last dollar cele­ brating his union leaders' victories which he vicariously deemed his "victories" and felt rich in the spending. Why didn't the gains of the Commicals mean that further gains were in the offing, and wasn't he richer today than he was the day before? And, he would be richer tomorrow than he is today by the same logic derived from the NMU Pile-it. A horrible feeling is the morning after the ,night be­ fore. That terrible dark, brown taste and the pounding headaches. "Never again." We are off it for life. The elixir of Life has turned out to be an adder in our bosum. We are^ through. Never agaifi! Well, Brothers, it's the same with the Pile-it and the I ^ •hNpr {Continued on Page 4) SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 19. 1944 WHArS DOING Around die Ports this Port something that will men whom they were blasting prove highly beneficial in com­ were at sea making it the hard batting the WSA fink Halls and way. That is a damn sight more This Port just had the largest from preventing them from load­ than the NMU Agent is going to week for any Branch in the Sea­ ing our ships with phonies on do—you can bet ypur Aunt Su­ farers' history. As a result, the week-ends and after 5 p.m. sie's Blue Bonnet on that! officials up this way have strictly We are now You can't push the Commy open every been in high gear. day from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., in­ line at sea—not only that—it's al­ Since the Patrolmen here be­ cluding Saturday. We will be so dangerous, even for "pinkos." lieve in settling beefs at the point open on Sunday from 10 a.m. to Yours iill Ihe commies go to of production, right on board the 6 p.m. sea. vessel at pay-off-time, we have The membership here have PAUL HALL, Agent avoided any accumulation of made up their minds that to real­ unsettled beefs, which usually ly fight the WSA and RMO fink occurs in busy times, and which tactics we must make it a fullties a port down for some time time fight rather than a 5% day after. a week fight. In the future, we We have put into practice in will save at least 40 jobs every week in this manner. It should pi-event our member­ ship from becoming top-heavy for the amount of jobs that we have. The most important part Because the law requires that is that we won't have good union seamen's papers, identification ships polluted with anti - union and efficiency certificates, as well fakers and WSA stiffs. as Coast Guard passes and pass­ Every man paying off in this ports be turned over to their re­ (Continued from Page 1) Port who has charges placed spective authorities when they against him on boai'd any vessel have become lost, the Union has "1—Opportunity to useful and regular employment of all per­ for anything, by the Coast Guard, returned to such offices in New sons who want work, at fair is advised to contact the Business York the particular items as list­ wages or returns and under rea­ Agent as soon as possible. Thus ed below. They will be returned he can have someone to represent to the individual seamen upon sonable conditions. "2—Establishment of minimum him at the heai*ing in the Coast application thereto. standards of employment to pre­ Guard Examiner's Trial. CERTIFICATE OF We have been very successful vent exploitation of those workIDENTIFICATION ei's, whether - employed or self- here, by defending our members, Bureau of Marine employed, whose opportunities in avoiding having a whole Inspection & Navigation for high' wage employment are bunch of them tied up with 60 42 Broadway and 90 day suspensions which limited. EDWARD ARTHUR MURPHY "3—Provision for child welfare. could have been easily avoided "4—Raising standards of living by proper representation at the SOCIAL SECURITY ACT to provide adequate nutrition, right time. The only thing re­ Social Security Board 45 Broadway housing, medical care and edu­ quired of any Seafarers member to get repi-esentation here at this cation. JOHN JOSEPH CROSS "5—Provision for a regular Branch, is that he be sober. No. 140-18-9105 I noticed in the last issue of the flow of income to all those whose DISCHARGES employment is interrupted by Pilot that the New York Agent of U. S. Commissioner's Office sickness or injury, by old age or the NMU was blasting some of 42 Broadway by lack of employment oppor­ our members for being phony— while at the same time the same THOMAS E. THOMPSON (15) tunity." NEW YORK U.S. Submits Plan To ILO Conference ToRaiseStandards Get Your Papers If Your Name Appears Below Above: Harry Lundeberg, President of thb SIU of NA. confers with Madame Francis Perkins, U.S. Sec'y of Labor at the ILO Conference in Philadelphia. ^ ^H|' y i A �•vr,! '• Eziday, May 39( 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page TlixM ' l^-l l> I? NMU Conditions Back To Impression Day Style SlUer Says 68 More Tankers Seamen's Security Plan To Be Constructed Is ApJ^oved By^erchant WASHINGTON — Contracts Marine Committee '.•ik that have been awarded for the construction of 68 large ocean­ WASHINGTON, May 10.—The through a 3 per cent pay roll tax Editor of SEAFARERS LOG: going tankers, the Maritime House Merchant Marine and on employers." The report said that the com­ Commission reports. Certain ex­ Fisheries-Committee has released Paid off an NMU tanker about a tentative report approving leg­ mittee was not in sympathy with isting contracts have been rear­ three days ago. Signed on that CREW OF SS WILLIAM islation looking toward the es­ charges made by employers that ranged so that the tankers may job in Feb. in the Port of Recife, STEWART $20.00 be delivered by July 1, 1945, tablishment of a system of un­ the use of union hiring halls as Brazil. BS JAMES DUNN 10.00 employment compensation for normal places of registration for The conditions on that, ship B. V. LUSTAGO lO.ITO Twenty-four tankers will be maritime labor which would call employment of union members were no different than those of J. T. BUTLER ID.OO constructed by the Sun Ship­ for a 3 per cent pay roll tax to be would constitute administration the old days. Port-holes leaking WING'S CAFE 9.00 building and Dry Dock Co., of paid by employers. of the scheme by labor unions. in all the rooms, overheads were WOOD SURVIVORS 7.00 Chester, Pa., (lUMSWA - CIO). Covering a detailed history of Applications for benefits, the so bad several of the crew had SS CHARLES S. FINGER.. 7.00 This is part of a total of 50 tank­ pending legislation on marine un­ committee said, should be filed in damaged suit-cases. ES THOMAS GREGORY .. 7.00 ers to be constructed by the Sun employment compensation which a Goverment office and processed One shower for nine men, also BALTIMORE MEMBERS .. 5.00 Co. during 1945. To allow for the has been before Congress for six by Government emplyoes. three men in the Stewards' Dept. SS ROBIN GRAY 4.00 full use of the Sun yards for years, the committee suggests "The committee does not be­ tankers, a contract for 30 trans­ that there should be imposed up­ who used the black-gang wash­ L. W. JAMES 4.00 lieve it to be the function of un­ port vessels has been withdrawn. on the steamship industry the room. The crew's mess had a F. W. DE HANEY 2.00 employment insurance to destroy coolerator, which had to be filled CARL HOWELL 2.00 Contracts for construction of 38 same taxes as are imposed on or interfere with the systems of with ice ^very night to keep the R. RAE 1.00 tankers have been awarded to other employers subject to the employment which have been es­ night lunch from going bad. G. GORDANO .: 1.00 the Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island Federal Unemployment Tax Act. tablished in the industry by the 1.00 Yard, at Portland, Ore., (Metal The Steward was strictly a N. a STONE "Escape" From Taxes process of collective bargaining," 1.00 Trades-AFL). A contract for six Declaring that in the period the report asserts. "On the con­ conapany stooge, had it not been G. J. EISENHAIDT tankers has been awarded to the since 1935 maritime employers trary, the committee believes that for the militant stand of the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Ship­ have escaped not less than $35,- the union hiring halls should be TOTAL $101.00 Chief Cook, we would have been yard, Inc., Baltimore, Md., 000,000 in unemployment taxes, used where they exist, with safe­ on the two-pot standard. The (lUMSWA-CIO). the committee concludes after guards sufficient to insure that Steward used to^ issue fruit juices careful study of the records in the unemployed are promptly re­ one cup to a man. The blackOf the vessels removed from connection with the maritime ferred to employment and other gang delegate and myself soon the schedule of the Sun Co., 20 put a stop to that, even though will be constructed by the Kaiser unemployment question that, al­ work as may be available." we had damn little backing from Co., Vancouver Yard, at Van­ though the cost of providing pro­ Trust Fund the rest of the crew. couver, Wash., (Metal Trades- tection against the hazards of un­ In addition the committee con­ Here again Curran of the NMU AFL). The remaining 10 vessels employment in industry, trade cluded that it is desirable to es­ Attended one meeting while on is shown off the beam, for he de­ will be built by the Kaiser Co., and transportation other than tablish an account in the Unem­ that scow, and it was a joke. The clared before a Congressional Richmond, Calif., Yard No. 3, maritime transportation is borne ployment Trust Fund in the Bos'n ruled the set-up, he elected Investigating Committee in favor (Metal Trades-AFL). Thus it will at least in part by the employer, Treasury into which taxes levied his own chairman, made and sec-^ of Liberty Ships. He "experted be possible to complete them in the employers in the maritime on the part of the maritime in­ onded his own motions. He tried to such an extent that the Army 1945 without conflicting with the industry now bear such costs only dustry not subject to the Federal to pass a rule that we have per­ exposed him and declared they tanker program. to a minor degree, and, "for the system should be covered. fect silence in the crew's passage most part, in the past, escaped way at 8:00 p.m. sharp, as he was wouldn't allow troops to be trans­ The committee said that under ported in such vessels. Here Tlie award last February to the entirely." existing emplojnnent conditions Kaiser Vancouver Yard of a con­ (Continued on Page 4) again, Curran, who declared that In suggesting provisions for an in the maritime industry, and for the Liberties were good enough tract for 60 coastal cai'go vessels appropriate Federal measure, the so long as such conditions con­ for seamen is exposed by another has been rescinded to make room committee concludes that a scale tinue, contributions under a mar­ CIO Union — and he's supposed for the transport vessels. Award of benefits producing an average itime unemployment insurance to be a vice-president of the CIO. has been made to the Kaiser Car­ benefit approximating the aver­ system would be relatively heavy go Co., at Richmond, Calif., (Met­ age now paid under State laws al Trades-AFL) for construction would be a reasonable scale for a while benefit payments would be 'Workers Protest of nine of the coastal vessels, Federal maritime unemployment extremely light. Liberty Ships "At the 3 per cent rate, the to­ which, with 12 already on the insurance system. tal annual contributions would "SEATTLE, May 3. —Mem­ ways, will all be completed by (I.T.F.)—In a seamen's broad­ bers of the United Cannery the end of March, 1945. amount to $4,777,192," the com­ 3% Tax On Employers cast the German radio station Agricultural and Processing "The committee concludes," the mittee said. "According to this Deutschlandsender on 19th De­ report states, "that it is undersir- calculation, the excess of bene­ Workers Union has sent a reso­ cember gave German seamen the lution to the War Shipping Ad­ able, at present, to provide any fits over contributions in a nor­ ATTENTION! following warning: "In German •"'i revenues apart from those raised mal year would be $1,174,964." ministration protesting the use ships there are now a number of of Liberty ships to transport Agents in the Branches are foreign seamen, some even be- labor northward. The union x| Jonging to enemy riations, replac­ says its members will not sail asked to please post the va­ ing Germans serving with the in Liberty ships unless they are rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment, Bond Forces . . . It would appear that strengthened." Buying, and Payment of As­ foreign countries have not sent Curran says the Liberties are sessments to Keep in Good tvs their best seamen. This has good enough for seamen — al­ Standing, etc., on the Bullet­ led to certain difficulties. though they are shown to be not in Boards. "Although the foreigners are good enough for the Army, and This will help to keep some members of the crew, with their now. for Cannei'y Workers. of the members well inform­ rights and duties, they do not be­ ed on -these questions. NEW YORK^ May 18—The Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ long to the ship's eommunity. —SEAFARERS LOG Foreigners are foreigners; one Keep In Touch With trict is to invest in more War Bonds, it was learned here does not want to take up an at­ today. Plans for an intensified drive to sell War Bonds in Your Draft Board titude of superiority towards the current War Loan Drive and thus aid the war effort them, but . . . our ties of com­ are being undertaken by the Branch offices and the headmunity must on no account be undermined by false sentiment. f.!!!!*Drive was $75,000, (matured SIU of NA, the quarterly finance Of course we should treat the value), which, with the $102,000 committee recommends. foreigners decently—at least, as (matured value), on deposit prior Plans are going forward to to that purchase made an aggre­ decently as thej'- deserve . , But The following men have money Bull Line Office, New York. muster all possible support for gate of $177,000. (matured value). • • national community is national due them as listed on the TUG the sale of bonds among the in­ POINT SUR: Collect at Moran SS RUFUS PECKHAM; Messcommunity. . . With the current purchase tlie dividual members of the organi­ • "It is therefore important that Towing Sompany Jlffices, New man and utility man wages to be John'total will stand at a round figure divided among Theodore, Smith, zation, Sec'y - Treasurer John,' of $200,000, (matured value). the training of ship's apprentices York: Hawk declared. He pointed out should be undertaken exclusive­ 8-12 Oilers Peter Drvas and Oran Sistes, Calvin Hester, All bonds purchased are de­ the mounting need for such sales George Chamberlain. Leo Dun­ ly by German seamen. And, of Hilber Desplas 122 hrs. relieving posited immediately in the safety to keep the war effort in full course, apprentices must not be 4-8 watch for supper; Steward can. vaults and held subject to the * * * swing. detailed for any personal service Israel Kavner. 160 hours for will of the Union's membership. An investment of an additional to any foreign member of the dumping garbage: Bos'n. Chas. Bonus attack due the crew Assisting in the pm'chase of $11,000. from the Hospital and Orew, with the exception of the Kolodgy, 180 hours for dumping members of SS JAMES WAYNE. the bonds — which are to be Burial Fund, and $5,900. from the galley . . . German seamen should garbage, and for doing sanitary All hands will be paid $375 each bought through the Union itself General Fund will purchase for atiacdc bonus. Can be collect­ never discuss orders in the hear­ work, 25 boicEs. —is Mrs. William J. Dwyer. Mrs. bonds with a matured value of ed at Waterman Line Offices, ing of foreigners on the afteiCDwyer is the widow of a member $23,000. This makes a grand to­ deck. Officers must never repri­ SS RUFUS PECKHAM; John New York. tal of bonds purchased this year of the Sailors' Union of the Pa­ » mand German members of the H. Evans, Chief Cook and George cific who was lost with his vessd^ crew before foreigners. It would Price, 3rd Cook. Cook^s wages For any further information on of $98,000. without trace during the war, as The last pui'chase of bonds outrage our national, honour and and bonuses to be divided be­ above see Eddie Higdon, Counter were all hands on the same ship. tween these two men. Collect at Patrolman, New York Branch. made in the Fourth War Loan community ..." Honor RoU "Expert" Curran Shown-Up Again I I 1 Germans Fear Foreign Seamen's Ship Sabotage f SIU Plans Drive To Sell War Bonds; District Buys More MONEY DUE EJ" .- 'yM • 'Iht iaL:'' �Paga Four 'ii, f •' t THE A F L Executive Council SiippQuts SIU On Bonus {Conliiiuei from Page I) tion^ Unions in the near future, President William Green reveal­ ed at the close of the Executive Council meeting here. The proposed new unions com­ prise the chemical workers, office workers, and fabricated metal workers. At the same time, SecretaryTreasurer George Meany an­ nounced that the dues-paid mem­ bership of the American Federa­ tion of Labor reached the alltime high of 6,606,173 as of April 30, a gain of 546,485 members in the past 8 months. Mr. Green said that the char­ ters would be granted to the new international unions as soon as a few jurisdictional matters are straightened out. He expressed the hope that the charters would be issued before the next con­ vention of the AFL in November. Before adjourning, the Execu­ tive Council adopted a resolution favoring reduction of the cabaret tax from 30 per cent to 10 per cent. The high tax, the council was informed, has hurt cabaret and night-club business to such an extent that thousands of en­ tertainers and catering employes have been thrown out of work. The Executive Council also called upon the Order of Railway Telegraphers to abandon its in­ junction suit against the Brother­ hood of Railway Clerks. The litigation involves a jurisdiction­ al dispute betwee* the two unions. The Council declared the matter should be referred to the American Federation of Labor adjustment and decision in ac­ cordance with the laws of the Federation. Cafe Donates To SIU Log A note to the Seafarers Log from Wing's Cafe, 360 Cambie Street, Vancouver, British Col­ umbia, encloses a donation of $10.00 Canadian money, which is $9.00 in American currency. Wing, a Chinese, who has been an active trade unionist aU his life, declares in his note: "Please accept this donation for the Log. I have been an ardent admirer of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union and the great work it has been doing in this great war effort." NOTICE SEAFARERS Friday. May 19, 1944 LOG NMU Conditions Wonders Of 17th Street Back To Depxessioii "Stenographers" to the right of them. "Editors" to the left of them. them. Travelling on high. Day Style SlUer Sayj g % Multigraphs and mimeographs. Telegraphs, addressographs. Visiting Commie phy.«copaths All are standing by. Telegram: so clear the way Cablegram: that cost real hay; Moscow, Chungking, Mexico way. Day and night they fly. Resolutions fall like hail. Typewriter batteries must not fail. We're agents for Stalin's Holy Grail; Let us do or die. "Blueprint" for every worker's life. Codes of Slavery are our right. All are planned and here in sight; Onward! is our cry. Party stoolpigeons are our Might. Basking in our friendly light; Fingermen busy day and night. Can you wonder why? V Moscow! Cairo! and Teheran! Warbles of the Rights of Man! / Ship 'em with musak and the old khan-khan "Keep 'em Sailing" cry. Millions of dollars on us pour. Millions for Commie schemes galore; Yet hungry Commie hordes yell "more". Pumps are sucking dry. Yet, for all this energy and the dough No honest gains can the "leaders" show; Political razzle is all they know; WE ARE ASKING — WHY? t —Top'n Lift. ATTENTION! RUDY BONICH Please contact John Orman. 1905 Longwood Street, Baltimore, Md. This is important. Help Yourself to Help Campaign For Silence! Yourself — Buy Zip the Lips and War Bonds and Stamps. SAVE THE SHIPS! (Contimied from Page 3) uridei a terrible nervous siraiJ^ (mostly from booze). That's when I was asked tfli leave the meeting, because of my objections to his dictatorship, tht motion was lost by the Bos'n. (The King was dead. Long live the King!) In Rio de Janeriro, with th# help of the black-gang delegate; we succeeded in getting the pork* holes repaired, plenty fruit juicel and an assortment of food-stuff that had been lacking all trip. The ex-king Bos'n paid off id Aruba, as the 1st mate had fileff charges against him for assault* ing the Chief Mate (73 years oldl. —^not much credit to the bos'n. The steward got tough during the trip by trying to hit to# saloon-messboy with a cleaver, the messboy got clear. He later came for me, was successful in taking the weapon from him ang poking him in the jaw. The steward was not drunk, al* though that was his excuse, wheti the crew demanded he be given 99 years upon our arrival in thn port of New York. The NMU tanker agreement fa worse than the old ISU agre^ ment, it's simply a ship-owner^ contract, signed by the union of­ ficials. The crew were a pretty deceni gang of kids, though very igno]> ant of the labor movement; thn NMU keeps them that way, it ll easier to shear the sheep at pafw off time. JOS. S. BUCKLEY, , Book No. 312 ex-SS Malabar C, D. Mallary Tanker. Those NMU ^Victories' AN EDITORIAL I^ Sis-. lu'-- u •I {Contimied from page 2) NMU "leaders" so-called victoreis that vanish like smoke from a funnel rim. Yet, next week we study the headlines and call for another beer on the strength of further "victories." If we would only take the trouble to read carefully and think hard over every sentence, using cold and calculating logic, somewhere in the middle of the long article we would stumble upon the truth showing that these "gains" are only NMU demands presented, but not yet granted, etc. Take the Pile-it of May Jth, 1944, where 'we see Comrades Myers and McKenzie coming in from their Washington hunting grounds with a glorious bag of gains. We would judge from the report that only Myers and McKenzie were on the War Shipping Panel, instead of represen­ tatives of other Unions and the employers, etc. The Panel is purely Advisory and can grant ^nothing. Only the War Labor Board can grant con­ cessions, and the WLB is held down by the Little Steel Formula in its operations. Now what was the victory? Aye, Brothers, it is another case of the froth disappearing from our beer while we have our heads turned, studying demogogic headlines placed before our eyes to delude us. The victory? The proposal that the tem­ porary wage of $17.50 be incorporated into the base pay. Now the seamen are already collect­ ing that and hold it in their hand. (Organized strength can hold it and as long as it is paid, the precedent is established. With organized strength and Unity in the industry under honest leadership, we do not have to fear the loss of the $17.50, Can it be that the Comrades realize that they have no organized strength and that the NMU membership has lost faith in their politic­ al fakers and are looking towards the AF of L, unity and organized strength, to hold the line on xvages and conditions in the post war period? Have they no faith in the seamen or their own leadership ?Or, in case this is refused by the WLB are they contemplating a sell-out.in line with their stand on the Bonus question which they threw over the side in favor of ah indefinite and hazy perspective wage raise by the War Labor Board. This is NOT a wage raise'or a raise of any kind, nor is it a gain in that sense of the word, even if granted. For not one cent will be added now or in the post war period to a seaman's earnings. We can hold the line and, we can, through organized strength, backed by the AF of L, and this has been proven. We can dispense with the Communist hocus pocus and thei)^ windy victories which mean nothing. Yet, they have deliberately thrown away and cast aside the genuine gains and standards of tfoe seamen as a whole by their refusal to figh^ the MWEB bonus cuts which they admi$, slashes a seamaids overall wages 12%. Who art^ they tvorking for? That is answered by the NMU, which somiS weeks ago, called a meeting of the shipowner^ in the NMU HEADQUARTERS and there of­ fered to turn the NMU dispatching and hiring over to a representative of the shipowners. Thd photo of the Communist NMU leadership and the shipowners was published on the front pagd of the Pile-it for all to see. To see and read only part of the job—to think and anaylse is thei real crux of our problems when we luonder whai is happeiftng to our wages and conditions and, the role of the NMU officials. That is how we tell the froth from the beer# Brothers. And, wMe we are paying for the beeii; we find that we Have been served up froth In Pile-it headlines and find out too late that the froth has disappeared while we were engaged in reading all about Teheran, Moscow, the Red Army, Bolivia, Mikt Quill or Lombardo Toledano, etc. Yea, Brothers, it's a great racket that the NMU has. ' - y." � 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, MAY 26. 1944 Vol. VI. No. 13 AFL Demands MWEB Restore Bonus ! f W^hing ton Flash !! I '? • "•• %l':' lb WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 25—The Maritime War Emergency Board has wired all signatories to the Statement of Principle that the Seafarers International Union has challenged their authority and wants to call another meeting and leave it up to all signatories. The meeting is to convene at 2:30 on June 6. 1944. In the wire which is printed below this text matter the MWEB attempts to make it appear that the Seafarers International Union is trying to create trouble. They set forth as an agenda for the meet­ ing two points: 1. Shall the present Maritime War Emergency Board be continued? 2. If so. what shall be the jurisdiction and authority of the Board? In the interests of keeping the record clear the SIU states its position as it has lime and time again in past issues of the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. in the WEST COAST SAILOR, and in countless briefs filed with the Maritime War Emergency Board and in the minutes of the Board itself. The main reason that the representatives of the SIU have work­ ed on the issue of the bonus and kept fighting, is because the seamen are involved. That is the reason that the SIU is still in there punch­ ing, for a cut such as the MWEB recently pulled in the bonuses in the Pacific meant a cut in the round earnings to a seaman sailing there of some $70.00 per month. "it is noticable that the SIU took this position and carried it through without the cooperation of most of the other Unlicensed Unions in Marine; specifically without the officials of the NMU. the officials of the ACA. and the officials of the MFOW—which have been scheming under cover to sell the seamen down the river; for at the last meeting of the MWEB's Advisory Committee Myers and McKenzie of the NMU and their henchmen took the position that the bonus was " a dead issue and there was no use of beating a dead horse to death." We further teike the position: 1. That the bonus cuts must be restored to the pre-April 1st rates immediately. 2. We want assurance that the MWEB shall call not meet­ ings as they have in the past without an agenda, and these proposals already submitted to all Unions' represen­ tatives in sufficient time for consideration. Further, that they shall lake no such arbitrary actions as they have in the past, as exhibited in the recent bonus cuts. Following is the text of the wire: John Hawk. Seafarers International Union of North America 2 Stone Street. New York. N. Y. -To All Signatories to the Statement of Principles: The authority and jurisdiction of the Maritime War Emergency Board under the Statement of Principles to make adjustments in war risk compensation have been challenged by representatives of the Seafarers' International Union of North America and Sailors' Union of the Pacific at a meeting of the Board held on May 23. 1944. The Board takes the position that all of its actions since its inception have been within its authority as prescribed in the Statement of Principles and as recognized by the signatories. The Board is un­ willing to continue to exercise its functions unless and until its authority and jurisdiction are clarified to the satisfaction of all parties signatory and the members of the Board. The Board hereby calls a meeting of the parties signatory to be held at 2:30 P.M. on June 6. 1944. Commerce Building. Washington. D.C.. for the purpose of discussing the following questions: ; (1) Shall the present Maritime War Emermncy Board be Continued? (2) If so. what shall be ^e jurisdictwn and authority of the Board? MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD EDWARD MACAULEY JOHN R. STEELMAN I ' ^ FRANK P. GRAHAM ' V^ • . Washington. D. C. ' AFL President Wnt. Green And Jos. Padway. Chief Counsel For Federation, Back SIU Demands For Bonus Increases WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24—Biting comment was delivered before a specially called meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board here last night by President Wm. Green of the American Federation of Labor, with Joseph Pad way, chief counsel for the Federation, and Mr. Wilson of his staff, as well as Harry Lundeberg, President of the Seafarers International Union of North America and Sec'y-Treasurer of the SUP, ^John Hawk, and Morris Weisberger, both Vice-Presidents of the SIU, together with Matthew Dushanc, the Union's Washington Representative. The members of the MWEB were challenged by the Union in a brief, that outlined all the com­ plaints that the seamen are nowvoicing on the issue of the recent bonus cuts. The fallacy of the position taken by the Maritime War Em­ ergency Board was shown and the right to make decisions was challenged—for it was charged, in essence, that they have usurp­ ed power to which they have no claim and are not entitled to un­ der the statement of principles, which specifically provides that the Board shall make no decis­ ions or call any meetings unless such are made on the basis of an Joseph Padway. Chief Counsel Wm, Green. President of the existing dispute. for the American Federation of AFofL, who represented the FedThe Union flatly declares that Labor, supported the Seafarers eration's Executive Board before no dispute between the shipown­ International Union of NA before MWEB; they ask bonus cuts be ers existed on the question of the the MWEB on the bonus issue. restored to seamen. bonus and therefore the Board acted illegally in calling a meet­ ing to cut the rates being paid prior to April 1st. The meeting convened at 5 P.M. The full Board was present; Capt. E. Macauley, Dr. Frank P. Graham, and John R. Steelman. Following is the statement of the Union and the Executive of the American Federa­ At J2 noon on May 22 in the yards of the New Eng­ Board tion of Labor. land Shipbuilding Corporation at Portland, Maine, the BEFORE THE MARITIME WAR widow of an SIU hero broke the traditional bottle of cham­ EMERGENCY BOARD Joe Squires Launching Reveals Story Of SIU Hero Under Hazards pagne across the bow of a new merchant ship, and with the in the Matter of simple benediction "I christian thee Joseph Squires," sent WAR RISK COMPENSATION CO] the freighter on its way to the* Boston Agent. Also participating seven seas. The widow was Mrs. Joseph was President Sides of the New Squires of Brooklyn, New York, England Shipbuilding Corpora­ and just prior to the launching tion. Said Mr. Mogan: "This is the representative McGirmes of the Maritime Commission had made first ship named for one of the the posthumous award to her men who sail these ships . . . and husband of the Merchant Marine this vessel will always carry the tributes of . the seamen . of the Distinguished Service Medal. Seafarers International Union as Representing the SIU at the well as the high praise of all Am­ ceremony were James Coyne, an erican seamen sailing in the mer­ active seaman and special SIU chant marine," Representative,, and John Mogan, a Vice President of the SIU and (Continued on Page 3) AND WAR RISK INSURANCE Statement of Seafarers Inter­ national Union in Protest: Against the Maritime War Emergency Board's Reduction of Bonuses. The Executive Council pf the Amei-ican Federation of Labor, after giving serious consideratipn to the April 1st decision of the Maritime War Emergency Board has directed me to appear before the Board to voice the protest of the Executive Council of the Am. (Continued on Page 3) i ';'r ..V:J' -'Ti'i .i,- �. i-- ••-- .- .•; •- - ' ."'^.y-.TU.*^;. t?. m, Page Two THE = SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with tlje American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 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. Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEWYORK(4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial P! NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20 th Street PHONE BOwlIng Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-I323 Dial 2-1 392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Tribute To George W. Alther SEAFARERS Friday, May 26, 1944 LOG Around the Ports NEW YORK not know your contracts, they certainly will take gdvantage of This Port is still busy as aU you. hell. We have paid off 25 ships So, when shipping out, ask within the past 3 days alone. We your union official for a contract ran into the usual amount of with the particular company you headaches to be expected, but are with, and study it, as it may everything has been squared up mean a difference of quite a few bucks. ship-shape. It appears that some of our The Educational Committee of members do not know their con­ New York now has completed all tracts. Some fellows put in over­ of its leaflets, information, etc. time claims that are absolutely They are being mailed "to all uncollectable under the contracts, Ports in a mimeographed form, whereas, they did not put in for and the Committee has recom­ mended that it be put into a more claims that were good. This Port, in the last two permanent binding, in a small "weeks, has collected a total of book, approximately the same $1500 for members of this Or­ size as a contract. This material will go far tow­ ganization on beefs that were not even put in for on some of the ards educating our members and should eliminate a lot of unnec­ ships paying off in outports. Remember, fellows, that the essary headaches. Had a scow in the other day company crimps we run into on board ships who handle the com­ that had several free-loaders on pany overtime beefs are not stu­ her. These bums appeared will­ pid; but on the other hand, are ing enough to have representa­ i-eally sharp shooters. If you do tion, but didn't want' to square Union Supports New War Bond Drive With the fifth War Loan Drive getting into full swing throughout the nation, the Atlantic and Gulf District of AN EDITORIAL the SIU has thrown its full support behind this important It isn't strange that the George W. Alther should be phase of the war effort in a determined drive for the sale of named for a man who was a member of the Seafarers In­ bonds among the Union's Membership. ternational Union of North America. For he did what he Confident that the more than*chased during previous drives, 25,000 members of the SIU of thought was the right thing to do under fire. NA would move solidly behind gave the Union $177,000 worth of His deed was perhaps multifold that of some of the members of our Union who are day in and day out sailing the ships which deliver the goods, the arms, the ammunition land equipment necessary to win in a modern war—but his deed was a symbol of what all seamen today sailing the mer­ chant marine go through to perform that mighty service for our armed forces. Most of them are just ordinary men—just men by the common standards of the seamen themselves; but each one fi man apart, a separate individual in his own right—yet all are ready to sacrifice their lives courageously for their fel­ low men. George Alther was such a man! Although George Alther was sailing as a Second Mate, he was still a member of the Seafarers International Union for he had just prior up-graded to become an officer. And he not only proved that he was an officer, but a gentleman—even though it cost him his life! the Union in its effort to go over the top in War Bond sales, Sec'yTreas. John Hawk emphasized the vital need at this time for allout support of the war effort, "We went all-out on the seas in the most critical period of the war. We've moved the ships. Now let's help to keep the money flowing behind the Big Push." With the approval of the quar­ terly finance committee an addi­ tional $11,00 from the Hospital and Burial Fund and $5,900 from the General Fund has been used to purchase bonds with a matur­ ed value of. $23,000. This makes a grand total of bonds purchased this year of $98,000. During the Fourth War Loan drive $75,000 worth of bonds pur­ bonds. The current purchase will boost this figure to $200,000, matured value. Mrs. William J. Dwyer, widow of an SUP seaman, whose ship has disappeared without a trace, will participate in the purchase of bonds made through the union itself. NOTICE ALEXANDER J. JANOWSKI Please contact John Hawk-for information regarding your re­ patriation wages and bonus and disability benefits at Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York. JOHN HAWK, Sec'y-Troas. Atlantic & Gulf District MONEY DUE Because, while aboard the SS "Timothy Pickering" he sped through a flaming hell to help a Naval gunnery of­ ficer after the ship had been bombed on July 13, 1943. That Albanese, Night Cook, SS Jaetween the following men: L. THOMAS REED, Isat trip, can Moore Lapiere, Samuel Cross, ship was loaded with TNT, munitions, and high octane collect 10 hours at the Calmar John Gabis. gasoline. Office. SS JOSEPH HEWES, Voyage Though he could have chosen safety, George Alther chose not—all that mattered to him was that a fellow hu­ man being's life was in danger in this war. To such he surrendered his own life. In this act of courage, typical of the merchant seajnen, the Seafarers International Union renders him high tribute in the spirit of a Brother—for he had what it takes.' -• m:' He gave his all in the fight for Liberty for all the peoples of this World: ; It is well that a ship is named for him! • • » FRANCIS LEE: Les Teague, 21 hours; H. F. McCarthy, 23 hours —can be collected at Robin Line Office. • • • ROGER GRISWOLD: Leonard Lewis, 4 hours; the 12-4 Oiler, 2 hours; A. Martinis, 4 hours; C. Healy, 3 hours—can be collected at Waterman Office, New York. • • « SS JAMES WAYNE, paid Off recently: $476.25 to be divided No. 5: The following men have the money due them which can be collected at the Bull Line Of­ fice: Geo. Jackson, Steward, 72 hours, $71.55, 3 d^^s subsisfance; James Dick, Ch. Cook, 64 hourS^ $57.60; R. Daniel. 47 hours.' $33.30; S. Cambridge, 38 hours, $34.20; J. Hovat. $36.47; Ed, Jones, 70 hours, 3 days, 3 days' subsistance, $77.59; T. Dean, 3 days* pay, 8 hours overllme, and Stays' sub­ sistance, $21.69; ChOrlOs Jones, $3.95; T. Perkins, $48.19. themselves away with the Union. In the past, we have had our share of these characters and we bear down on them every time. This Branch is doing its part tow­ ards eliminating^hese rats alto­ gether. We notify each Branch weekly of their names, etc. If any of them show up in any outport with a pitiful tale of how they >vere mistreated at their payoff time in New York, please disregard it, for as I mentioned before, we are doing our part to give the axe to the gashound and chiseling type of free-loaders from riding our ships, and look for co-operation from other Branches in doing so. Yours for less free-loaders, PAUL HALL, Agent Hot Air Disgusts Gas-Bag; Takes Tour All Its Own The hot air of the gas-bags blatting the wind about aboard the American Seaman, training ship of the U. S. Maritime Ser­ vice, at Pier 1, North River, New York, Monday of this week, was responsible for tiring out a bar­ rage balloon anchored some 300 feet above the vessel, seamen are asserting. However, witnesses of the in­ cident declare that the big gas bag didn't deflate when it got tited. It bucked about some more in a stixTing wind dmring the Maritime Day ceremonies.+'and ship-owners' speech-making and snapped its cable. With typical disgust of .a gas­ bag for other gas-bags, the bal­ loon, perhaps one of the biggest of them all, started on a tour of its own and stopped first over Battery Park, with some of the boys in their uniforms chasing it in a station wagon. When they tried to drag its cable down the big gas-bag tossed discretion to the winds and took off some more. It then took a little jaunt along South Street, looking over the winos, with the station wagon in hot pursuit. It flirted around v ther^ a bit and then kicked its tail skirts around just as the bojrs in the wagon were about to catch it and headed out over the har­ bor. Not being an amphibious jeep, (commonly and better known as a "duck "), the station - wagon group was, foiled and they returned the commandeered ve­ hicle to its owners and went back to their ship irritated. With the contempt of its kind the balloon took a peek at the ferry boats at South Ferry and gleefully danced off toward Staten Island to see what was going on over there. All aircraft were warned of its being on the loose and out for horse-play; the Army was asked to have some of its fliers take tar­ get practice on it if it couldn't be headed home. All other gas-bags are warned that its is on the loose; perhaps they should be warned of the Army's instructions in case of mistaken identity. ii'l k �^yrT TT? .-•i 'y, 1 '• it Fri4«y. M«y 26. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three i^FL DemandsJilWEB Ten Victory Ships Joe Squires Launehinjg Delivered In April Reveals Story Of SI U Restore Bonus (Conthnned from P<(gc 1) wican Federation of Labor against the decision of April 1st. This decision of April 1st is not only arbitrary and unjust in that St denies to seamen the war risk compensation to which they are entitled, but it is unauthorized and goes beyond the purposes for which this Board was created. The Maritime War Emergency Board was created for the pur­ pose of insuring stable labor re­ lations in the all-important ship­ ping industry after this country fiad been treacherously attacked by the Japanese and had entered Into war against the Axis nations. The President of the United States named its members and approved the principles defining the purposes and authority of the Board, which were drafted and unanimously signed by ship op­ erators and representatives of the Vai'ious seamen's unions. This Statement of principles definitely established this Board to act in a mediatory capacity to settle la­ bor disputes involving war risk compensation and limited its au­ thority to the settlem'bnt of such disputes. This Board then was not established as a triumvirate to determine war risk compensa­ tion for seamen in such amounts and in such a manner as the members of the Board felt were proper, but was established for the sole purpose of settling labor disputes between seamen and chip operators involving q u e s tions of war risk compensation. Yet, over the protest of the Sea­ farers International Union, the Board has constantly assumed this authority to set war risk compensation. I Can Not Go Unchallenged The Board's decision of April J1 ignores the statement of prin­ ciples which created it and it is exercising authority that was never given to it. This decision goes further than any of the Board's previoxis enlargements of its authority and can not go unchallenged and free from pro­ test. In this decision of April 1, 1944 the Maritime War Emergency Board in the absence of any dis­ pute between the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor and any chip owner, and without afford­ ing the Union so much as an op­ portunity to be heard, changed the war risks compensation for seamen in such a way that all seamen suffered a loss of war risk compensation payments, but particularly the seamen plying the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The American Federation of La­ bor protests this decision, not only because it is beyond the Authority of the Board to issue, but also because of the drastic ireductions it has made in the war Wsk compensation payable to ail seamen and particularly seamen iBUpplying the Far East theater of war. I Port Attack Bonus ' First, the decision of April 1st changed the standard for paying bonuses in the event of enemy jBttack. Secondly, the decision unjustifiedly lowered the rate of voyage war risk compensation, jMJd, thirdly, the decision re­ bounds the combat areas in which additional or premium bonuses are paid in such a manner as to discriminate against the seamen of the Pacific. I shall speak first of the man­ ner in which the April 1st de­ cision changes the standard for paying attack bonuses. Prior to the decision of April 1st seamen received additional bonus pay if their ship was in a port under enemy attack. This port attack bonus was paid to all seamen subjected to the attack, whether or not a particular vessel was hit and damaged, or a particular seaman was injured or killed. The compensation was paid be­ cause the seamen had been sub­ jected to the hazards and risk of an enemy attack. The decision of April 1st changes the payment of this at­ tack bonus, so that it is payable only to those seamen on a ship that has been hit and damaged, or on which a seaman has been wounded or killed by enemy ac­ tion. The basis for the payment of the attack bonus prior to April 1st was the risks and hazards of personal injury while under en­ emy attack. The basis subsequent to April 1st is the misfortune of a fellow seaman, or of a ship, and this is a false, absurd and un­ realistic basis upon which to pay such a bonus. Same Risk To All Each seaman in port, while an enemy attack is going on, is sub­ jected to the same risk of being hit. All are subjected to the same fear. Seamen on a vessel that has been hit underwent no greater risks than those seamen on a ves­ sel lying nearby which, fortun­ ately, was not hit. The purpose of the attack bonus was to com­ pensate seamen for this risk they had been subjected to under en­ emy attack; not to compensate them because one of their fellowseamen might meet with misfor­ tune, How unsatisfactorily and unwanted the bonus when it is forthcoming only because a fel­ low shipmate has lost an arm, a leg, or a life. It is our desire that the attack bonus be re-establish­ ed on its original basis of allow­ ing men additional compensation when they have been under eneniy attack while being in port. In addition to changing the basis for paying attack bonuses in a manner which is completely unsatisfactory to the man involv­ ed, regardless of whether or not the change in basis might benefit them financially, the Board dras­ tically cut the voyage war risk compensation for seamen with­ out any sound basis for so doing. Prior to April 1st, seamen were paid a 100% bonus with a mini­ mum of $100. per month on all sea voyages with the exception of shipping along the West Coast. The April 1st decision cuts this voyage bonus by approximately 33 1/3% and extends the low bonus coast-wise shipping area of the West Coast to include about one half of the entire South Pa­ cific. Perhaps this drastic cut in war risk compensation is the re­ sult of the drop in the rate of ship sinkings. However, to lower voyage bonuses because ship (Contimied on Page 4) WASHINGTON — Ten of the 154 ships delivered during April were of the, fast, new .Victory cargo type, the Maritime Com­ mission announces. The swing to fast ships is proceeding as fast as possible, the commission said, and it is anticipated that a ratio of 11 of the fast type to 8 of the slower type will make up the 1944 tonnage. The 154 vessels delivered in April, totaling 1,593,691 dead­ weight tons, brings the year's to­ tal to 564 ships of 5,709,642 dead­ weight tons. This exceeds the first four months of 1943, the ban­ ner shipbuilding year, when 536 ships of 5,360,712 deadweight tons were delivered. West Coast yards delivered 62 of the 154 ships, and East Coast yards delivered 55. Gulf Coast yards delivered 36 and the Great Lakes area delivered one. The West Coast yards built 639,823 deadweight tons, 40.1 percent of the total tonnage in April. East­ ern yards built 606,511 dead­ weight tons, or 38.1 percent. The Gulf Coast yards produced 346,357 deadweight tons, 21.7 per­ cent, and the Great Lakes area, 1,000 deadweight tons, 0.1 per­ cent. The largest number of ships, 22, was delivered by the Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., (Metal Trades-AFL). The Bethlehem - Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Md., (lUMSWACIO) delivered the next largest number, 15. The third largest number was delivered by the New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, Maine, (lUMSWA-CIO), 10. 4>- Hero Under Hazards (Continued from Page 1) Commemorating the heroism of an SIU seaman who died so that his crew mates might live, the SS Joseph Squires is now being launched as a new addition to America's great merchant fleet. Squires and another .se;.iman, Harold E. Whitney, volunteered to stay aboard the foundering Maiden Creek on New Year's Eve, 1942, to tend the falls and get the boats away. In so doing they were unable to get away themselves. The end of the Maiden Creek and the heroism of these two sea­ men was witnessed by SIU Brother Aaron McAlpin, 54-yearold member of the vessel's stew­ ard department. McAlpin was one of the 31 survivors and one of three out of the steward's de­ partment to survive. Bound for New York with a load of ore, the Maiden Creek ran into a severe Atlantic storm about 20 miles off Block Island. For twenty-four hours she was pounded by the seas and on the afternoon of January 31, after losing one of her boats and all of her rafts, she sent out an urgent SOS. Seas were breaking over her decks, according to McAlpin, and the ship was settling fast. Another vessel hove near late in the afternoon and signalled, telling them to abandon ship. But the Captain delayed, hoping to bring the Maiden Creek in, and the other ship, after circling them Geo. W. Alther Launched In New Orleans; Cited For Courage Under Fire NEW ORLEANS, La., May 22—One of the first two ships named for members of the Seafarers International Union of NA, slid down the ways of the Delta Shipbuild­ ing Co. yards here precisely at noon today, in a tribute to the heroism of George W. Alther. Speeches lauding his action when he . gave his life* aboard the SS Timothy Pickering ship, being one of the youngest sponsors on record. Sari appear­ kejmoted the launching. Present at the ceremony were ed on the platform with her Olden Banks, Mobile Agent, and mother, Mrs. Ethel Berman. She L. J. "Baldy" Bollinger, New Or­ carried in her hand a single Am­ leans Agent, representing the erican Beauty rose. Quite seriously she repeated SIU and Wm. L. Donnels, Editor the words, "I christen you George of the Federationist, NeW Or­ W. Alther." Then she clambered leans Labor paper. into the arms of Admiral Vickery, Although Alther was sailing as who held her as she handed the a second mate he was still a member of the SIU, having up­ bottle of champagne to her graded only recently before sail­ mother who actually crashed it against the ship. ing on the Pickering. Ceremonies at Delta shipyards There were tears in the eyes of this morning included the Alther's father as Admiral Vick­ launching of the SS George" W. ery presented the father the Mer­ Alther, as well as the citation and chant Marine distinguished ser­ the .presentation of a Merchant vice medal and read the citation. Marine Distinguished Service The citation stated that George Medal to George W. Alther, Sr., W. Alther, Jr., second mate, was father of the hero and the award beinf awarded the medal post­ of the martitime eagle pennant to humously for heroism above and Delta Shipbuilding Company as beyond the call of duty. the 11th consecutive award for Under Bombing merit in ship construction.. The vessel in which he was serving was being bombed by Christens Ship Sari Eai-lyn Berman, 4440 de enemy planes when it was split Montluzin street, four-year-old in two and the ammunition be­ daughter of the late First Officer gan exploding in the holds. Then Saul H. Berman, christened the (Cotitinned on Page 5) several times, departed. Later it • was learned that officers of the ship thought the Maiden Creek' had been torpedoed; it didn't want to endanger itself by "hang­ ing around." Says McAlpin; "Just about dark she started to go down by the head and the skipper gave the order to abandon ship. The waves were terrific, thudding against the deck houses and giv­ ing the ship a terrible pounding. Worst of all, it was cold and all of us were soaked by the spray. "We used the starboard boats. Number one got away first. It hit a big sea but the crew knock­ ed the blocks out in a hurry and pulled away without smashing. It was mighty good seamanship. We wondered if we could do as well. "Our number thi^ee boat was next, but it was evident that someone would have to stay on board and handle the lines if we were to get away. "Squires and Harold Whitney, the Deck Engineer, volunteered. They lowered us away very care­ fully, timing it so we'd hit the water at the right moment. No one seemed a bit nervous or ex­ cited. A wave broke over us but we didn't swamp. "We had to fend the boat off to keep from being smashed against the hull and a few seconds later a sea carried us away from the side of the ship. When Squires and Whitney slid down the falls we were too far away and they had to drop into the water. Whit­ ney disappeared. Squires started swimming wuth all his might but he couldn't reach us. The Captain threw him a line and tried to maneuver the boat over to him, but-the waves were too strong. After a few minutes we lost sight of him." Besides paying tribute to the two men whose skill and sacrifice launched the boat, McAlpin also lauded the expert seamanship that kept them afloat in such heavy seas. "We had some mighty good sailors on that ship," he said. "They knew what to do and worked like a team." The men, some of them nearly frozen, w"ere picked up after four daj's. The other boat was never heard from again. Destiny Each Dawn, each Dusk, Forever finds us trying To reach our goal. The dream of millions. The talk of the wise, young and old, America 'Freedom and Liberty' Each day toward our unknown destination we sail. Not knowing what confronts us. Nor do we fear or hesitate. Or tremble of death in battle. Each Dawn, each Dusk, Our commander keeps thrusting forward. The Supreme Ruler, King of all Kings, Conquerer of all men, God, Captain of our ship. >-Bmokey Ball �i.,.f Page Four llj; : Widow Name Will Live THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 26. 1944 AFL Demands MWEB Seamen Improvise MaHjess Liferafts • Restore-^nns -- - • t Resourcefulness in improvising Coast and West Coast insofar as liferafts from mattresses, hatch (Continued from Pago 3) sinkings might haye dropped, and coast-wise shipping is concerned, covers, tables and other furniture therefore to tie voyage bonus as there is justification for the resulted in the rescue of 30 men Because he thought he would away it was impossible for rates into the ever changing rate cutting of the bonuses on either from the Liberty Ship William B. _ . i_ l-_ 1 be. more useful to his country in in I Squires and, nri Whitney to be saved. of ship sinkings is a false basis Coast and there is even less justi­ Woods, operated for the War the merchant marine than in a But it wasn't a death that Joe upon which to determine such fication for the extension of the Shiping Administration by A. H. shipyard, Joseph Squires gave up Squires would have minded. low bonus area for West Coast Bull & Co. bonuses. a safe defense job ashore and In her home at Bay Ridge, shipping to include half of the The ship was sunk by a torpedo Danger At All Times answered his coimtry's call for Brooklyn, Mrs. Minnie Squires South Pacific. a few weeks ago, the WSA has experienced seamen. said, "Joe always said that when When a«#hip puts out to sea in disclosed. Under the command "Inexcusable Injustice" That was in 1942. He wanted a his time came to die he wanted these war times, it is hunted by of Capt. Edward A. Clark, of Bal­ As we stated heretofore, the Liberty, but he was so anxious to it to be at sea. He was a real the enemy. The hunt is no less timore, the ship was carrying hunt for American shipping con­ vigorously pursued, now, than it get to sea he took the first ship sailor." military supplies in the Mediter­ tinues and so long as it does so, was prior to April 1st. The hunt­ to come along—an old Hog Isl­ Both from Newfoundland, they ranean when the attack was the war risk of seamen shall con­ er might not have been as suc­ ander called the Maiden Creek. met and were married in Brook­ made. tinue on both coasts equally. The cessful in the past few months as . On that voyage, his first trip lyn in 1940. Since settling down The single exploding torpedo to sea in nine years, Squires' ship ashore in 1937 Squires was a dock he has been in some previuos war risk compensation in effect apparently tore off the propeller, ran into a terrific winter storm. operator for the Bethlehem Ship­ months, but, nevertheless, the prior to April 1st should continue because engines began racing. Seas pounded her fore and aft yards and before that had spent hunt continues and there is just in effect and the discrimination Three liferafts were lost in the and when it became evident she ten years at sea in sail and steam. as great a desire on the p^t of between shipping on the East explosion and a number of sol­ was going down, the skipper or­ For a long time he was on the the enemy to sink ships now as Coalt an& West Coast should be diers were lost or wounded. dered her abandoned! Queen of Bermuda; and had also there ever was. Perhaps next eliminated. Chances of getting the boats spent some time on the well- month ship sinkings will in­ In no way is the arbitrariness By the time the ship was or­ crease, perhaps not, but, never­ and Inexcusable injustice of the dered abandoned, some of the away looked hopeless. But if any known sailing yacht Intrepid. men were to get off the sinking Says Mrs. Squires: "I can't theless, since April 1st the sea­ April 1st decision more clearly wounded soliders were being ship volunteers would have to think of him as being gone. When man is still subjected to the fears demonstrated than in the manner lowered into lifeboats, according stey on board and tend the falls. you're the wife of a sailor you and the risk of enerny action. He in which the combat bonus areas to the report. The stern of the vessel was un­ Then it was that Joseph Squires never say good-bye. Somehow I does not assume only the ordin­ have been changed by that de­ found his much-desired chance to think he'll be strolling in the ary risk of the sea and the ele­ cision. Insofar as the Asiatic com­ der water and officers and sol­ ments merely because the rate of bat theater of war is concerned, diers lashed mattresses together, be useful to his country. With a door again one of these days." shipmate, Harold E. Whitney, he Ironically, Joseph Squires was ship sinkings is down. His ship the decision cuts off but seven three to a bundle. These bundles stayed on the Maiden Creek to champion oarsman and won a is still blacked out at night. He degrees from the southern bound­ were then thrown overboard and get the boats safely overside. medal in the Bermuda Lifeboat still wears his life preserver at all ary of the area and extends the four soldiers were allowed to In doing so he gave his life—in Races of 1937. But he gave up times and he is under as great a area thirty degrees westward, ten cling to each Until help could the highest traditions of the sea, his place in the boats to less ex- fear since April 1st of torpedoes degrees eastward and eighty de­ arrive. One of the deck cadets told of for when the boats got safely crashing through the thin steel grees northward. On the face of (Continned on Page 8) running out on deck to find parts hulk of the merchant vessel or of the enlargement of this combat of a hatch ahd liferafts still fall­ an aerial bomb diving through area, it would seem that seamen its thin decks as he was prior to sailing into this theater of war ing after splintering by explos­ April 1st. The kind and degree have greatly benefited fi'om tliis ion. He helped lower a lifeboat of risk is the same. The odds that aspect of the decision. However, and stow wounded soldiers in the seaman will come through a glance at the map will reveal that and additional liferaft. With other rescuers he cruisedalive might be a little better now that this Asiatic combat bonus about in the master's power life­ than they were formerly, but the area has been rebounded in a de­ boat, picking up survivors and lives of seamen are a poor thing ceptive manner. By moving the transporting them to an Italian to gamble on. The Board seems southern b o u n d a ry northward destroyer that was standing by. to reason that if formerly one seven degrees, the New Hebrides, This was continued until no more ship out of 20 was sunk, and now the largest United States naval life jacket lights could be seen. , only one ship out of 40 is being base in the South Pacific, and all sunk, the war risk compensation of the important northern ports should be cut. But such reason­ of Australia are excluded from ing is not sound because the sea­ the combat area. It is to the New men, who are the principal par­ Hebrides, and the Northern Aus­ ties involved, are interested in tralian ports that the great bulk the particular ship upon which of war materials, food, etc., is they are sailing and this ship shipped, and by excluding these might just as well be the one ports from the combat area bonus Proof that the SIU not only is ship out of 40 that is sunk, as it area, but a verjr few ports to moving the ships, but is manning might be the ship out of the 20 which any appreciable amount of the ships with men who know that was formerly sunk. The materials is shipped remain in their business, is shown in many number of ships sunk has noth­ the combat area. The southern letters received by the Union ing to do with the risk taken. The boundary of this combat area from masters, mates, engineers only material fact is that a con­ should remain as it was prior to and shipowners, lauding the work certed and vigorous effort is be­ the April 1st decision. of Union brothers under their command. ing made by the enemy to sink Extended Areas Asked ships and seamen must undergo Then consider the westward Typical of rtiany is this letter the resulting risks and hazards. extension of the area by the Af)ril from Chief Mate Frank Torre. If Foreign Seamen Not Cut 1st decision; what benefit is that was his first trip with an SIU crew and it appears they showed This fact is evidently the con­ extension to the merchant sea­ up well in comparison to the trolling fact insofar as war risk man? The only area included crews he had sailed with on other is concerned, for all but Ameri­ within this extension is an area ships. can seamen. Seamen on ships completely dominated by the York, May 22, 1944 sailing the flags of our allies and Japanese and into which the Al­ Mr. JohnNew Hawk, lied fleet has ventured but once. whose wages and war risk com­ Secy-Treas., pensation are paid by lend-lease, Merchant ships do not sail east 2 Stone Street have not had their war risk com­ of 90 degrees west longitude, the New York, N. Y. pensation reduced because the new western boundary of the Dear Mr. Hawk: number of ship sinkings might combat area. Now that I am out of the hos­ have fallen off. Nor have pay­ But consider the new western pital I take this opportunity to ments by the Government to ship boundary a bit more extensively. thank the SIU for the fine deck operators been reduced because It will be observed that Calcutta, crew sent me while I was Chief the record of ship sinkings has a most important port, especially Mate on the SS William Sturgis.: improved for the Allies. now that the campaign in Burma I sailed for many years on The war risk compensation for has been opened, lies but two de­ tankers and NMU ships, but this the seamen of the Pacific has grees west of this western bound­ was my first experience with an been twice reduced because the ary and Ceylon, Mountbatten's SIU crew and I can assure you April 1st decision, not only cuts headquarters is also excluded that your men iare A-1 quality. the already low bonus rates for What the decision does in fqct is From the Bos'n to the last OS, West Coast-wise shipping, but to place the western boundary of I never had the leagt bit of this low bonus area has been ex­ the combat : area just at that trouble in the entire trip Keep tended by the decision to include point where all shipping to the up the good work. India-Burma theater of war will Truly yours, Mrs. Minnie Squires is shown above with her late husband half of the South Pacific. There be excluded from the combat is no more justification for dis­ FRANK TORRE, i before he sailed on the MAIDEN CREEK. crimination between the East (Continued on Page 8).' Chief Male Chief Mate Lauds SIU Crew Members ^I .M I �f- A» - Friday. May 26. 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Geo. W. Alther Launched Majrine Awards Eor^SIU in"^"ew~0rieaiis"; Cried For Courage Under Fire f" (Conlinuvd from Page 3) It was that Alther gave up his life to save a gunnery officer on the lower deck, which by that lime was enveloped in flames. Following presentation of the medal Admiral Vickery awarded the pennmit to the Delta Com­ pany. In so doing he congratu­ lated the men and women work­ ers for a job well done. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Ad­ miral Vickery said, the President handed the merchant shipyards of this country one of the great­ est challenges in history — the construction of 8,000,000 tons of Shipping during 1943 and 16,000,000 tons during 1944. : Transpcriation Vital "There is no more vital part of war production than your assign­ ment," the Admiral told the workmen. "For battles are won by men, equipment and supplies and yet all three of these would be of little use without transpor­ tation to deliver them to the batJlefronts. "American shipyards met the feommander - in - chief's 1942 goal jand his 1943 objective they ex­ ceeded by 20 per cent. "The Delta yard has played an Important part in the tremendous (accomplishment. "The award you are receiving today places yoii in a class with the leading yards in the country Truly you have made the allAmerican team of merchant ship­ building." Urges Greater Efforts E. B. Williams, vice-president bf Delta, who served as masterbf - ceremonies, said more - than 6500 men lost their lives in the merchant marine during this war land he lu'ged the workers to greater efforts. Also making pleas for increasied achievement were W. H. Gerbauser, president of Delta, who jaccepted the pennant and James Dalzell, general superintendent of |he shipyards. Others termed the shipbuilding program the "backbone of the whole war program." Pointing out the impossibility bf conducting a war "with the fleet we had at the end of 1941," one official said, "before Pearl Harbor the American people had b strange disregard for their mer(Chant marine." Although the United States b'as a leading maritime nation, jfluring the days of the famous iclipper-ships it . began to turn its mind inland in later years," he others decorated posthumously include three SIU members from New Orleans who were aboard the same vessel as Alther. They were awarded the Mar­ iner's Medal which is said to be equivalent to the Purple Heart for members of the armed forces. Today's recipients are; Saul Howard Herman, first of­ ficer, whose four-year-old daugh­ ter, Sari Earlyn Berman, will re­ ceive the medal. She is the daughter of Mrs. Ethel Berman. Frank James Miller, SIU mem­ ber, a boatswain, whose sister, Mrs. Agnes G r a z a 1 a, 1027 St. Philip St., will receive his medal. Wren Joseph Reagan, SIU member, an able seaman, whose mother, Mrs. F. Reagan, 913 Dub­ lin St., will receive his medal. Henry Peter SmJth, master. whose wife, Mrs. H. P. Smith, 668 First St., Orleans Parkway, will receive his medal. Andrew Asp, SIU member, able seaman, whose wife, Mrs, Tule Asp, 2311 Baronne St., will re­ ceive his medal. Lewis Dewayne Jarvis, first as­ sistant engineer, whose wife, Mrs. Lewis Jarvis, 4422 S. Liberty St., will receive his medal. declared, and "only suddenly have we become aware of the meaning of ships." Viclory Ships Later Admiral V i c k e ry con­ trasted the desperate marine transportation problem which confronted the United States just after Pearl Harbor with the situ­ ation today, when 34,000,000 tons have been added to the nation's GROWTH OF OUR MERCHANT FLEET merchant marine. Admiral Vick­ ery stressed the issues which will arise in peacetime and said "we are endeavoring to make sure that our postwar merchant ma­ rine will be capable of doing its share in the job of making vic­ tory permanent." Praising the shipyards for the record-breaking construction jobs they have turned out, Admiral Vickery said; "I am sure, that as taxpayers, you will be pleased to know that they have kept costs far below those of the last war's program. And they have done this, not­ withstanding that today's ships are larger and better and despite the fact that shipyard wage rates are much higher." Admiral Vickery emphasized the accelerated production o f Victory ships, larger and faster than the old Liberty vessels, as a definite contribution to post­ war maritime progress. "But the best ships in the world," Admiral Vickery said, "are no better than the men who sail them, and we can all be proud of the courageous perform­ ance of our merchant seamen at war. During the height of the U-boat campaign, when the mer­ chant marine was suffering an Building ships around the clock for the WSA cargo fleet: "Ships—more ships" to smash the Axis even higher percentage of casual­ and to create the greatest merchant fleet in history! Graph shows the phenomenal growth of the WSA ties than our armed forces proper, cargo fleet from 1941. The early months of 1942 were a very critical period when sinking exceeded not a single American ship miss­ ed its sailing for want of a crew. construction. But thousands of ships now building will survive this war to carry our cargoes for peace. Liberty Ship Program Ending giu MEMBER DIE^ gROM STAB WOUNDS Additional contracts for awards on construction of Liberty ships are not contemplated, but the fu­ ture program calls for the pro­ duction of standard type vessels. Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery said last week. The Mai'itime Commission vice chairman said that the produc­ tion program was at present about evenly balanced between Liberty ship production and that of the standard types, with about 75 building ways producing the slow moving emergency vessel. ! -.Just a few hours after the seajgoing tug "Point Judith" arrived back in San Francisco, after a three months' trip, the body of Joseph Reha, 27, oiler, was found bn deck, slashed by five deep stab wounds. He was dead when dis.ipovered.. . i Reha, police said, was one of a .j|roup of crew members that had |[one ashore to "celebrate" imme, ftiately after the vessel docked. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Baymond Bateman, 15 Warren -Jload, Essex, Maryland. Although the Merchant Marina Act of 1936 called for the con­ struction of 500 ships, 50 a year over a ten-year period, the most recent figures available reveal that American shipjards fi'ora 1938, up to and including the first three months of this year, have delivered into service 362 tankers and 366 standai-d C-typ© cargo vessels. The increase in the long rangg: program has been achieved ex­ clusive of the 2,008 Liberty ships which have been construe^ ed over the same period. Principals at launching—Admiral Howard L. Vickery. vice-chairman of the U. S. Maritime Com­ mission, holds "4-year-oId Sari Earlyn Berman. sponsor of the Liberty ship, "George W. Alther." launched at the Delta Shipbuilding Co. yard today. Little Miss Berman was assisted by her mother. Mrs. Ethel Herman, in smashing the bottle. At right, George W. Alther, Sr., the ship's namesake's father, holds the- Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal and citation, presented to him by Admiral Vickery as a posthumous award to his dead hero son. Mil i �PA9« Six THE SEAFARERS Friday, May 26, 1944 LOG NAME DEPT. NAME ' Stetvar Healey. John Engine Deck Helera. Dalmacio Deck Deck Helleby. Louis Stewards Engine Henderson, James Deck Engine Hendricks, Wardel Stewards Engine 25,000 members of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU, unHendy. Frederick Allan Deck Slewar^ Henning. Harry Deck Deck daunted and still sailing^their sfdps, pay tribute to these Brothers Hernandex, Ricardo Stewards Engine lost in the performance of their duty. These are the casualties from Hester, Steve D. Engine Engine Hester. William G, Deck the Atlantic arid Gulf District only; and do not include the full Engine Heubner, Carl Engine. Deck casualty list for the Internaiwntd Union; the lists for the Interna­ Hewett. Ralph Engine Stewards tional are considerably higher. Hiatt. Chester E. Stewards Deck Hickey. Gerald Frederick Deck Deck Hickman. A. J. Stewards Stewards Higbee. Harry Deck Engine NAME DEPT. NAME DEPT. Hilliard. Robert H. Engine Deck NAME DEPT. Daniels. Byrl Engine Free. Nelson Engine Hinton. Edward N. Deck Deck Danley. Carl Engine Freitag. Adam A. Deck Hodges. Harnert Engine Deck Engine Cadenhead. Jackson Engine Fuenter. Antonio Stewards Hofman. John Engine David. Geronino Engina Deck Caespo. Fancisco Engine Fuhrman. Byron Engine Hoffman, Carl J. Engine David. S. Engine Deck Calafalo. Fillipo Davilla. Manuel , Engine Funk. Leonard Engine Caldwell. Wm. M. Engine Hoffman. Christopher Deck; Engine Engine Funk. Leonard Lewis Engine Holder. Charles Caldwell. William M. G. Deck Davis. James E. Engine Stewards Funk. Russell C. Engine Holland. Eugene Callahan. Stanley Engine Davis. Leon Engine Engine Camacho. Justo Engine Davis. William L. Holms. Barry Engine Engine Camacho. Santos Engine De Bolle. Paul Holyoak. Arthur Deck Del Campo. Enrique Deck Camp. Willis E. Engine Honigman. Louis Stewards Engine G Cannon. William Engine De Gennaro. Louis Hooks. Joseph Francis Engine B De Jesus. Rufino Deck Carney. Peter J. Engine Horton. David A. Deck Engine Deck Carney. George Bagley. John Deck Gadson. William Engine De Loach. B. Houston. P. J. Deck Stewards Deck Baggolt. Edwin Burt Stewards Galbraith. Peter Caronia. Paul Engine Deleon. Percival Howard. Florin Harold Engine Engine Engine Carter. J. D. Bahls. John Stewards Gallwitzer. Kasper Stewards Dembofsky. Nathan Engine Gallagher. Laurence Deck Howell. William T. Stewards Banks. O. C. Stewards Carter. Wilmon R. Stewards Dembofsky. William Hudgins. Shelbrown W. Deck Stewards Engine Barber. Elmer. D. Deck Galle. John Carpenter. Robert Earl Engine Derricks, Valentin Hudson. Carter Deck Deck Barnard, William Robert Deck Carroll. Reuben Sanford Deutch. LeRoy F. Engine Ganey. Riley Huebner. Herman Stewards Gardiner. 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Farrell. William E. Deck Kiley. Melvin Deck Hampton. John Engine Engine Brown. Earl Leroy Steward•Arouse. Charles Farrulla. Eustaquio Stewards Kimbro. Mary (Mrs.) Stewards Hand. Arthur L. Engine Engine Brown. Harold H. Deck Stewards Hanrehan, Andrew Stewards Stewards King. Forrest R. Cuaresma. Fortunate Engine Fenty. Clarence Brown. Ralph Stewards Cummings. James M. Ferguson, Frank P.' Deck Kinkowski. Stanley Stewards Hardy. Maurice P. Deck Stewards Browning. Robert F. Engine Cummings. Nesbeth Figueras. Claudio Engine Kinnell. Alfred Deck Harley. W. Engine Engine Broyles. Verdo D. Deck Curett. Hermingildo Kittleson, Virgil C. Stewards Filomeno, Ismael Stewards Harris. Harry Stewards Engine Bruce. S. Engine Curma. George Finch. Eugene Deck Harris. James R. Engine Engine Kleinsmith. Ronald Engine Brumit, Robert Deck Curran. James A. Findlay. Wm. Stewards Klemm. Chas. H. Stewards Harrison, Moody Deck Deck Broughton. P. J. Stewards Custer. Ode G. Deck Finn, John J. Engine Harrison. Whitley Engine Kline. Robert Stewards Broussard. Otho Engine Flanders, Stanley Engine Hart, Robert S. Deck Kloskowski. Stanley Jr. Engine Buljard. Samuel T. Deck Flippen. Russell B. Deck Hartley, John yr. Deck Kobe. Karl G. M. Engine Burns. R. Engine Flynn. Joseph ^ Deck Haugen. Ernest , . Stewards K<m. Walter J^ Deck I^isaaet, Miguel A. Stewards Kool. John Forssman, Aksel Deck Hay. Daniel Stewards Deck D Bustin. L. R. Engine Forsythe. Percy Steward Haybye. S. Enginb Engine Krotzer. Ralph P. Buck. Lee Danforth Stewards D-Arlois. H. J. Deck Hayes. J. J. Stewards Fountain, W. 0» Jr. Deck Krupa. Henry Joseph Enginp Butoia. Stefan Cngkie Dacher, Said Deck Hayman, Geo. W., Jr. Stewards Kuemes. Serofin Stewards Fox. Wilmer Engine Byers. E Engine Dawson. Eugene Stewards Haynie, Warner M. Deck Franklin. Forney Deck {Continued on Page 7) * Abraham. Alex Abraham. John Ackerman. Kurt Agere. Felipe Ahlberg. Theobert Aikens. C. V. Alderman. William Alexander. Harry Allison. Orin Charles Almodovar. Ricardo Anderson. Arnold K. Anderson. James Anderson. Thomas Anduze. Isaias Aranl. James C. Arbeiter. Jaan Arcay, Emiliano Arenas. Evaristo A^. John J. Asp. Andrew Avellar. John R. Averett, Ernest •V e'' -i'J.-.,.:i*] I; f. �-i THE Friday, May 26, 1944 SEAFARERS NAME {Continued from Page 6) NAME DEPT. ll^ Lablano, Louis ttaek Laboy, David Stewards La Casse, Frank ^ Deck Lane, H ° Engine Lang, Charles Stewards Lang, Robert E. Stewards Lantz, Christian S. Engine Larsen, Wilhelm Engine Lauriano, Pedro Deck Lawman, A. Engine Lawson, George Stewards Lawson, Isaiedi Stewards Lebron, E. T. Deck Lectora, Angie Engine Lee, Horace Stewards Lee, James Robert Engine Lee, William Engine Leguro, Vincent Stewards Lehr, Kenneth Deck Lehr, Kenneth Edward Deck Lesniak, Joseph Deck Lester, Otis Stewards Lewis, Charles E. Deck Lewis, Richard F. Engine Lima, Joseph Benhaim, Jr. Deck Lindberg, Thor A. Stewards Lindsey, Henry Deck Liskoys, Victor F. Deck Litch, Walter Stewards Lively, Thomas J. Deck Livingston, Alexander Deck Lockett, W. E. Engine Long, Grover C. Engine Lopez, Francisco Deck Lott, James Cassedy, Jr. Engine Lovitt, Jessie Engine Lowery, Clarence C. Stewards Ludwick, Martin J. Engine Lumbattis, Darwin Stewards Lupton, Bruce Deck Lussier, Joseph Deck Lynch, Julius Deck Lyon, Arthur Engine M MacCaskill, Charles M. MacDonald, Mark Mack, Harry MacKenzie, Caytano Macksey, Anthony Maduro, Manuel Maffia, Alfred Mahoney, Joseph E. Malone, Thomas Malone, William Martinez, Obdulio Mann, Joseph P. Manuel, W. E. Marko, Edward W. Marquess, Mitchel Marshall, Linwood-W. Martel, Robert Martin, James Mason, Charles Mason, E. G. Mayer, Alfred E. Mayo, Oscar K. *. Meadows, F. MeU, William Mendez, E. P. Merryfield, William Messick, William Miguez, Jose Millay, A. W. Miller, Charles MiUer, F. J. Miller, Joseph Mills, Robert E. Mishler, Clarence Mitcham, Fillmore Mixon, Jerry MonreaL Antonio Moralis, Manuel Morau, A. C. Morgan, Theo ~ Moses, A. B. ' Muehle, Eric O. Mulligan, John Mimes, Erasmo Mungins, Herbert Murphy, Hugh Murphy, Joseph Murphy, K. W. Murray, Thomas F. Deck Engine Deck Deck Engine Stewards Deck Deck Engine Stewards Deck Stewards Stewards Engine Engine Engine Stewards Stewards Deck Engine Deck Engine Stewards Engine Deck Engine Stewards Stewards Engine Engine Deck Engine Engine Deck Engine Stewards Deck Stewards Engine Stewards Stewards Deck Deck Stewards Engine Sfewetds Engine Engine Stewards Page Seven LOG NAME DEPT. Mc McCarley, John L. McClellaftd, William McCormack, Alexander McCull, James McDaniel, Thomas J. McDonald, Albert McEvoy, William McGee Fred McGee, Frank McGillicuddy, J. McGuire, Frank McGuinnis, Merle McKee, WilUam McLaren, Joseph McNamera, Jeremiah McNish, Roy McWilliams, John G. Deck Deck Stewards Deck Stewards Stewards Engine Deck Engine Stewards Engine Stewards Deck Stewards Engine Deck Stewards N Nevette, St. Julian Nich, Anthony Nickerson, Roy M. Nielsen, Alfred K. Nilsson, Karl Noble, Charles Noble,. 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Stewcuds Romero, Jesus Deck Spivey, Clayton Engine Rorie, John Buxtom. Jr. - Deck Sprague, Donald Eugene Engine Rosario, Virgilio Stewards Squires, Joseph Deck; Engine Squires, P. A. Rosariok. Felix Stewards Rose, Arthur Stewards Stanley. James Stewards Rose, James E. L. Engine Starns, Wilmer Engine Ross, Carl Stewards Statzell, Henry, Jr. Stewards Ross, Isador Deck Stebbins, Fred Engine Roucheron, Samuel Stewards Stephens, Charles Stewards Roundtree, Arcuit Deck Stevens. James Deck Rozenfeld, Julio Engine Stewart. Charles Deck Rubin. Michael Engine Sfewardt, John B. Stewards Rubio. Mariano Engine Stokes. Melvin Engine Ruediger. Leonard Deck Stokes. Melvin William Engine Rutherford. Mack Stewards Stough. Rufus Stewards Ryan. Thomas Patrick Deck Strachen. Stephen Stewards Strom, Henry Deck Stypczynski, Arthur Deck Sullivan. Dennis J. Deck KJ Sullivan. Kokomo Engine Sullivan. Sydney Stewards Sabio. Daniel Deck Engine Sabo, Louis Stewards Surles, Henry Stewards Engine Sutherland, Melvin Salamo. Juan Deck Stewards Sutherland. William, Salus, Louis s Salzman, Carl F. Samillano, Nicolas Sanchez Juan Sandova, John Santana, Eugenio Santiago, Mati^ Santiago, Nick Saunders, ^ewey Stewards Deck Deck Deck Deck Engine Engine Engine Salute To The Brave Hail to the New freighters Whom will wear these gallant names Sail On! Sail On! to Victory And to the heroes' fames Their memories shall our vows renew. Upon the lone sea lanes. Two members of the SIU Who knew not doubt nor fear. Squires: who died in mountainous seas The lifeboats' crew, to clear. The wild winds sound his requiem. The restless deep's his bier. Alther: who faced the Nazi bombs. The terror from the skies; To save his ship and lives of crew This hero had to die; His face still turned towards the foe. While he on deck did lie. Thus died in line of duty These sailors of the sea Courageous, fighting merchantmen Who keep our Nation free. The selfless Souls of Courage True to Man's Dignity. No speech nor blare of trumpets. Nor praise on printed page. Nor witness of a spoken word But only wild seaS rage. And hell of Nazi fury; This was their lonely stage. These ships shall live, in Seamen's hearts Through the deeds that won their names, ' The floating Shrines of our Golden Age, To their eternal fames! Proudly! Sail On! these SIU sidpe Upon the world's sea lanes. —Top'n Lift Deck Tait, William Meams Stewards Tate, James Taylor, Alfred Deck Engine Taylor, Fred Stewards Taylor, James Taylor, Joseph Engine Taylor, Leslie Stewards Taylor, Richeird Engine Taylor, Robert Engine Taylor, Stanley Stewards Engine Tearse, Ronald J. Engine Tereza, John Stewards Thomas, D. H. Engine Thomas, John Stewards Thomas, Thomas J. Stewards Thompson, Cecil Engine Thornton, John Tilley, F. H. Stewards Tingle, Thomas S. Stewards Tobiassen. Tobias Deck Engine Tomm, Alexander Engine Torres. Gregorio Engine Torres, Pedro Tralie, Joseph Deck Trymers, Louis Deck Tubcns, Jules Engine Tubin, Rubin Stewards Tuohy. Robert Engine Turner, Lemuel Stewards Turner, George Stewards Twiss, Clifford B. Stewards TyrrelL Thomas Deck Tyszkowski, Micozysla'w Deck u UdelL David H. Engine V Van Namee, Charles Deck Engine Varela, Jesus Vazquez, Manuel Engine Engine Velez, Pedro Verrett, SpencdIkG. Stewards Vila, Joseph Engine Vincent, Thos. Engine Voliva, Daniel Deck Von Dollezen, Anihoay J. Stewards (Continued on Page t) �.'Kr'" _. lit-'- Page Eight TH t AFL Demands MWEB Restore Bonus A Kt.lty LOG Widow Sa^vs Joe Squire's NameLivesOn Friday. May 26, 1944 -0 Q/ War __ To Get Cigarettes Through SIU Efforts ^Theater has been extended by (Cofi/htiu'i! from Page 4) (Continued from Page 4) bonus area, and only that por­ the April 1st decision to include perienced men and chose to re­ tion of the Sea of Bengal where all of the English ports. These main on the sinking ship. Through arrangements just completed the Atlantic r.o merchant vessels go will be ports should have been included Proud and surprised when she and Gulf District of the SIU will now be able to send cig­ included in the combat bonus in the combat area long ago, but learned that her husband's hero­ area. It is our contention that we can conceive of no reason why ism was being remembered in arettes and tobacco to Union brothers who are prisoners of the western boundary of the com­ the English ports at this date the naming of a Liberty ship, war in German camps. Shipments will be made periodic­ should be included in a combat bat bonus area should embrace Mrs. Squires said, "I still can't the whole of the Sea of Bengal area, while the ports of the South believe there is going to be a ship ally and each brother will receive 1,000 cigarettes. That: this will be a welcome gift is evi-^ Pacific should be excluded. and a sufficient portion of the named after him. He talked a lot dent by the letter just received Imperial Tobacco Co., Mon­ In closing I want to emphasize - Arabian Sea to include the about Liberty ships and said he'd from Brother William E. Weaver, treal. • the mouth of the Persian Gulf. that seamen shipping into the like to sail in one. He never got I would appreciate them very No. 21579, German prisoner of We request that the mouth of the Pacific move without Convoys, the chance—but now one is nam­ war in Germany. much. So keep them sailing. that there is little chance of sur­ Persian Gulf be included in the ed after him; at least his name Thank you, as ever yours, Brothers Weaver's letter fol­ combat bonus areas because of vival if sunk in the Pacific, be­ will sail one!" lows: cause of its size, while in the At­ WILLIAM WEAVER. the large shipments of oil and Since her husband's death Mrs. No. 21579 gasoline from Iran, Iraq, etc. It lantic, ships not only travel in Squires has been in war work Germany, March '30, 1944 is an e X c e e d i n g ly dangerous cnovoys with the best possible and is now employed by the Vul­ Seafarers International Union If you know of any Union protection from sea and air at­ can Proofing Company, makers area. Dear Brothers: brothers now in enemy prison tack, but they travel on well de­ of rubber life rafts. Aleutians camps send their names and ad­ A few lines to let you know fined sea lanes. Chances of sur­ Insofar as the northward ex­ dresses to John Hawk, Atlantic & we are doing OK under these vival if sunk in the Atlantic are tension of this combat bonus Gulf District Sec'y-Treasurer. conditions. Would you let me good. Chances of survival if sunk position of the Executive Council area is concerned, in addition to know whether the bonus is still Include the man's regimental in the Pacific are virtually nil. of the American federation of bringing Japan itself into the number, his prisoner of war num­ going on for us prisoners of The discriminatioi^ against the Labor. combat area, and other territory ber, name of the camp, and any war and do we still get our If the members Of the Board Just as barren of Allied Merchant seamen of the Pacific must in jus­ other particulars he may have wages. I know you can't send ships, the western tip of the tice cease and seamen must re­ have any question, I suggest that given relative to the receipt of me cigarettes from the U.S.A. Aleutians is included. The Aleu­ cover the loss of war risk com- they be directed to Mr. Lundeberg mail and packages. You can Send 1000 cigarettes tians should have been included pensation taken from them by as he is most familiar with the frorti Canada for $2.00 through in a combat bonus area at the the April 1st decision. This is the details involved. time merchant ships sailed into that area carrying supplies to help regain those i.slands from the Japanese. Although the isl­ ands have now been regained they should be in the combat area, but the area should be ex­ The comic strips have extolled tended to include the whole the virtues of the Navy, the Aleutian area instead of the mere Coast Guard, the Army and the tip of the Aleutians for there is Marines: the nurses, paratroop­ ever present dangers of enemy ers, pilots, bombardiers, see-bees action in these waters. and doughboys. They've glorified everybody in a imiform, includ­ The West Coast seaman has ing the women's auxiliaries, air been treated much the same way raid wardens and Boy Scouts. in the extensions of the combat area eastward as he has been in In fact the only branch of the the northward extension of the services they've overlooked la area. Most of the Gilbert and probably the most important of Marshall Islands were excluded all—the branch that saved Eng­ from the combat area prior to land, kept the Russians supplied April 1st; now they have been during the most critical period of included. We contend that they: the war, carried the goods to Moshould have been included at all; A'thur and participated in every times, and they should continue invasion made so far in the war— to remain in the combat area, but the Merchant Marine. not at the expense of excluding Not that it's really important, the New Hebrides and the North but we couldn't help but feel a Australian ports. So long as those little proud at the belated tribute ports in the South Pacific remain paid the merchant marine in outside the combat area few sea-, Wash Tubbs, a syndicated comic men shipping into the Pacific will strip appearing in many news­ receive combat area bonuses, be­ SIU members give lives: Above are the graves of many SIU members. Over 5,500 gallant mer­ papers. cause as large as the combat area might have been made by the chant seamen have made the supreme sacrifice since Pearl Harbor. Close to 2.000 of these were lost In addition to a couple of in­ April 1st decision, the important in the unequal Battle of the Atlantic in 1942. Some of their bodies were, brought to the shores of Ice­ telligent ship-board scenes, the ports, and those areas in which land and occupy this modest cemetery cared for by the Army. strip's hero. Captain Easy ^ys: ships sail to supply the armies "Few people back home realize aligned against the Japanese, NAME ' DEPT. NAME DEPT. what a vital role the merchant (Continued from Page 7) have been carefully and what marine is playing in this war." Stewards Wilts, Eddie B. Stewards NAME DEPT. White, Charles T. seems to be deliberately e.xcluded How true! Including, unfor­ White, Earl Stewards Wisniewski, Edward Dedk from the combat bonus area. White, Harold P. Engine Wodarczyk, Walter J. Deck tunately, many Washington bu­ Combat Areas White, Thomas Deck Wolosz, John ^ Stewards reaucrats. The Board will probably con­ Wahyahnteetah, Robert Austin White, Thor Deck Woltjen, Alfred Engine tend that ship sinkings have been Deck Whitehead, H. V. Engine Woo^ Fremk L. Deck reduced, in these areas and that Walcott, J. A. Stewards Whitney, Harold Engine Worthy, Allan E. ' Engine the newly bounded combat bonus Waldman. ,John Deck Wickenhiser, G. M. Deck Wright, Nathapiel Stewards area in the Pacific is proper on Walser, James D. Engine Wickman, Frank A. Fireman Wright, William W. Stewards the basis of ship sinkings. We Ward, J. S. Engine Wickman, Frank A. Engine Wynn, Lewis Stewards shall not repeat our arguments Warner, Bertram Engine Wilcox, John" H. Deck All masters, first officers and made heretofore on the fallacy Watts, Donald Engine Williams, A. Engine chief engineers of vessels docu­ of setting war risk compensation Watts, Geroge Stewards Williams, Ashley Stewards mented under the laws of the on the basis of ship sinkings, but Wayso, John Deck Williams, Edward Engine Yates, Thomas Jr. Deck United States and all pursers of if that is the basis for the re­ Weaver, William Engine Williams. Frank Stewards Yeoman, Desso , Steward any such vessels have been auth­ bounding of combat areas in the Webster, David Stewards Williams, Hugh Engine orized to administer and attest Pacific, have ship sinkings around Weir, Joseph Stewards Williams, James Stewards such oaths as are required by the England increased materially? Weiss, William Engine Williams, Jarvis . Stewards act to facilitate voting by mem­ Vhile most of the important ports Welsh, Thomas W. Engine Williams, John B. Deck bers of the Merchant Marine of of the Pacific area have been ex­ West, George Deck Willis, George Deck Zaleski, Joseph Engine the United^States, Emory s! Land, cluded from the combat area, the Westover, Hal, Jr. Engine Wilson, Charles Deck Zayes, Oscar . Stewards War Shipping Administrator, has combat area in the European Wheeler, James Deck Wilson, Warren L. Deck Zumpft, Herbert . Engine advised. Comic Strip Praises Seamen '*1' i w Seamen's Voting Regulation •S fc" 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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Title A name given to the resource May 26, 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. 13 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL DEMANDS MWEB RESTORE BONUS WASHINGTON FLASH JOE SQUIRES LAUNCHING REVEALS STORY OF SIU HERO UNDER HAZARDS TRIBUTE TO GEORGE W. ALTHER UNION SUPPORTS NEW WAR BOND DRIVE TEN VICTORY SHIPS DELIVER IN APRIL GEO. W. ALTHER LAUNCHED IN NEW ORLEANS; CITED FOR COURAGE UNDER FIRE DESTINY WIDOW SAYS JOE SQUIRE NAME WILL LIVE SEAMEN IMPROVISE MATTRESS LIFERAFTS MARINE AWARDS FOR SIU CASUALTIES LIBERTY SHIP PROGRAM ENDING SIU MEMBER DIES FROM STAB WOUNDS OUR BROTHERS LOST AT SEA SALUTE TO THE BRAVE PRISONERS OF WAR GET CIGARETTES THROUGH SIU EFFORTS COMIC STRIP PRAISES SEAMEN SEAMEN'S VOTING REGULATION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/26/1944 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/4e4000501577310b832d3afb1974821d.PDF 6e92991aced26fa71a5935bc19a1fa38 PDF Text Text OFFICIAL OBGAV OF THB ATLAITTXC AND GULF DB8TBI0T. SEAFASE28' QfTEBirATIOlfAL OMION OF MOBTB AKEBIOA Vol. VI. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE 2. 1944 SIU Asks Allocation AFL Of "Heroes'" Ships Aids To Union's Outfits To No. 14 Continues Fight; Union's Effort Bonus NEW YORK, N. Y.—"We request that the Maritime Commission and the WSA allocate ships named for hero members of the Seafarers International Union to lines under WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31—Continuing the challange of the Seafarers Internai^ contract to our organization," John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer tional Union against the Maritime War Emergency Board's authority to cut the bonuse# of the Atlantic and Gulf District, and Vice-President of for seamen, Joseph Padway, General Counsel for the American Federation of Labor, lasf the Union asked in a letter to* Admiral Emory S. Land, Chair­ of these vessels in their honor, week called the attention of the members of the MWEB to the fact that they wer^ man of the Maritime Commission, but there remains much to be without existence at the time the bonus structures were set up, and therefore could no^ done in tribute and respect to this week. reduce them. "• . ^ JOSEPH A. PADWAY signatories, but the question "These vessels are the' Joseph their memories. The protest was in a strong let­ Squires and the George W. Alther, launched at the New Eng­ land Shipbuilding Co.'s yards in South Portland, Me., and . the Delta Shipbuilding Co.'s yards in New Orleans, La., respectively, Monday, May 22, at ceremonies awarding them citations and the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service medal for their heroic ac­ tions in the war." The message continues: "Both died in the service of the war ef­ fort and as such courageous peo­ ple must take their rightful places in the annals of the His­ tory of this Nation in a manner fitting their deeds; true much has been accomplished in the naming Excerpts Of Weekly Report By JOHN HAWK Secretary-Treasurer There are some items which are all important and which I wish to report upon: ' First: the question of the Bonuses: On this, Harry Lundeberg of the SUP an4 President of the SIU laid a lot of groundwork early this month, when during the first week in May we appeared before the Executive Committee of the American Federation of Labor, and requested their support. The AFL Executive Committee was then convened in an extraordin­ ary session in Philadelphia, and went, on record to send in their top representatives to aid us in bur fight to restore the bonus. Since that meeting, Lundeberg, Dushane, Morris Weisberger and myself spent considerable time in Washington outlining the sea­ men's bonus case to President Wm. Green of the-AFL and Jo­ seph Padway, chief counsel for Hhe Federation. On May 23rd President Green and Joseph Padway, chief coun-j sel for the AFL, together with' Lundeberg, Dushane, Weisberger and myself, appeared before the ifull board of the MWEB and pre­ sented our case and demanded that the bonuses for seamen be restored to the pre-April 1 rates immediately. (Cotit'mued on Page 2) r)- "Therefore, we suggest and re­ ter that also asked that those quest that these ships be placed shipowners who now no longer in the hands of members of the operate ships because of the war­ Seafarers International Union by time condition be excluded from allocating them to companies the meeting. The MWEB had under contract to the SIU — by previously sent a wire to all sig­ which method the members of natories of the Statement of this organization manning these Principles asking them all to sit ships may respect and revere the in at the meeting. memories of these two men who died in the highest traditions of New Board Suggested the sea." The letter suggests that a new George Alther, although he had Board, to deal with the problems recently up-graded to become a confronting the seamen may be second mate, but was still a mem­ ber of the SIU, sacrificed his life setup and demands that the for­ aboard the SS Timothy Pickering mer rates of bonuses, paid be after the vessel had been bombed meanwhile continued and that on July 13, 1943 by enemy planes.' entitled to the ^ bonuses be compensated. (Continued on Page 3) | Full text of the letter follows: General Counsel, American Federation of Labor 738 Bowen Building Washington, D. C. May 26, 1944 Mr. Edward Macauley, Chairman Mr. John R. Steelman, Member Mr. Frank P. Graham, Member Maritime War Emergency Board Gentlemen: Thank you for the memoran­ dum of May 25th to which is an­ nexed a copy of the telegram sent by the Maritime War Emergency Board to all the "signatories to the statement of principles." arises whether some of the sig­ natories, particularly those who no longer operate vessels, have the right to determine the ques­ tion of continuance of the Mari­ time War Emergency Board and what shaU be the jurisdiction and authority of the Board. Since tho operation of these ships is now under the direct authority of the United States, it would seem that the interested party in the ques­ tions referred to in the telegram is the United States. A further question arises id connection with the continuance of the Maritime War Emergency Observations Board. If, as we believe, the pres­ Maj' I respectfully make an ob­ ent Emergency Board virtually servation or two respecting the went out of existence when the telegram. It is being sent to all Government took over the oper­ ation of the ships, then the ques­ tion should not be the continu­ ance of this Board, but rather whether the creation of a new one should be had. Pending e determination of these questions^ it seems to me that there should not be and cannot be a reduction in the bonuses as they existed prior to the attempted cut by the order signed by the Maritime War Emergency Board. It is our con­ tention that since the Board, whether it was in existence or not, had no power to cut the bonuses, the bonuses still remain­ ed. This is on the theory that there is an implied agreement on the part of an employer, in this case the United States, to pay the wages the employer has been paying, unless the employer Picture shows the SS Joseph Squires sliding down the shipways at So. Portland, Maine, Monday, May 22, i944. The launching went off without a hitch. (Continued on Pagr 3 ) Buy War Bonck The membership of the Sea­ farers International Union is urged to invest part of every pay-off in War Bonds and Stamps. These Bonds are your stake in America and the Freedom we are fighting this war for. Few know better than the sea­ men what war means for we have a running day-to-day en­ counter with it. DIG DEEP IN THE POCK­ ET FOR UNCLE SAM. Bonds mean Bombs for Hitler and Hirihito on the receiving end. �• •t'»;vnfe'V;;f^'i;^'4r^j • ^ --•'- • I ^ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 2, 1944 •- t- • •i."; SEAFARERS LOG Vublished by the "A' .-A . I SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated .with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 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. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE PUERTO RICO GALVESTON 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave l4NorthCnySt 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 324 Chartres St 2 18 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 CP-NMU Skullduggery AN EDITORIAL It is clear to Union men and the seamen particularly that the purpose of existence of an organized body of labor is its struggle to win and maintain decent working and liv­ ing conditions: i.e. a share of the profits and wealth created by their toil and industry. This is the basic purpose of Union existence. No one can deny this, least of all the employing interests who meet the Union representatives across the collective bargaining table. When a Union departs from these principles, by which it owes its value to the workers, it dies. The workers have no earthly need of it! We see the NMU turned into a "labor front" or "slave market" which is maneuvering to bring the seamen as a whole to a level where they will all be at the mercy of the shipowners, with political shysters in control of this socalled "union" offering their services to the employers to *^make capitalism work" and even offering the employers -control of the hiring halls. We see the NMU turned into a glorified social and political "club" with the members of that organization be­ ing taken for the well known sleigh ride. We have before us the demands of the NMU on the employing interests for that badge of slavery, the Check­ off, which the NMU fakers coyly and cleverly label the "Dues Deduction Plan." We have seen the CP-NMU machine forcing the members to sign cards in favor of such a "Plan." The term NMU membership does not mean that each member is an American or an American citizen. As a matter of fact a very large percentage of NMU members are aliens operating through their so-called "Foreign-Flag Division of the NMU" which they incorporated into their group from the dissident elements of the Scandanavian Seamen's Club which had set out to capture the well known and organized seamen's unions of the respective Scandanavian countries. iWhich endeavor, failed miserably! The Seafarers' International Union of North America, at its recent Convention in New Orleans, went on record for the naturalization of alien seamen serving on American(Contifitted ott Page 4) WHArS DOIEfa ArouiMl the Ports NEW ' JL WAvAjk''' Business is ever increasing in this Port and the Port Committee is doing a bang-up job on the outof-town beefs as well as those from this Port itself. Some of the beefs they are settling run in­ to hundreds of bucks for mem­ bers of our Union. As is to be expected, we are having the normal growing pains to be looked for when an Organi­ zation is expanding as rapidly as the Seafarers' International Union of North America is at present. Educational work is being car­ ried on at a pace with the growth of the Organization and many of the new members are beginning to understand and recognize the benefits the SIU can gain. They see Unionism in a new light. They see this Organization con­ tinually fighting for better wages, conditions and food, as well as justly deserved bonus payments. Our aggressive stand has been noted by many former NMU members and they came down and tossed in their books to get away from that 3-ring circus and bunch of perennial commy poli­ ticians. We know that not only our own members, but American Sea­ men on a whole, are with us in our battle to restore the bonus MONEY DUE SS CITY OF ST. LOUIS, paid off in Boston: W. Taylor, 48 hours: H. Rittner. 28 hours; H. West. 8 hours; A. Winnick, 36 hours; J. A. Crawford, 28 hours. • • • SS WALKER TAYLOR: The following have overtime coming: Collect at Bull Line office: Fleshman, 181/2 hours; Cassidy, 2 hours; Thompson, 2 hours; John­ son, 1 hour; T. Ramos, 13 hours; E. Storm, 13 hours. Payroll shows all Dept. were paid for Dec. 18 to 19, 1943, week ending in Port. * * » SS BROOKHOLST LIVINGSTON. Bull Line, paid o« in Philadelphia. Money due the fol­ lowing: ^ Difference in wages and Bonus for two months of 3rd Cook to Nite Cook, 1 Misnng Utility for the same period to be divided among the following men: Zae Lewis. Julius Young, Lewis Fears, John Franks, John Daniels. The above is payable at Bull Line Of­ fice. SS WILLIAM PACA, paid off in Boston: Johnson, Ch. Cook, 41 hours; Watson, 2nd Cook, 27 hours; Gillars, Mess.. 8 hours; Eugue, UtiUty, 6 hours. Payable at Calmar Line Office. » • • SS J, B. LENNON: W. A. Synis. AB. 8 hours; J. M. Synis, AB, 60 hours; H. A. Mullan, OS, 80 hours; W. Smolka, AB, 75 hours; G. Aim, AB, 75 hours; S. Guidish, OS, 75 hours; J. C. Wright, AB, 105 hours: T. De Costa, AB, 105 hours; M. Kraft, OS, 105 hours. Collect -at Smith and Johnson Of­ fice. « * • The following members of the crew of the JOCELYN of the Calmu Line have money coming, due te disputed overtime: A. S. Young, R. Kohler, J. Cappas, L. Kensinger, F. Cheshire. Dominick DiMaio, S. Wcdlace, A. Czeczemsld, A. Souzfu R. Speer. Collect the above at Calmar Line office, 25 Broadway, New York, N. Y. JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Baltimore Agent Membership Referendum On Conference Decisions To Begin This Month Ballots are now being distributed to the Branches so that the membership of the Atlantic and Giklf District of the Seafarers International Union may vote in the referen­ dum on the questions that were ordered put before mem­ bership vote at the recent Convention of the entire Union and the Agents' Conference held in New Orleans at the end of March and early in April. jQg Union's finances in the The voting will be conducted difficult post-war period when by regularly elected Committess the shipowners will be doing in all Branches and. will be from their utmost to break the militant June 5th to July 10th according SIU. to the Constitution. The Union's officers contend Questions to be decided are that with property behind them some changes in the Constitution the membership are able to mus­ itself; a building fund assessment ter their economic power to full and the purchase of halls for the force without having to fear the Union in both New York and actions of hostile shipowners or Tampa, Fla., the latter , three landlords. questions are in the form of reso­ They further point out that it is necessary for the building as­ lutions. The question of the purchase of sessment to go through to make a hall in New. York has been dis­ the Union independent of such cussed by numerous meetings of landlords. the membership and officers of It is also said that new halls the Union point out that such will have better facilities for the properties will form a good back- membership. Cuts to theii" pxior level. Our' stand is clear and we think it will pay dividends. The Winos have more or less departed from this Area report­ ing that the "SMOKE" shortage was acute (they blame the high taxes). They're gone, but not for­ gotten and they are certainly not mis.sed. We heard that one of them was shanghaied recently and went aboard the ship while she was in North Africa and was bitten by a monkey—P.S. The monkey died. Yours for some monkey bites for the shipowners, PAUL HALL, Agant Excerpts Of Week ly Report (Continued from Page 1) We also demanded assurances that the MWEB shall not caU meetings as they have in the past, and then attempt to force their pre-conceived decisions on the seamen. We further want it made plain that whenever a meeting is called their proposals shall be sent to the Unions prior to and in suffi­ cient time so that such proposals can be studied. We want no such thing as them handing us what­ ever proposals they've cooked up an dexpecting us to handle them in five minutes within the meet­ ing. We have consistently challeng­ ed their right to make any de­ cision unless a dispute between the seamen and the shipowners existed. We have also challenged their right to make any cuts in the bonus. Although the Board hasn't agreed to restore the bonuses, they acknowledge some guilt on their own part inasmuch as they are now calling a meeting of all sighatories to the statement of principles—to discuss their own jurisdiction, and although all the unions other than the AFL sea­ men's groups abandoned the fight and accepted the cuts, they also are being called into this meet­ ing. If these unions support the position of the SIU there is a good chance that the pre-April 1st rates will be restored. Weisberger and myself are headed for Washington again to­ morrow, and along with Dushane we are going to meet with the AFL attorneys to prepare our case to take before this meeting of the MWEB on June 6. Our position will be for the in­ creased bonuses and war-risk in­ surance, The May 26 issues of the Sea­ farers Log carries the full story on our activities on the bonus question. There were two ships launched last week that were named for deceased members of this Union. As well as the ships being named in their honor, their next-of-kin was decoraded. Representatives of the Union attended both the launchings which took place at New Orleans and Portland, Me., respectively. r V �'-r.y : •' 'n-cfal Friday. June 2, 1944 fHE SE AF AkERS LOG The International Labor Organization And The Seafarers Page Three AFL Continues Fight; Aids Union's Effort To Restore Bonus Rates .JK- :li rv-il employment, the raising of the whereby the victor imposes his By J. H. OLDENBROEK, standards of living and social se­ conditions on the vanquished. Acting General Secretary ferred case, or dispute, before the (Co^tniied from Page 1) curity measures, as workers We are today thinking of an comes of the to a contrary agreement Board and also no power in the mTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ashore. There were, however, a agreement or treaty, in which the with the employees respecting a Board to cut the bonuses and, few question of particular im­ United Nations will lay down different wage. The bonuses paid thus, they are in existence as WORKERS' FEDERATION As the Workers' Delegate for portance to seafarers to which I how the wounds caused by the by the Government prior to the constituted before the cut. war will be healed insofar as that cut remain in full force and ef- Based on the foregoing, we de­ the Netherlands I've come over wish to refer. is possible and how war is to be fect until the Government by When the time comes to write . to America in order to participate mand that there be paid to all the the peace treaty the seafarers avoided «« the future. In the International Labor Con­ agreement with the employees sailors who were entitled to In this agreement'or treaty the reduce those bonuses. ference which was held in the want to have their say. "Peace bonuses since the cut a sum of "City of Philadelphia from April treaty" is perhaps not the right economic and social aspirations Compensation Demanded money equal to the bonuses in. •20th to May 12th, 1944. If I had term; it is better to speak of the of the workers and the obliga­ As I stated at the time of the existence at the time the cut to write an article on the work peace settlement, because we do tion of the countries to improve argument, there was no Board in went into effect. We demand that aind the achievements of the Phil­ not expect that there's going to the living standards and to pro- existence to cut the bonuses. If that rate of bonus continue until (Continued on Page 4) adelphia Conference I should be a peace treaty on the old lines, the Government in paying the a change is made by a legally have to ask the editor to place a bonuses accepted the suggestion constituted authority in the man­ couple of numbers of this paper of a non-existent Board to pay ner and within the confines of the at my disposal. That is of course certain bonuses, that merely be­ jurisdiction of such authority. out of the question. came the act of the Government Since the Maritime War Emer­ Fortunately, however, the pro­ and the bonuses fixed by the Gov­ gency Board was instrumental in ceedings and the decisions of the ernment at that time are the procuring the cut of such bonuses, Conference have been given wide bonuses which are at present in we believe it to be its duty to publicity in the American press existence. If the Board was le­ immediately notify those agen­ gally constituted then, as we ex­ cies who pay the sailors that the and there is no doubt that many magazines and other publications Those vessels are the Joseph plained at the conference had the cut was without authority and (Conitrtned from Page 1) will publish detailed accounts of Squires and the George W. Al- other day, there would be no re- that the sailors shall be paid on what was said and done at Phila­ He went through flame and hell ther, launched at the New Eng­ the basis of the bonuses in exist­ while the vessel, carrying am­ delphia. ence at the time the last reduc­ land Shipbuilding Co.'s yards in I can therefore restrict myself munition and high - test octane South Portland, Me., and the tion was ordered. We hope that to a few items which are of par­ gas, set off repeated explosions, Delta Shipbuilding Co.'s yards at On last voyage of the SS these demands will be put into ticular importance to the seafar­ in a vain attempt to save the life New Orleans, La., respectively, BRANDYWINE. of the Hillcone force and effect, otherwise, there ers of all countries. Before doing of a naval gunnery officer, part Monday, May 22, at ceremonies Fleet, several pieces of mail letters will be no alternative but for the so, I wish to say how much I of the gun-crew aboard. He per­ which awarded them citations and packages were left, after sailors to institute appropriate have appreciated the presence of ished in the attempt. injunction proceedings to prevent and the Merchant MarxXiS Distin­ crew departed. the representatives of the Sea­ Joseph Squires was a man of guished Service Medal, posthu­ We are holding at this Branch, the Board from ordering agencies farers' International Union, the same sterling caliber. For mously for their heroic actions in letters for Jack Oats and Harold to put the cuts into force and ef­ Brothers Lundeberg, Hawk, while aboard the SS Maiden this war. L. Adams. Branch is also holding fect and for such other relief as Weisberger and Dushane in Phil­ Creek, when the vessel was Parcel Post packages for Wil­ the circumstances may warrant. breaking up in a raging storm he Both died in the service of the liam H. Koch, Kenneth B. Turn­ adelphia and in New York. Respectfully yours, We had two international con­ volunteered, with another crew war effort and as such courage- er and Walter Lopez. JOSEPH A. PADWAY, ferences and several private talks member, Harold E. Whitney, to General Coun.se], AFL JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent (Continued on Page 4) which have led to closer coopera­ remain aboard and lower the last tion and understanding. It is only boat away. From this act he lost through such regular personal his life on Dec. 30, 1942. Text of the communication contact that international coop'eration can be strengthened, once follows: the condition for all cooperation Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, and friendship has been fulfilled: Chairman, mutual confidence and belief in U. S. Maritime Commission Commerce Dept. Bldg. ohe another's integrity. The International Transport Washington, D. C. Workers' Federation comprises Dear Sir: seafarers' unions from a large The honor roll of the merchant number of countries which have seamen who gave their lives dur­ their own history, their own ex- ing this war is impressive; as are •periences, their own methods, the heroic acts of countless num­ bers of the merchant seamen •habits and customs. - The task of the International is themselves who face hazards to bring them into line with each daily with a high degree of cour­ other, to find a common basis and age, but without complaint. to establish a common program. For the role of the merchant The way to promote international seamen, as you know, is second­ 'solidarity and to achieve the best ary to none when it comes to the possible results for the seafarers test of bringing in the goods un­ of ^11 countries is not by attack­ der fire or whether it is playing ing one another or by trying to hare to the wolf-hound packs of destroy the searqen's unions of Nazi and Japanese . submarines; the occupied countries, but by or whether they are faced with helping one another and through the stress of storm and the ele­ frant international discussion and ments. •by trying to understand the other The courage of the merchant man's point of view, bringing seamen is legion when faced with about the highest possible degree the supreme test—Death! of agreement and action. The Seafarers' International The time will come — and it Union is proud of its members, seems pretty near—when the oc­ both living and dead. And for cupied countries will be free those who have sacrificed their again and then they will remem­ lives in the cause of world free­ ber who helped them and who dom, we salute them for having tried to destroy them. I am happy fought the good fight! We know to say that there are two unions our Merchant Seamen will con­ which have a clean and worthy tinue the fight! At the present record in this respect: the Sea­ time the rolls of the dead among farers' International Union of the American Merchant Marine North America and the British carry the names of approximate­ ly 1,900.members of the Seafar­ National Union of Seamen. The International Labor Con­ ers' International Union. ference was general in nature; it We, the living, remember them had to deal with problems affect­ with respect and we hail proudly ing all workers and all countries. the fact that the Maritime Com­ Therefore the Conference was al­ mission has seen fit to honor the so of ' great importance for the names of two of the members of Above is a piclure of Mrs. Minnie Squires—^widow of an SIU hero—jusi after launching the seafarers, because they are just the Seafarers' International Union vessel named in her husband's honor. With her is shown James Coyne, an active seamen, who was as much interested in peace, full by naming ships for iheni. designated as a Special Representative of the SIU. He attended with Brother John Mogsm of Boston. ••sH SIU Asks Allocation Of "Heroes'" Ships To Union's Outfits NOTICE •--V I •*:! I �•; im miPiP Page Four THE SEAFARERS ^he International Labor Organization And The Seafarers £r (Continued from P4ge tect the lives of the workers, must find expression and this is exactly what the International Labor Conference has prepared. A special clause in the Resolu­ tion concerning social provisions in the peace settlement is devot­ ed to the maritime industry. It reads as follows; "In any negotiations regarding the organization, control and operation of merchant ship­ ping and in particular in mak­ ing international arrangements for the disposal of merchant shipping tonnage, the United Nations concerned should con­ sult the competent bodies of the International Labor Organ­ ization, such as the Joint Mari­ time Commission, in regard to the p o s s i b i1 ity of including stipulations concerning the standard of accommodation to be provided for crews, and of stipulations embodying the provisions of Conventions al­ ready adopted by the maritime session of the Conference, or of any further such Conventions that may be adopted before the negotiation of such agree­ ments.'' The adoption of this Resolution means that the Joint Maritime Commission on which the seafar­ ers and the operators have an equal number of members, must meet in order to define the policy of the maritime industry. I am happy to say that a meet­ ing of the Joint Maritime Com­ mission is due for September, 1944 and that we may further ex­ pect that an International Mari­ time Labor Conference will be held in the early part of 1945. Maritime affairs are therefore very much in the foreground and the union representatives wiU have a busy task formulating the seafarers' demands on ^n inter­ national scale and of bringing sufficient argument and pressure to bear in order to get an Inter­ national Seafarers' Charter adopt­ ed and carried into practice in all the seafaring countries of the world. Fxidvf. Juaa 2, 194^ LOG . In finishing, it. is my duty .to observe that the improvement of working conditions and the achievement of a better, world is a task which the workers must accomplish themselves and that nobody else will do it for them. Through their unions they must build up the strength to bring about the emancipation of labor. The International Labor Office is a valuable institution, but it cannot take over the work of the trade unions. If there were no ILO an ILO would have to be set up. Without strong trade unions the ILO would be of little impor­ tance. It is the unions which must push the ILO, it is the unions which must tell the gov­ ernments and the employers through the ILO which measures have to be taken in the inter­ national field. If governments and employers are not willing to listen, then the trade unions must use other means to attain their objects. SIU Asks Allocatioit To Union's Outfits (Continued from Page 3) ous people must take their right­ ful places in the annals of the History of this Nation in a man­ ner fitting their deeds; true much has been accomplished in the naming of these vessels in their honor, but there remains much to be done in tribute and respect to their memories. Therefore, we suggest and re­ quest that these ships be placed in the hands of members of the Seafarers' International Union by the Maritime Commission and the WSA allocating them to com­ panies under contract to the SIU —by which method the members of this organization manning those ships may respect and rev­ ere the memories of these two men who died in the highest tra­ ditions of the sea. We further suggest that more ships be named for the men who actually sailed them and gave their lives in this war so that the tradition of the American Mer­ chant Marine may become a vifai force in this Nation's history. And in line with this, without detracting in the slightest frOHl the fearless action of Josepl^ Squires, would it not be possible that a ship also be named honO!;>< ing the memory of the man whtij died with him, Harold E. Whib* ney? He was a deck engineer His sacrifice was equal. Thanking you for your court" esy and consideration of th!f matter, we are, ^ Yours very sincerely, The Seafarers Intl Unioa of North America. For the Union. ! JOHN HAWK, ! Int'l Vice-President, and Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic & Gulf District. Protect Both America and Your Money by Iti* vesting It in War Bond$* CP-NMU Skullduggery i {Contiuiied from page 2) Flag ships during this war, and is working tow­ ards these ends. The SIU is affiliated with the International Transport Workers' Federation which is com­ posed of the Unions of foreign seamen. The SIU seeks dnly to help such Unions, better their standards continuously, while the NMU con­ tinually seeks to smash such seamen's organiza­ tions in the following manner: Now, it is observed that the political shy­ sters of the NMU are demanding the passage of a bill which would grant citizenship en masse i':. for all foreign seamen on U.S. foreign-flag ships, : iS' : meaning all foreign-flag ships under the control of the War Shipping Administration, and U.S. owned foreign-flag vessels. Further, the NMU's policy orders all for­ eign seamen to register in the lately formed for­ eign-flag pool of seamen under the control of the WSA. This is the anti-thesis of all Unioncontrolled hiring halls. But there are reasons for the actions of these political shysters. What will happen to these seamen — the WSA foreign-flag pool, and such Americanowned foreign-flag ships at the end of the war? They do not say, nor do they allude to the matter. Are these foreign seamen, now earning wages on U.S. owned or controlled foreign-flag ships to be dumped on the beaches in U;S. ports M• in competition with American seamen? These questions are NOT taken up by the NMU subversive brain-trusters in pushing for­ -fe­ ward their demands. But there are answers to them! For the NMU still wants to have Commun­ ists in control of the Unions of the foreign sea­ men of those nations which have joined the Allied cause: their defeats in this field still rankle them. ll 4 AN EDITORIAL Further they want to bring the American seamen under a form of labor front whereby everything would be operated by the Govern­ ment with themselves as the chosen "representa­ tives" of marine labor. This is the reason for their demands for the check-off. The check-off, in part, is the reason for their maneuvers among the foreign seamen. Even now they are making use of the alien seamen to hamper the American seamen. For as menibers of the NMU these alien seamen sign these dues deduction cards (c/oeckoff). These cards are sent to the War Labor Board as (a "genuine expression of the will of the NMU membership") behind the "leaders'" demands. The War Labor Board Has No Means At Their Disposal To Know Whether Or Not The Signer Of The Card Is An American Citizen Or An Alien! Thus the alien seamen are- being used as suckers in a game designed to stab the American seame nin the back and deceive the Government (War Labor Board) into false judgment in fa­ vor of the "check-off which would automatic­ ally, by its operation, put all American seamen within NMU contracts on U. S. Flag vessels under the control of the employers and collab­ orationist "union" officials. The NMU would collect the dues from all men sailing their "con­ tract" ships by mail. Even Union membership books would become obsolete. In hopes of achieving their manifold goals of breaking the leadership of the foreign sea­ men's Unions, mass citizenship for alien seamen and the check-off to saddle them all with an economic stranglehold, the NMU "leaders" are playing ball with the shipowners in every con­ ceivable manner. No demands of any nature that would arounse John Shipowner are presented or even breathed in a whisper in HIS presence. The Peace of Teheran has descended upon Capital and "Labor." The millennium has arrived! ..jr is?-' .--i.-ife.!.:.;; 'it , The profits of the shipowners are soaring tOi new heights as the result of war operations. Yet, these Communist sharks have eyes upon far horizons and no longer agitate about shipowner^ profits. As a matter of record they stated edit«i orially in the Pilot of May 19, 1944, on page 2:; "We recognize, too, that the industry must be operated on a sound and paying basisig WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH THOSE OPERATORS WHO HAVB THAT SAME END IN VIEW." (Lo^i emphasis). In view of their plan to utilize many thou>« sands of alien seamen on the beaches in U. S. ports after the war. in competition with bona-* fide American seamen and equip these alieri seamen EN MASSE with citizenship papers!, grave fears can be held that they aim to make "capitalism work" by utilizing these workers to" manipulate the "labor" market in the cause of the employers' PEACE-TIME EARNINGS AND PROFITS! They will call this stabilization of the In­ dustry and their "union," and the seamen as i whole will be the victims. This is no favor to the alien seamen "they are now forcing to sign dues deduction cards as NMU members. The wages - and - conditions chart of the future is definitely downward un­ less the political parasites of the NMU are pre­ vented from carrying out their schemes. Union books and Unionism in the sense of protecting and fighting for the workers' inter­ ests have no meaning where the Communists ar$ concerned and at work. 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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JUNE 9. 1944 No. 15 MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonus SIU Member Cited For Saving Four Lives Saving lives is getting to be a habit with Brother Morriss Norriss, Bos'n on the SS William Gibbs, John Mogan, Boston Agent, declares, while urging proper recognition be afforded him. A description of Norriss' act of heroism of last Dec. 23rd, is con­ tained in this article from a Port­ land, Maine, newspaper of Tues­ day, June 6, as follows: "LOCAL HARBOR RESCUE IS FOURTH BY LIBERTY SHIP BOATSWAIN. "When Morriss Norriss, 20, of Beverly, Mass., boatswain on a Liberty ship tied up at Portland Terminal Pier three, rescued a seaman from a sister ship from drowning Tuesday, it was th^ fourth such rescue he has made in five months. "Norriss dove into the icy waters of the local harbor to save William Maroney, seaman on an­ other Liberty tied up at thai pier, who had jumped or fallen over­ board. "Norriss saved the lives of three U. S. Navy men last June when their boat capsized in the harbor at Halifax, N. S., accord­ ing to Wallace Carroll of 7 Willard Street, chief oCfcer of the Gibbs. "Norriss ,was honored by citi­ zens of Halifax who presented him with a key to the city in commemoration of his heroism, Carroll said. "Carroll said Maroney appar(Cant/ntied on Page 4) Kennedy Disputes Land On Tonnage Joseph P. Kennedy, former head of the Maritime Commis­ sion 'and later Ambassador to Great Britain, said recently in a Boston talk that the United States should scrap most of its wartime merchant fleet when the fighting ends. Some ships, he believes, could be sold to foreign countries if they don't compete with Ameri­ can lines: the Army and Navy could take what they want, too. Admiral Land has a different idea. He believes the excess ton­ nage, mostly Liberties, should be laid up, but not like the laid-up fleets of the first World War. He would spend at least $4,000,000.00 a year to keep the ships in good condition and ready for use. That would be about three to four thousand dollars a year per ship. SIU-SUPAnd Other AFL Organizations Press Demands To Restore Bonus—Curran And Ilk Default—Dr. John R. Steelman Resigns WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—^The meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board here, yesterday, was one of the most revealing things that labor men have seen in this city in years. For the Seafarers International Union, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific and other AFL Unions of the seamen sailing the American Merchant Marine in all capacities not only declared themselves, but they exposed the National Maritime Union and their cohorts within the CIO#and the MWEB as working in Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. of the Atlan­ consort to defeat the interests of tic and Gulf District of the SIU all the merchant seamen now of NA: sailing the war zones and deliv­ On Tuesday, June 6, Harry ering the vitally needed materials Lundeberg, International Presi­ to the armed forces of the Allies. dent of the SIU, Morris WeisberThe upshot of the meeting was ,ger, Vice-President of the SIU, that Dr. John R. Steelman resign­ Matthew Dushane, Washington ed. Representative, and myself, as As promptly as the Maritime well as I. B. Padway, Counsel to War Emergency Board had called the AF of L and Mr. Wilson of the meeting of all signatories to the AF of L legal staff who the Statement of Principles upon prepared the briefs, attend­ the charges of the AFL Unions ed a meeting of the Maritime that the M'i^B had acted illegal­ War Emergency Board which had ly in cutting the bonuses for sea­ called in all signatories to the men, the AFL leaders responded Statement of Principles as a re­ by carrying the fight. sult of the special meeting of May It was noticeable that the 23, at' which the SIU-SUP and MWEB tried its old tactics and A F of L heads demanded that held the meeting in an auditor­ the MWEB withdraw the deci­ ium ill-equipped and without sions which drastically cut the tables for such discussion as well bonuses on the grounds that the MWEB acted outside and beyond as insufficient seating space. The AFL Union leaders, how­ the scope of the powers granted ever, completely exposed Curran them under the Statement of and the NMU and their maneu- Principles. vers against the searhen. The meeting was called by the Following is the report of John MWEB to discuss these points: 1. Shall the present Maritime War Emergency Board be continued? 2. If so. what shall be the jur­ isdiction and authority ot the board? Counsel I. B. Padway present­ ed the arguments from a legal viewpoint, exposing the Board's dictatorial maneuvers on the is­ sue of bonuses for the seamen sailing active war theaters. He was assisted by Mr. Wilson of the AF of L Legal staff. Harry Lundeberg, myself andthe others representing the SIU and the SUP, took the position that we were in there to: A. Get an euiswer to the demand' of the AFof L Unions thaf the illegcd bonus cuts be re­ stored. B. The SIU-SUP flatly refused' to discuss the MWEB's juris­ diction until the cuts wertf restored. Captains H. Martin, C. DJay, and E. W. Higgenbotham, repre­ senting the National Organiza(Continued on Page 2) Polaner Radios To Lakes Seamen g Above is a picture of many of the delegates to the recent Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America .which was held in New Orleans. La. Many vital problems were discussed at the assembly and issues ordered brought before a refer­ endum ballot of the membership of the Union. - Plans were-mapped to continue to further the interests of the membership of the SIU of NA and set marks and standards with which the entire seamen of the whole world can set a base in their fight against the operators of ships. In a series of hard-hitting broadcasts heard three times daily over prominent radio sta­ tions, Mardy Polaner, Great Lakes District Sec'y-Treas. of the SIU, is telling the people of the middle-west the truth about the sailor's labor movement on the Great Lakes. Exposing the fake claims of the NMU, which would claim foi^ their own all the benefits achiev­ ed for Lakes Sailors by the SIU, Polaner brands the NMU officials as the racketeers they are, and shows the ridiculous falsity of their propoganda aimed at the Lakes seamen. " Carrying Polaner's crusading talks are radio stations W.S.O.O. at Sault St. Marie, Michigan W.H.L.S. of Port Huron, Mich., and W.C.F.L., the Chicago Fed­ eration of Labor station in Chi-' cago. His talks can be heard fronl= June 12th through the 15th. Pre­ vious broadcasts were carried by these stations on the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. I �* Page Two i;jlE S E AF ARERS LOG Friday, June 9, 194i "I i: SEAFARERS LOG Vuhlhhed by tfje SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District A ffilia fed with tJoe American^ Federation of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10 ) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEWORLEANS (16). .. 324 Chartres St.. .. SAVANNAH 2l8EastBaySt TAMPA 42 3 East Piatt St MOBILE 7 St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street PHONE BOwIing Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 '267 A Home For The Union AN EDITORIAL The Seafarers International Union of North America has always striven to gain better quarters for the member­ ship sailing the ships. This is, and -always has been, the stated policy of the Union as exhibited by the will and de­ sire of the membership themselves, for they who are out at the point of production know that if the AFL Unions of those in the maritime industry hadn't carried on an unending struggle for good quarters, good living and good working conditions, (iis well as for the highest wages and bonuses), in the industry, seamen would still be confined to rank and evil smelling quarters aboard the ships. The AFL Unions in the marine industry have consist­ ently fought such a condition! It is therefore fitting that the quarters of the Union's offices and the Union's hiring, halls themselves should be boused in buildings comparable with the wishes of the mem­ bership and their desire to live in the best quarters possible. Keep..this in mind as well as the fact that Union halls owned and operated by the Union will make the Union in­ dependent of hostile landlords who would betray such rentals of outside halls to the shipowners in times of stress, strike and trouble. The independence of the Unions is al­ ways paramount; and the leaders of the AFL Unions JdUve altvays been successful in keeping out the influence of the shipoivners—WmUF THE CIO SO-CALLED 'UNIONS' IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY HAVE TEAMED UP WITH SUCH INTERESTS. As well as these factors there is also the point of keep­ ing the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU of NA in a stable financial position during the tough years that are assuredly coming after the war. It was with these things in mind that the membership of the Union recently placed on the ballot the proposition that a hall be purchased to house the Union's halls in New York; as well as a measure calling for the purchase of a building in Tampa. The purchase of property in New York, which will tend to make the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict of the SIU of NA secure, is contingent upon the will of the membership through their selective right in the WHArS DOING Around the Ports NSW YORK though New York may set a rec­ ord for a total number of ballots cast on one occasion. This heavy voting is always a ,good sign because we all know that it indicates an interest in the jOrganization and its welfare by BEEFS, BEEFS, BEEFS!! This Port within the past five days has really had them. Like the biblic­ al character who wrestled with his conscience, we have really been wrestling up hei'e too, but with the beefs instead of our conscience (which some of the ship owners claim that we have­ n't got), and although it looked as though we were going to be whipped for a while, we finally came out on top, or what was left of us come out on top. (Continued from Page 1) In the spread of four days, we tion of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, settled overtime beefs amounting AF of L, went down the line to approximately $3,000 involving 100% supporting the position of 150 men, and BOY!!! did these the SIU-SUP on the issue of im­ piecards up this way sweat in mediately restoring the drastic doing it. These disputes involved bonus slashes. all departments—local and outSamuel J. Hogan, President of of-town beefs as well were set­ MEBA, CIO, although instructed tled. by his West Coast locals of that We were very fortunate in Association to go down the line having started a system here re­ 100% with the SIU-SUP and cently of using rank and file Pa­ MMP position, went on record trolmen from the floor, as with­ with the reservation that he per­ out this system, during this re­ sonally favored the continuation cent rush, we would have been of the board. in a hole so far that it The NMU's CIO spokesman, would have taken six months to Joe Curran, wrapped the Ameri­ climb out of it. It all comes back can flag around himself and at­ to a lot of sailors' opinions—that tempted to sabotage the wishes of is—that any good rank and file the American seamen. He em­ union seaman with the proper phatically stated that the cut of experience has the capabilities of the bonuses was a trivial matter piecard, because shipping for and his organization was not con­ years in one deparrtnent usually cerned with the restoration of teaches the man the score on any bonuses for seamen. beef that may arise. He stated that the NMU was Things have ieeh humming unreservedly and unequivocally, along fairly well with the Branch supporting the continuation of here since installing a new .sys­ the MWEB and the decisions. tem on the sixth floor, so that we have the proper amount of men Curran further declared that working in the Dispatcher's of­ there were chaotic conditions in fice to handle the terrific amount the industry prior to the war and the issues of bonuses and the cre­ of shipping done. ation of the MWEB. Something else too—this Port It is evidenced that the NMU is so large that just handling the has not supported any bonuses mail alone is practically a full time job. As she sets now, every­ for seamen since the inception of thing is well in the middle of the war in Europe. It is the opinion of the AF of L road and the Branch is never swamped under, regardless of the leaders that the NMU's position amount of shipping and business. is the same as the shipowner's We are very fortunate, too, to and a misrepresent ation of have a Dispatcher with the ex­ Unionism. It is the further considered perience and ability of Paul Gonsorchick — he really knows his opinion of the leaders of the business, and always has the sit­ AF of L organizations that the uations, whatever they may be, continuous sell-out position of well in hand. the NMU officials in commending Quite a few of the old-timers and endorsing the MWEB's de­ are drifting in here recently from cisions cutting the bonuses not all Ports. It seems good to see ionly jeapordizes the entire bonus some of them after so long a time jstructures but also endangers the because all of us know they are .conditions and wages won by of a vanishing breed, and it looks years of struggle through the real as though, before this War is (Union seamen's efforts. over, there will be a lot less of While the NMU has never the old originals around than (fought for any war bonuses they there is even now. ihave accepted the gains brought Ballotting started Monday jinto force by the AF of L organi­ night for the resolutions and zations qnd have attempted to constitutional amendments and it iclaim credit for such gains in got off with a bang. After the (their publications. first day of voting, it appears as The Marine Cooks & Stewards the membership, and that's just what it's going to take, and Iota of it, for us to survive the post­ war fight against the shipowners. YOURS FOR A HIGHER WAR BONUS, PAUL HALL, Agent MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonuses of the Pacific, CIO, represented by Nat Jacobsen and their Balti­ more representative, also went down the line with the NMU's position, even though they were not interested enough to have their accredited signatory to the Statement of Principles present. The American Communications Ass'n., CIO, represented by Harry Morgan, also supported the posi­ tion of the NMU's officials. Following the lead of Curran of the NMU, Vincent Malone, Sec'y of the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Ass'n (Independent) of the Pa­ cific, endorsed the NMU's posi­ tion and commended, the Fas­ cist actions of the BdSrd by de­ claring the Board had (settled the chaos created, by his 0\Vn mem- , hers in demanding bohOs in-lj creases. Mrs. John F. Collins, whose husband is a signatory to the Statement of Principles, but is now serving in the armed forces, representing the Esso Tankermen's Ass'n, supported the posi­ tion of the AF of L. Like the AF of L organizations, her organization has repeatedly had the occasion to complain against the manner of the MWEB and its assumption of authority in issuing directives which have compelled members of the organ­ izations she represents to accept reductions of war bonuses which had been gained through collecitive bargaining processes. Her stand exposed the NMU^s officials completely and revealed them playing the shipowner's role. President Lundeberg. of the ISIU denounced the Hitler - like actions of the MWEB and its Fas­ cist decisions cutting the seaImen's earnings and compared ithem with the tactics of the Nazi government. "That's what Hitler does," he said, and continued to show that the American seamen want no isuch Hitler-like labor high-hand­ edness as members of the MWEB and the NMU would like to (create. Until the Board restores the bonuses they have cut, the AF of ;L organizations refuse to recog­ nize the MWEB, officers of, the Unions asserted. referendum as well as being contingent upon the passage "The SlU's efforts to solve this dispute do not affect the actuhl of a building assessment on the same referendum ballot. prosecution of the wax-," officials Voting started this week. If we want to progress and of the SIU declared, "for the have our Union hiring halls in good shape we wilT hring. members of the AF of L unions about good conditions ashore as we would aboard a ship. in the marine industry have shown that they sail and man Conditions, without interference of Landlords, etc. We the ships and will continue to sail will vote YFS for the Building Assessment resolution and them despite the hints of the the resolutions for buying our own Union hails in New CIO's NMU to the contrary. York and Tampa. (Continued on Page 4) I �Friday. July 9> 1944. THE SEAFARERS Money Due LOG Page Three NMim Fimn Into Unionism Has Failed Seaman Declares Again proving that disputed SS JAMES EMERY: Shaffer. Collect at company's office. overtime is not lost if it is back­ 30 hours; Stone. 84 hrs: Henleg. SS WM. PACA: Paid off in ed up bj' the facts, the New York 87 hrs: Battles, 81 hrs. Paid off in Boston, Joseph LamorauU can branch went to bat last week and Norfolk. collect 251/2 hours. Is being sent hung up an all-time record by Collect at company's office. to New Orleans Hall, » • » • • » collecting more than $3,000 worth Eefore me lies a document izing everyone in the port cities of disputed overtime in four days. SS WM. PEPPER: Gale Silcox. SS PHILIP F. THOMAS: Paul meriting comment in the spirit as members of the NMU can be e More than 150 men benefited 27 hours; Forrest Bice 27 hours. Lysk. $.87; W. P. Sprers. $13.43; of the Immortal Omar — "The seen by Clause 3 of Article 1, en­ Collect at company's office. F. Cappe. $12.78; J, G. Hayes. Worldly Hope men set their titled Objectives. Membership in the hard-hitting action that » » * $18.80; B. Welzel, $27.20; A. Hearts upon—Turns Ashes, or it "shall include anyone directly or fought these beefs through to a SS B. BOURNE: C. Immediato. Barra. $18.12; C. Commillierrie. prospers—and anon. Like Snow INDIRECTLY connected with the conclusion. O.S.. 3 hours; C. E. Thiede. O.S., $8.08; A. Stuart. $12.42; W. Doyle. upon the desert's dusty face. INDUSTRY." . The record is especially im­ 8 hours; H. Taylor. Dk. Eng.. 10 $4.38; R. Williams. $9.74; C. Paul. Lighting a little hour or two—is Ah, Brothers, think of this and pressive because it was made by hours; D. Davila. F.M.. 90 hours; $10.41. ponder deep. gone." the entire force of patrolmen in C. E. Farley. Oiler. 49 hours. Collect at company's office. Your waterfront barber? Into I refer to the momumental fal­ their spare time apart from pay­ » * a All hands have one dollar com­ the NMU. lacy, the NMU Constitution. To­ ing off and other duties; and be­ ing for boat hire in Suez. SS THOMAS B. REED: KenThe Hot dog man in front of day, this document has no mean­ cause the work was done over Collect a$ company's office. nally Chief Cook and Daugherty the docks? Into the NMU, etc. ing in the light of developments the week end, a notoriously poor • • • M.M.. 480 meals to be divided be­ under the Commimist leadership {Continued on Page 4) time for fringing about settle­ SS LAFTON B. EVANS; All tween the above men. of that ill-starred "Union?" It is ments at company offices. The hands have $2.00 lodging money Collect at company's office. as dead as King Tutenkamen. Barge Radio-Telephone beefs were handled from 2 p.m. coming, also 50 cents cab money. * * * The title National Maritime Friday through Monday morning. Is Successful SS FLOMAR: R. Gibson. $3.38; Wm. Bryant has 2 hours over­ Union is also based upon false time coming for 3rd mate paint­ A. Duarte. $4.03; E. G. Freeman. In all cases these beefs were promises. Ambitiously, it was so Believed to be the first barge refused as "no good" by company ing Saturday afternoon in Wheel- $5.37; W. Copeland. $2.01. called when the "Union" was on the Great Lakes to have a house. Collect at company's office. representatives at the pay-offs. founded and confined to East radio-telephone installed, the » » » Collect at company's office. So hard did the patrolmen Coast ports. The word National Smeaton of the Buckeye Steam­ • » • SS EDW. SPARROW: Voyage woi-k on this overtime that on represented that great intangible ship Co, reported that the new SS JAMES WAYNE: Paid off 3 _ W. Greene. $10.74; Wm. Saturday afternoon there were in Baltimore. Samuel Griffin has Vaughn. $10.19; B. Bryant. $10.88. factor of quantity X. communication set-up is proving six of them in the Calmar office Based on the assumption that highly satisfactory for contact be­ $87.20 coming. Collect at company's office. at one time. According to a com­ the word could be used because tween the barge and its towing • • • Collect at company's office. pany official it looked "like an NMU "contract" ships called at steamer. » * e SS J. T. HOLT: Voyage 2 — W. SIU convention." But the patrol­ West Coast ports, the proper SS LAWTON B. EVANS: Wm. Paulsen. $10.42; Geo. Simoneau. The captains on the barge and men backed their claims with the name of the NMU, by the same steamer can discuss weather and Scarlett and C. Morgan have $9.40; John Beohm. $7.39; A1 Laproof and not a claim was lost. measurement and the known wind conditions and lay plans $87.50 each coming for division of voie. $8.73; John Merkel. $22.18; connections of the CP leaders for the ship to pick up the towNew York agent Paul Hall, wages for missing night man. E. Fontanie. $8.39; J. Wendler. with the Communist Internation­ credited the record-breaking col­ line as well as co-ordinate opera­ 8.71; W. Funk. $18.80; C. Tarpey. Collect at company's office. al, should have been The Com­ * » * lection to the persistence of tlie tions much better than by whistle $42.78; R. Hartnett. $49.57; H. munist International's Seamen's signals, in time of fog, it was patrolmen, who were working on SS BETHMORE: Dimpler. Sykes. $18.84; J. Ward. $2.01; G. Union. That would have been said by the company. It is be­ their own time, and to the co­ $37.15; Pickets. $37.15; Bochro- Kelly. $71.83. coi-rect in every sense of the lieved more barges on the Great operation of the men involved. wiscz. $37.15; Buetner. $27.15; W. Collect at company's office. word; especially political. • • • "To collect beefs you've got to Murray. $8.08; D. Muellar. $8.08; Lakes will be equipped with such The NMU is an east coast sets. Shore range equipment only have the facts," he said, "The G. Lamothe. $8.71; D. Chenoweth. SS J. W. DAVIS: E. J. Basham. Union. Its claims to recognition is required. men gave us a complete history $18.80. 1 hour; L. M. Cooper. 1 hour; T. as a National Maritime Union are of the disputed time and we did Logg. 7 hours; R. Rivette. 49 Collect at company's office. . # invalid. The West Coast was or­ • • • the rest.'' hours; R. Kobervig. 29 hours; J. ganized many decades before the SS COLLABEE: 307 hours, all T. Lindsay. 5 hours. Highest single amount went to NMU was born. The entry of the Collect at company's office. D. Da Vila of the Benjamin o.k. o be divided. Division of ex­ NMU on the West Coast consti­ * *: *. Bourne, Mississippi Liberty, with tra meals: Rousseau, 72 hours tuted a raiding movement and DeSaullens. 70 hours; Maucino. The following men who made 90 hours. Other amounts varied was so recognized, even by the the past trip on the SS JOHN from that to $1.00, due each man 85 hours; Manifko, 80 hours. Marine Cooks & Stewards of the Collect at company's office. GORRIE. a South Atlantic SS Co. on the Bourne for launch service Pacific, a sister CIO Union. • » • ship can collect the money that in Suez. In spite of pretensions the SS R. M. JOHNSON: E. R. is due them from disputed over­ _ _ MOBILE, Ala.—Supporting the W. Scarlett and C. Morgan, Lyons. 12 hours; W. C. Donohue. time and divided pay at the of­ NMU is still an East Coast Union, and Vso SflMd by tte"MaritiTO movement to reward alien ^amessmen on the Lawton B. Evans 12 hours; O. S. Clark. 12 hours; fice in New York. men servicing American ships each benefited by $87.50 in a L. Graham. 4 hours; J. W. Riley. Bos'n Thomas O'Rourke. $31.48; Commission and Rear Admiral during the war, the Mobile Cen­ Emory S. Land's decision defin­ division of wages for a missing 4 hours; W. N. Broyles. 4 hours; Dk-Main M. P. Meiser. $1.42; A.B. tral Council of the American utility man. AU hands on the C. J. Miller. 4 hours; L. E. Wood. Raymond Schultz. $2.13; A.B. ing the sphere of operations and Federation of Labor has joined jurisdiction as regards new ton­ Cape. Faro received an hour for 12 hours. Elefterois Elies. $8.75; A.B. Ron nage. with the AF of L seamen's unions handling slop chest stores. All these men have this amount aid Ambers. $50.02; ;^.B. Wm. S. The unilateral and independ­ in demanding American citizen­ Although larger sums have in addition to 20 hours each al­ Ney. $22.24; A.B. T. L. Lazenby, ent nature of the NMU activities ships for aliens sailing American been collected at the New York ready paid to each man. $48.14; O.S. H. Sedler. $10.88; O.S. on the West Coast, the Lakes, vessels. office, this is a record for such a E. Buskens. $18.55; O.S. Fred wherever they operate, stamps it In a resolution calling, upon Collect at company's office. • • • large number of beefs over such Newcity. $4.98, (paid off in Na 'as a wrecking crew against all Congress to grant to aliens in the a short time. SS DOROTHY BULL: Stew­ pies); Oiler. Leroy Thompson. established bona-flde Unions in merchant marine the same priv­ ' The results of the settlements ards' Dept. has 102 hours total $.71; Oiler. Leopold Pellitier. these areas. The NMU is a mav­ ileges extended to aliens serving coming, to be divided between $2.13; FW Allan Stewart. $8.53; erick in the Trade Union move­ in the armed forces, the Mobile are listed here, below: Central Trades Council declared; men involved — H. Estwick. 21 Wiper. David Smart. $71. ment. SS THOMAS SULLY: K. Kar- hours; C. Blackland. 20 hours: O. "After an alien has served in Bona-fide? No. powitz, A.B.. $10.07; E. Blanco. Roberts. 20 hours; T. Vigo. 20 Vi Cooperating with the Unions in our armed forces for a period of A.B.. $18.80; R. Nichols. O.S.. hours; R. Barbian. 20 Vz hours. all areas on a brotherly and three months or more he is en­ $13.77; W. Jones. O.S.. $1.34; A. titled to obtain citizenship. This equal basis? No. Collect at company's office. • Rice. O.S.. $7.09; D. Walker. A.B.. Its presence is a threat to gen­ should apply equally to those SS T. J. Jackson $78.00 $24.61; J. Presnell. A.B.. $5.70; J. SS CAPE FARO: Paid off June Crew of SS Wm. Harper .... 25.00 uine and established Unions in foreign-born seamen who have Burress. Oiler. $2.89; W. Smith, 3. 1944. All hands have 1 hour SS Richard Pearson 14.00 the industry through their rule risked their all taking the ma­ Oiler. $13.43; S. Kuleska. F.W.. terials of war to the fighting 13.50 or ruin policies. coming for bringing slop chest SS Robert La Foletfe $1.34; M. Swain. F.W.. $2.69. fronts. Many of these foreign Failure has been their lot since Roberl M. Peel 1.0.00 stores on board. Collect at company's office. seamen are from maritime unions their "Constitution" was mount­ SS Henry Dearborn 10.00 Collect at company's office. » * * that have been overrun and their ed. The Lakes! Rivers! Harbors! J Lee 10.00 • » ships are now at the bottom of ' Colliers! Standard Oil tankers? SS WM. MOULTRIE: Harold 9.00 SS FLO MAR: LaBohos. 12 SS M. B. Lamar the sea." Fenton. 32 hrs; J. Baszin. 32 hrs; West Coast! and even their raids 5.00 hours; Gregory, 88 hours; D. Charley Newbury Pushing its resolution into ac­ R. Denzek. 58 hrs; K. Lundeberg, Maries. 88 hours. A. R. Gideon 4.32 on the Shipyard Workers — all tion, the Mobile Council ashed 56 hrs; J. Fabiski. 56 hrs; L. FranWillie L. Dudley 2.00 failures! Collect at company's office. Alabama's Senator Lister Hill In the PREAMBLE, the word ken. 32 hrs; A. Bondotchez. 32 M. J. Langlies 2.00 » » and Congressman Frank Boykin Seamen or Seaman is left out. hrs; A. Madigas. 32 hrs. 1.00 SS C. B. LENNON: Correction A. Magdirda to introduce into the House and The membership is called the • • • 1.00 on last week's LOG's "Money C. P. Benway Senate such enabling legislation "workers." Can it be that they Collect Wednesday at Com­ Due." W. A. Synis has 80 hours necessary to make this possible. forsaw a "Union" held up by pany's office. TOTAL :. $184.82 coming instead of 8 as printed. The S e a f a r e rs International needletrade Communists, button­ SS COLLABER: Graves and Collect at company's office. hole makers, cafeteria workers, Union adopted in the recent New Tages have division of wages duo •f' aH » shore gang "Bosuns", etc? This Orleans convention a resolution Protect Both America is probable for 15 days; Tag^ collect 3 hours SS B. WILLIAMS: G. G. Smith. as they need them to favoring bestowal of citizenship overtime. L. Hoth has 4' hours 4 hours; H. Peffer. 4 hours; J. and Your Money by In­ pack their controlled meetings. privileges on foreign seamen due. Paulier. 8 hours; J. A. Sullivan. 2 vesting It in War Bonds. The word "Seamen" is out. sailing American ships for one Collect at company's office. hours. That they contemplated organ- year during the war. Mobile Central Trades Council Supports SIU Fight To Aid Aliens Honor Roll m I �Pago Four THE NMU's Flight Into ' Unionism Has Failed Seaman Declares (Continued from Page 3) ITo one can accuse them of ne­ glecting to organize the shipown­ ers into the NNMU. And, as the shipowners are classified as be­ longing to the industry, directly and indirectly, why they belong in the NMU. As a matter of fact they con­ trol the Union, the proof of which is the fact that the NMU CALL­ ED A MEETING OF THE SHIP­ OWNERS UNDER NMU CON­ TRACT AT THE NMU HEAD­ QUARTERS IN NEW YORK ON APRIL 19, 1944, and offered to turn the shipping halls over to a representative chosen by the shipowners. Do they carry NMU Books? They don't have to as they come under the definition of candidates "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas, ed losses to seagoing manpow' er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter-. minaiion of each period aboard vessol. .Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through RMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Request SIUMember Sets Up Record For Saving Lives (Continued from Page 1) ently ignored two life yreser^'ers thrown him. Carroll said he leap­ ed into the water after Norriss had signaled that he was unable to bring Maroney to the ships ladder, where other members of the crew aided them. "Maroney and Norriss were taken to the State St. Hospital in the police ambulance. Norriss was discharged late in the afternoon and returned aboard ship, but at­ ANTONINI TO ITALY BOSTON — President William taches said that Maroney would Green of the AF of L told the remain hospitalized for several convention of the ILGWU 'here days for observation." that a joint delegation represent­ ing the AF of L and the British Trades Union Congress is being sent to Italy to aid in the rebuild­ ing and maintenance of a demo­ cratic trade union movement in that country. Union Members Up-grading In Schools Is Urged for extension of allowable time ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone, WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the RMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the RMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss, hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading school, etc. Demand that the supercargo or purser, (who are the Captaiii's clerks), fill out the white card before you sail. Also de­ mand and get your pink card before you leave the ship when you pay off in an American port. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothers! Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (3) Friday, June 9. 1944 LOG for membership according to the NMU Constitution. • With all this help and with such Constitutional aides to mem­ bership the NMU is dying. Ah, Omar; But have these Commie parasites read Omar? Nay, Brothers, they drip themselves with dialectical materialism. —Old-Time NMUer Seamen Warned On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: April 5, 1944 "John Hawk, "Roosevelt HoteL "New Orleans, La. SEAT AKERS An opportunity for you ordi­ naries! The WSA is calling for more ABs and their training program for 1944 calls for a total of 7,810 ordinary seamen to be up-graded to AB to alleviate the shortages in this rating. Ui>-grading schools for ABs located on the East Coast are at Pier 73, East River, New York, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., and at New Orleans, La. The government pays you while you go to school. Zip the Lips and SAVE THE SHIPS! !!Washington Flash!! WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8—Following up the policy of th« AF of L against the demonstrated by the Maritime War Emergency Board, John Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. of the Atlantic and Gulf District, tonight advised all agents and patrolmen of this district by wire of the SIU's refusal to continue to recognize the Maritime War Emer­ gency Board as it is presently consiituiea. •' * Text of the telegram follows: At a meeting of the Maritime War Emergency Board held Jtmo 6, at Washington, D. C., the Seafarers International Union's repre­ sentatives following the instructions of the membership went OH record not to recognize this board any further, because of their re­ fusal to restore the war bonuses that they cut illegally to be effective April 1, 1944, (NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR). Because of the position taken by the International Union all agents and patrolmen are instructed not to forward any more dis­ putes of any nature whatsoever to the Maritime War Emergency Board. In the future all disputes of any nature pertaining to bonuses, attack bonuses, etc., are to be forwarded directly to the^'SecretaryTreasurer's office and a copy to Matthew Dushane at Washington. (signed) JOHN HAWK, Secretary-Treasurer. MWEB Is Mute On Restoring Bonuses (Continued from Page 2) "The AF of L seamen have al­ ways. been loyal Americans and are Union men and will remain such, which Curran, Myers, and other NMU officials definitely have not been," we pointed out, and, "we recall only too vividly when they and many others of the Communist ilk were picket­ ing the White House and screech­ ing 'The Yanks Are Not Coming,' and 'Roosevelt is a war-monger,' The Well Known Game When Stalin's slaves embrace you. And whisper "world to gain," Forget the whisper and the words. And grab your watch and chain. When they would "liberate you" And for the poor they groan. Know that their object is juicy steaks While leaving you the bone. New York Hall To Be Open Longer Hours When they weep about "democracy" "All's wrong in this, our Land." Why simply point to Russia, I'm sure theyH understand. When they shout about "true Freedom," And rights of rank and file It's just pure Browder moonshine And clever "Marxist" guile. When they rant about "a better world^ No doubt you will agree. But do the Stalinists clamor To sail the ships at sea? When they speak in name of workers. Their needs on earth below,Think! did you see a Stalinist toil In hard work strike a blow? I . .'J., '• Their game is old as earth itself The slaves and Master Class, Enforced by bullet and prison celL By terror of the masses. 1^" The words they coin to deceive you, And bend you to their end. Are but the cries of demogogues The veil that Truth shall rend! AFL shipyard workers shatter the all-time world record for launching a ship's hull, any size, at the Concrete Ship Construct­ ors yard in National City, Calif. The army lighter "Tungsten" was launched exactly six days and four hours after her keel was laid. (Federated Pictures) When Stalin's slaves embrace you With slogans from the "brain," Just take your eyes from rosy clouds. And swallow watch and chain. top *n Lift, Seafarers Log etc. But we know that was dur­ ing the Hitler-Stalin bedroom job which ended in the June 21, 1941 divorce." The same divorce also ended any concerted effort of the CIO'9 maritime groups to get any con­ ditions, wages or bonuses for the seamen, AF of L authorities say further: "Such has been the con­ tinual betrayal of the seamen by. the NMU officials since Russia got into the war." The upshot of the meeting was the resignation of Dr. John R. Steelman, who declared that he would not remain a member of the Board until it straightened out its present structure. The matter now rests with the legal 'department of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor and the fight for better bonuses will con­ tinue. The dispatching hall in the Port of New York is to be open for longer hours than formerly, it was reported at the meeting last Monday night. The hours, hereafter, for di^ patching of Union Brothers to jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. on week days, Monday through Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until 6 P.M. oh Sundays. The step was taken to protect many of the Union Brothers' jobs ahd afford them greater service during the coming period. AgentS of the other Branches have also been requested to post this notice on their bulletin boards. This year Great Britain will get between 150 and 200 ships l>uilt in American yards under lease-lend. They will all carry the prefix "Ocean" to their name and can thus be told the world over as America's contribution tb Britain's war-time merchant navy. (i'M] � 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 June 06, 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. 15 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MWEB IS MUTE ON RESTORING BONUS SIU MEMBER CITED FOR SAVING FOUR LIVES KENNEDY DISPUTES LAND ON TONNAGE POLANER RADIOS TO LAKES SEAMEN A HOME FOR THE UNION NMU'S FIGHT INTO UNIONISM HAS FAILED SEAMEN DECLARES BARGE RADIO-TELEPHONE IS SUCCESSFUL MOBILE CENTRAL TRADES COUNCIL SUPPORTS SIU FIGHT TO AID ALIENS UNION MEMBERS UP-GRADING IN SCHOOLS IS URGED THE WELL KNOWN GAME NEW YORK HALL TO BE OPEN LONGER HOURS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/09/1944 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/fefaa7992cdff975829a6d3399324322.PDF 2ef26bb81a4f1b3a290a2d7c282d5793 PDF Text Text JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS'INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. No. 16 NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE IB. 1344 Marine Council Of AF of L Unions Formed In Chicago The AFL Marine Unions in Chicago and vicinity are organizing a Marine Council to further the interests of all marine workers and foster mutual benefits. The drive is sponsored by Brother Richard Walton, Vice President, In­ ternational Longshoremen Association, AFL, Brother Bow­ L£ase Signed For New Hall In New York N.Y. SIU Requests Transportation Order Be Straightened Out A lease has been signed by tjie SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District for new headquarters of the dis­ trict in New York. The new building is located at 51 Beaver Street some few blocks from the old address at 2 Stone Street. The new headquarters into which the Union will shortly move comprise a modern 6-story office building with large floor spaces for the hiring halls and meeting placep. It is located in a easily accessible portion of the City which can be found from all subways in the downtown New York area. The building meets the contin­ uous, progressive standards of the Seafarers International Union which believes that the members ashore should enjoy the finest possible conditions in the hiring halls and meeting places of their own Union. The floors are spacious, clean, light and airy and will contribute much to the continued better­ ment of the Union as well as the health of the membership. The building itself is fireproof and equipped with modern ele­ vators, toilets, heating and ventil­ ation. Within a few weeks the Union's district offices will be moved there. NEW YORK, N. Y.—In a strongly worded letter John Hawk, Atlantic and Gulf District Sec'y-Treasurer, last week asked that some of the confusion caused by faulty decisions under operations regulation No. 64 be straight­ ened out and that transportation be paid to members making voyages to the Hawaiian* _ — _, ' Islands when they have been Pursuant to operations regulation No. 64, these men are en­ paid off in a Pacific Coast port. The letter points out the in­ titled to transportation back to the port of engagement on the consistencies with which the op­ grounds: erations regulation has been 1. There is nothing in opera­ handled by some people in Wash­ tions regulation No. 64 that 'de­ ington and some of their illogical fines or denies that a voyage to arguments in attempting to for­ the Hawaiian Islands or any bid pyaments of transportation other island in the Pacific Ocean rightfully due the seamen. as not being a trans-Pacific voy­ The letter follows in full: age. June 10, 1944 2. Numerous vessels have Mr. Hubert Wyckoff made voyages from New York Asst. Deputy Administrator to Noumea which is another Maritirne Labor Relations, island in the Pacific Ocean, a War Shipping Administration little more than 1000 miles to Washington, D. C. the westward of the Hawiian Dear Sir: (Continued on Page 4) The SS Point Judith signed on and sailed from the port of New York on ( ) This vessel went through the Panama Canal, then to the Hawaiian Islands and from there to San Francisco. The crew was paid off and denied transpor­ tation to New York which was the port of engagement, on the grounds that the vessel had not made a trans-Pacific voyage or The War Shipping Administra­ trans-Atlantic voyage. tion has been notified by Naval postal officers that letters to sea­ men are being improperly ad­ dressed, often in violation of na­ tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. Failure to use the proper form in addressing mail destined for merchant seamen results in delay in delivery and in some instances actual loss. To insure delivery, the follow­ ing form should be used: man of the Tug Firemen and*membership of the affiliated Linemen, ILA, AFL, and Broth­ Unions are afforded a greater de­ ers Herbert Jansen and Jack De- gree of protection than was pos­ laney, SIU Chicago Agent and sible in the past. Representative, respectively. The Unions already agreeing to Employers of marine workers affiliate with the Council are the will learn that, should they dis­ Tug Firemen & Linemen, Long­ criminate against any one of shoremen, Elevator Men, Grain these organizations, they will be Trimers, Deputy Weight Masters- confronted by a united bloc. The Dredge Workers, Marine Ware­ Council is also a powerful bul­ house Workers, Licensed Tugmen wark against the threat of the and the SIU, Great Lakes District. Commie NMU to drive the SIU, Great Lakes District from the United Front With the organizing of this Lakes. Chicago Marine Council, the The Commies may think they are in solid with their supposed support from the steel workers, but as long as the SIU is aligned with the rest of the Marine work­ ers, it fears no group, employers, nor dual organization. Similar Marine Councils are being formed in other Great NEW ORLEANS, La.—A new hiring hall was opened up under Lakes districts. the auspices of the Seafai-ers In­ ternational Union of NA, Atlan­ tic and Gulf District, here at 339 Chartres Street, last week. This is one of the first union proper­ ties that the Union's membership owns, lock, stock and barrel. Alterations were made on the building after the Union bought the property and its features will contain business offices as well as recreational facilities and the hiring halls and dispatcher's office. The hall is large enough to ac­ commodate 200 seamen with comfort. Port Agent A. J. (Baldy) Bollinger reports, and says that it will help the rapid growth of the Union. It will be open during regular business hours and will make as­ signments of men to ships much easier, Bollinger declares. Opening the hall in this im­ portant port is a big step forward officers of the Union say, for owning the hall does away with the necessity of paying rents in hard times. This is the first of a chain of halls to be owned by the Union's membership in this fast-growing organization. The opening of the hall' was Ernest Bevin. British Minister of Labor, unveiling the dedicatory plaque at a rest-break house t house-warming Tadworth, England, established as part of the A F of L's war relief program in England. Contriw ic t e mem ers on e eac , made by A F of L members through the Labor League for Human Rights help support both as well as many prominent labor this and other projects for aid to British workers. men of the city attended. SIU Opens New Hiring Hall In New Orleans Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again British Honor AF of L's Generosity 44 Seaman's name Name of ship C/o Postmaster San Francisco New York or New Orleans (de­ pending on coast from which ad­ dressee sailed). The return address of the writ­ er should appear in the upper left hand corner and the name of the steamship company in the lower left hand corner. The address of the steamship company should not be given. In a number of instances, in di­ rect violation of national security rules, letters have been addressed to a specific street address or place name of a foreign country. Addressing mail to any other than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, only delays its reaching the sea­ man. All members are urged to clip this and send it to those penow they exepect to write to them. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS Fridar' June fs, 1944 LOG WHArS DOING Around the Ports cess of changing their name from the Communist party of Amer­ ica, to the CIO Political Action Well, Brothers, it's been a long Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Committee will induce the Am­ time since you have received any erican people to become more material from this port, so it susceptable to the Moscow doc­ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President. should be very much appreciated. trine of divide and rule, they cer­ 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. Things have been very slow, in tainly have another thought fact, practically dead, around coming. JOHN HAWK. - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas» these parts of the country lately; Comrat Browder talked ex­ but they should be picking up P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City tensively about the achievements soon, NOW that the invasion is of the Party during its existence history. And by the way, speak­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. in this country. In so many hoaing about the invasion, I noticed 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. neyed words he explained the in this reactionary local newspa­ following highlights. Their suc­ per here this morning that the cessful race hatred campaigns, National Maritime Union has or­ their extensive encroachments dered all their members to stand Directory of Branches upon the political, religious, and by in their Union Halls for any social life of this country, and PHONE BRANCH ADDRESS emergency, it states that Ralph last but not least, the splitting of NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 Rogers of the NMU in San Fran­ BOSTON (»0) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 the ranks of organized labor. cisco, sent a telegram to the BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 Yes, Brothers, these were only PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 President of the United States to NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 some of the chaotic heritages of NEW ORLEANS (16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3336 that effect. SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 CIO Political Action Committee, Now, if that, wouldn't gripe you TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 Whom, with the same leaders as MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 BALTIMORE cut my legs off and call me SAN JUAN the Communist Party had, will PUERTO RICO Postal Zone No. 28 San Juan 1885 shorty. GALVESTON. 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 These commie stooges and fel­ The newest news item of im­ contrive to perpetuate. Never was the truth spoken low-travelers will go to any ex­ portance to labor was the Comic­ tremes just to grab the spotlight, al announcement at their last more frankly. PUBLICATION OFFICE: they certainly believe in playing convention that they are desolv- We can elaborate on these by ing that rat infested organization. stating the actual meaning of ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET to the gallery. Now, the average person that Yes, Brothers, Browder himself Browder's so-c ailed successes. New York City (4) * BOwling Green 9-8344 doesn't know anything about the declared the U. S. Communist First, all those Communist-insti­ •^^267 situation, would naturally be­ party non-existant. gated race riots were a very im­ We wonder if these vermin portant issue with their program lieve that the NMU has some­ thing in San Francisco besides really think they can sell the of ruin and rule; next, boring in­ their Union Hall with their out­ American people that kind of to all existent political, religious, standing sign on the side; but malarkey, and also have the un­ and social organizations, with the Brothers that's just about all they mitigated gall to believe that any sole purpose of disrupting them, The following letter to the Editor of the Seafarers Log have there. So you see what I sane person would believe it. If and if possible, putting them out they think that by the mere pro- of existance. diows just how the sentiment for the building assessment mean. Through this medium they and for the purchase of a New York hall to house the Union succeeded in getting quite a num­ properly, stands. ber of their members and sym­ The letter follows and is just the average sentiment of pathizers into various Govern­ a member on the current referendum; ment agencies, and in some cases even to the Congress and Senate. Editor, Seafarers Log: As for their creating chaos in You should have heard me howl the other day Editor Seafarers LOG: have not only sold them down the ranks of labor, it is all too when I heard of the building assessment resolution be­ Here for the last few days, I the river, and then bragged of it, evident. The sad part of this is have been sitting around trying but should fight them tooth and that it was achieved with the ing voted on. to think of some way we might nail and replace them with men help of some unscruplous politi­ "Not me." I yelled, "I do not believe in any assess­ get ahead of a shipowner and who fight for sailors' rights in­ cians whom were in dread of the ment of any kind!" power labor would have had, had then, I pick up a Pilot and what stead of political policies. Several old-timers present calmed me down and in the hell do I see, but that the The NMU's commy officials on they remained together solid. • began giving me a few cold bare facts of life. They ex­ shipowners have already beat me their own statement recently in They were doing all too good Washington considered the bonus a job for their Moscow boss, so plained to me the fact that the seamen have had, over to the game. as a trivial matter. Sure, this is this causes us to wonder what the They have recruited a confed­ a period of years, a terrific struggle to secure proper trivial to them because they are real reason behind the orders to erate, and it is right there in the conditions, and they told me to look around at some of Pilot, written by the "Great Em­ not going to sea under any ccmdi- disbnad are. { the dumps we have called union halls. And the amount ancipator" himself. We can be certain of one thing tion. The only reason the "Great of rent we pay for them, which in the long run will cost I find that the NMU and other Emaneiaptor" made a trip, him­ and that is the order came from us more than buying our own property outright. CIO affiliates, along with the co­ self is because of the fact that the Moscow, and that whatever the Then I got myself to thinking of all the 10 bucks operation of the steamship com­ Draft Board was blowing down reason, it bodeS no good for the his neck at the time, and he is United States. that I had spent in some of the joints and of some of panies have blocked the restora­ definitely Our guess is that Stcilin is con­ not going to take any tion of the seamen's bonus. Now, the "business girls" there, in which most of the time I all that is needed is for Curran risk at alL templating on some hostile dip­ got kicked out of without even having spent one enjoy­ to give the Shipowners a charter These characters should be un­ lomatic move which will infuziate able night. able to look any seaman in the the people in this Country so under the NMU. , face, as what they have done to much that it wouldn't be very Such a "union" should really Why shouldn't I go for a 10 buck assessment to sailor's conditions will go down healthy for any one here lo be get results, (in Curran's idea). buy a hall that might come in handy later as a place of They might even be able to get in the labor record as the black­ associated with any thing with refuge; and in case of a strike or lock-out, have a place the seamen a substantial wage est deeds ever committed the name "Communist" hooked when I can afford the amount of dough for such small cut. against organized labor. As I said, to it. returns as listed above. I don't believe in throwing dirt the Rank and Filers, of Curran's In the meantime these skunks at any labor organization because organization should rise and can carry on their insidious pro­ When you think of it, the old-timers have fought solidarity is the only weapon strike him down, as unless this gram to demoralize our Nation a Hell of a lot for things that will have to be fought for with which the working stiffs is done, he wUl eventually have under the guise of the CIO Pol­ ' again to maintain, just as soon as this war is over. So, have to fight the shipowners. seamen back to 1930 levels. itical Action Committee. why in the Hell, can't we have our own union halls But, when an organization makes There is one thing that I be­ This is what the Communist ' and be prepared to fight the shipowners and their a public statement in its official lieve will eventually show the term working under ground, and stooges to a standstill on every dock and in every port paper, that it is cooperating with seamen what this group of men the theory is that their work is effective thus. in this country. By buying a building and having a the steamship companies to de­ really are worth. That is the day more So, America, beware. the Communist Party changes prive the seamen of the gains for place to operate out of, we will have lots in our favor. You have had samples of some which they have fought and died, their line, then all of these people Fraternally, then I sincerely believe that it is will do an about-face, the same of their work already. We can HERMAN TROXCLAIR, NO. 6743 time that the Rank and File as they did the day they changed only remind you of the times prior to Russia entering the war Vote yes on the building assessment and for the pur­ members of that organization do their slogan when the Germans- when they sent out the hue and something. invaded Russia, and "show that chase of Union halls for the membership to bring about They should organize them­ they are nothing but a pack of cry of the "Yanks are not com­ good conditions ashore as we have gained them aboard the selves to fight against these in­ phoney commy rats. ing over there," and how successdups! famous commy characters who J. P. SHULEH (Contintwd on Page }) MOBILE All t h a t ,t h e s e parasites are worrying about is publicity and to hell with the Seamen that are sailing the ships, if they ever in­ tend to do any thing for their membership why don't they try to get the bonus that the WSA has taken away from the Seamen that have to carry the goods, re­ stored? No, these stooges will agree to anything that the reactionary WSA directs whom, after all. are nobody else but the shipowners. If these parasites would try to get something for their membership instead of publicising the CP in this war they would be a whole lot better off. So until the fellow-travellers are able to go to the Comintern just keep the ship in the channel. OLDEN BANKS, Agent Member States Sentiments Editor's Mafl Bag m i?:', feast mim . 1 �WtiddLT' Juiw 16. 1944 THE SEAFARERS Around the Ports LOG Paga Tim* CP Has No Tollerance In Unions—NMU Member Declares can't forget real easy when you put enough heat on them to bring have a dollar at stake, then you them to life. have another guess coming! We had an example the other I finally discovered what I be­ day where a ship paid off recent­ lieve is the all time mystery. ly in an outport with disputed The Stalipist stock in trade is etc., etc." All these screams are While in Washington, D. C., the overtime. The crew on board raising debatable and question­ false. They are a cloak to their other day with several other that ship instead of holding firm able issues. These political par­ maneuvers, their seizure of pow­ union officials we visited the va­ until all disputes were settled in iahs in an educated society (or in er or the retention of power once rious bureaus with reference to the port of payoff, came up the the ranks of enlightened trade seized. union affairs. It appears that of coast to this Port and inquired Unionism), constantly eject a The living fact that their own all the thousands of people in about their d i s p u t ed overtime, stream of invectives at all v/ho dictatorial policies is the very in­ Washington, D. C., tied up in which we knew nothing about. question their rights to the self ner core and heart of INTOLER­ these phoney bureaus, not one is It took us SEVEN DAYS and assumed Savior role by which ANCE defeats their words. They able to say anything but "No, no less than SIX LETTERS to get they worm their way into con­ live by the practice of intolerance No, A Thousand Times No!" and intolerance is the secret of all the details necessary for a set­ trol of organizations. We looked into every corner tlement of this beef so it could be It is these campaigns that open their dictatorial methods and and under every desk for one of collected. This could have all the way to their seizure of power rule. It is their deeds and prac­ these gazoonies who could say been avoided very easily if the over the workers. Thus they tices that effect the lives of the Ships Delegates had worked with achieve through guile, the longed members and their families. "yes" BUT no smoke. REMEMBER THAT the next So, if any of you fellows run the Union officials in the Port of for leadership. Having captured into a man down your way who pay-off until a decision was control, they quickly cast aside time we are told there must be their "rank and file" role and "no discrimination", etc. The has the possibilities of being a reached. good YES man, what do you say As it was, it was strictly a emerge in their true role of dic­ Stalinists know that all men are NEW YORK we shanghai him into Washing­ headache for all hands until we tators over the workers. Democ­ not equal in intelligence nor abil­ ton, as he is needed there very had the thing ironed out. Not racy perishes as if struck by a ity and even horse sense will The piecards up this way got a badly. realize that men wiU be gauged only that, these guys were ex­ blight. little bit of a break this past The membership paying off in tremely lucky to collect any­ A long train of purges is set in by their ability to do their work week when business dropped the Port of New York continues thing. The point is, when you motion, based upon these false efficiently and in smooth working back to normal rather than stay­ to benefit by hard working Pa­ have a dispute, give your officers issues which have nothing to do relations with their brothers on ing at an all-time peak as it did trolmen who know their con­ every cooperation and fight like with the fundamental purposes the job — any job — anywhere — for four consecutive weeks. As a tracts and the good work done on hell until such time as the beef for which the trade Union was whether in the USA or in the result, some of the guys got a the ships by alert ships delegates is won. formed—wages and living stand­ Soviet Union, the Stalinist Holy much needed rest, in addition to who cooperate with the Patrol­ YOURS FOR MORE COOPER- ards. Their control becomes ab­ Land. clearing up all of the Port's busi­ men. When you have these two Simple beefs between man and ATION BETWEEN SHIP'S solute and the"workers mere ro­ man, regardless of race, creed, of ness and all beefs. factors working together, there is bots of their will, or victims. However, I am sure that this no doubt but that it goes a long DELEGATES AND SHORE PA­ "Tolerance," scream the Stal­ color, or political beliefs, that TROLMEN. rest will not last for long, as we way to make for good unionism. inists! "No discrimination! No will exist as long as the world started off Monday by paying off Typical of this cooperation be­ PAUL HALL, Agent Jew baiting! against Jim Crow! goes on under any or all systems, are magnified into RACE QUES­ 11 ships, so it may be that the tween ships delegate and the TIONS by the Communists for piecards up this way will have shore patrolman was witnessed their own perverted ends. to go back into their old familiar the other day at the payoff of the whirl again for the next week or SS STEPHEN GAMBRILL, Am­ Left to themselves the disputes between man and man would erican Range scow. so. Have been noticing that on solve themselves as such. The There was better than 1,000 1. It shall be the day of the Agents and Patrolmen, in their quite a few of the ships signing hours disputed overtime on this Stalinists do not wish this simple respective Branches or Districts, to appoint from among the on in outports, some of the men vessel which the company and elemental solution however, members of the crew of each outgoing vessel one member to act for it gives them no chance to signed on as Night Cooks and scratched out and stated that as a Ship's Delegate. develop a political platform. Bakers, for $122.50 instead of they would not pay. It was im­ 2. (a) Only full members signed on as ABLE-BODIED sea­ It should be noted also that the $137.50, which they should have possible to settle this on board men iure permitted to act as deck delegate. done. We advise all of you fel­ the ship at pay-off time, so Pa­ Soviety Union, under Stalin, has (b) Only full members signed on as rated men shall be the largest, and most numerous lows down the line to be eareful trolman Joe Saltis asked Ship's permitted to act as Engine or Steward Delegates — NO KEY array of jails of any country of of this when signing on articles, Delegate, David Hyle to stay in MEN SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ACT AS A DELEGATE IN the world. The recent Moscow for the difference in a trip can Port until the following day for ANY DEPARTMENT. trials should convince anyone run up to as high as fifty bucks. a settlement of this dispute. 3. It shall be the duty of the Ship's Delegate to take the that Judges are still in existence In line with this, the Educa­ This was agreeable to Hyle and name, number and financial standing of each member of the as well as lawyers and that they tional Committee of New York the following day he went to bat crew and note same on the report blank provided for the purpose. perform their duties swiftly and Branch is mailing a scale of with Patrolman Saltis. Between 4. The Ship's Delegate shall keep an account of the over­ efficiently at the bidding of the wages for the Steward's Depart­ the two of them, they succeeded time worked by the crew, noting the time of turning to and State, without any reference to ment into every port. This should in getting a total of 1,000 hours knocking off, and shall compare time with the officers in charge Justice. help some in the future towards settled in favor of the crew. THIS after knocking off. Can it be that these high-bind­ eliminating this mistake. IS WHAT YOU CALL COOPER­ 5. He shall assist the Agents, and Patrolmen in the perform­ ers have not liquidated discrim­ The lease for the new building ATION, as without these men ance of their duties, and inform the latter of any vacancy ocination and intolerance within was signed yesterday and it ap­ working together, that crew cumng, or likely to occur, in the crew. the USSR after twenty-five years pears as if we are finally going to would have been $900 less well 6^ He shall keep in mind and advise the crew that any differ­ of effort? get out of this dump within a off. ence of opinion about the rule of the law is no reason for quit­ Or, is it proof that the exist= very short time. Evidently, the This is as it should be. For, if ting the vessel; that, in fact, such action solves the dispute in ence of a dictatorship is itself the meeting that the Building Com­ there is one thing that is tough favor of the. vessel, and that such matters can be attended to negation of tolerance and that it mittee had with the Realty Com­ to handle it is a cold beef, and be­ when the vessel arrives at Headquarters or any of the Branches. pany a week or so ago and the lieve me,' fellows, some of them (Continued on- Page 4) 7. He shall deliver the report, properly filled in, to the officer head butting that they went we get here are so very cold, it of the Union at the termination of the voyage. through in negotiating with these damn near takes a blow torch to characters at that time has paid dividends. We gained every point that we held out for in the lease. We would like to call to all the members' attention that, when they are on a vessel, and through The dispatching haU in the Port Steward's Dept. — Wendt, 26 19 hrs; Prout, 8 hrs; McNeil. IS SS STEPHEN GAMBRILL — illness or some other reason, pay of New York is to be open for hrs; Moore, 11 hrs; Long, 13 hrs; hrs; Forste, 26 hrs; Spradley, 26 off before the ship leaves, to be American Range Liberty Lines. longer hours than formerly, it Torbich, 19 hrs; Wild, 5 hrs; hrs; Johnson, 26 hrs; Shiel, 28 The following men have over­ sure and obtain a voucher from was reported at the meeting last O'Connor. 7 hrs. hrs; Grove, 26 hrs; Hanson, Jr., time coming to them. Collect at the Master of the vessel, as well Monday night. Total hours, 1,000. as a verification from the head the company office. Restricted 26 hrs; Kaiser, 26 hrs; Roberts, 26 The hours, hereafter, for dis­ hrs; Matthews, 26 hrs;^ Vipperof your Department for amount Shore Leave—Hawkins Point: JOE SALTIS, Patrolman patching of Union Brothers to Deck Dept..—Thompson, 28 hrs; man, 26 hrs. of time due. * * * jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Some of the members have ne­ Hyle, 28 hrs; Lindsey, 28 hrs; Blowing Tubes, Woodin. 22 hrs; SS WILLIAM S. YOUNG, to on week days, Monday throu^ glected to do this in th^ past, and Prout, 28 hrs; McNeil, 28 hrs; Oiling Shaft Alley Bearing, Flies­ as a result, the companies are Moore, 28 hrs; Long, 28 hrs; Jan- cher, 2 hrs; Soundings, Janasczak, be collected at the Bull Line Of­ Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until singing that old familiar tune of asczak, 28 hrs; Wildb 28 hrs; 2 hrs; Sanitary Work, O'Connor, fice: Yu Quay has difference of 6 P.M. on Sundays. The step was taken to protect "It's So Easy to Remember, And O'Connor, 28 hrs; Torbich, 28hrs. 4 hrs; Stowing Lines, Long, 2 hrs; $15 per month and bonus of 2 Engine Dept. — Neilsen, 17'A Building Barrage Balloon Plat­ ibonths and 22 days; D. Guess has many of the Union Brothers' jobs So Hard To Forget". Only they have revised it slightly to their hrs; Speegle, 24 hrs; White, 20 form, Thompson, 2 hrs; Moore, 2 difference of $15 per month and and afford them greater service bonus of 2 months and 22 days; during the coming period. Agents own way, to wit: "It's So Easy to hrs; Siejack, 21 hrs; Woodin, 28 hrs; Long, 2 hrs. G. Bloeman has difference of $10 of the other Branches have also Forget and So Hard to Remem­ hrs; Watson. 28" hrs; Kupta, 24 Securing Tank Tops: Thomp­ per month and bonus of 2 months been requested to post this notice ber." Brother, if you think some hrs; Fliescher, 28 hrs; Robey, 28 on their bulletin boards. son, 27 hrs; Hyle, 24 hrs; Lindsey, and 22 days. of these Steamship Operatoi's hrs. (Conthnied from Page 2) ful they were in getting sym­ pathy for that program, and then again when Russia eventually got into the War. How they sang an­ other tune and again succeeded in getting sympathy. We can only combat these rats by having one United Labor or­ ganization, and that organization a progressive AFL with such a power we can at will put our approval on politicians favorable to labor's welfare, which will mean automatic election. So, Americans, refute the Com­ munists of the CIO and get back into your own organization, the American Federation of Labor, and do it before it is too late. Fraternally submitted. ' JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent Duties Of Ship's Delegates Money Due NewYorkHall To Be Open Longer Hours '.'.''iH �THE Page Four N.Y. SIU Requests Transportation Order Be Straightened Out (Continued from Page 1) Islands, from the Pacific Coast mainland of the U.S.A. Trans­ portation always has been paid to the port of engagement by the WSA without objection. 3. Numerous vessels have made voyages from New York to the Solomon Islands and New Guinea, etc., which paid off in a U.S. Pacific Coast port and there have never been any War Ship­ ping Administration objections to paying transportation to the port of engagement. 4. The War Shipping Admin­ istration representatives in San Francisco have authorized the Moran Towing & Transporta­ tion Company, Inc., to pay trans­ portation to the port of engage­ ment in each instant for the fol­ lowing vessels that made iden­ tical voyages except in some in­ stances the port of engagement was New Orleans instead of New York. These vessels where transportation was paid are the M.V. St. Simon, Stratford Point, Point Cabrillo, and the Pigeon Point. Also during discussion with Mr. McCabe, Division of Opera­ tions, I asked him if he would apply or authorize the payment of transportation to a crew in a case where the crew was engaged in New Orleans or San Francisco and the vessel sailed to the Azores Islands which are islands in the Atlantic Ocean and paid off in New York. His answer was yes. The Hawaiian Islands, in rela­ tion to a U.S. Pacific Coast port are a comparatively equal dis­ tance as the Azores Islands are from an Atlantic Coast U.S. port. The position now taken by the War Shipping Administration representatives in the case of the SS Point Judith, is in my opinion contrary to operations regulation No. 64 and discriminates against the crew that made the last voy­ age on the Point Judith. I based my opinion on the reasons out­ lined herein, and I am prevailing on your good offices to rectify this situation and to bring about a more equitable decision in this case. Enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Captain Palmer of the Moran Towing Transporta­ tion. Very truly yours, JOHN HAWK SEAFARERS April 5. 1944 "John Hawk. "Roosevelt Hotel. "New Orleans. La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through HMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Bequest CP Has No TolUrance In Unions —NMU Member Declares Obituary DANIEL L. BOURNE Book No. 5548 Word has been received from Dan's brother that he was lost on an Army Mine (Co^itinued from Page 3) Layer. He sailed as ah AB ' breeds and creates the spirit of for a number of years and Intolerance by which it functions joined the SIU on Aug. 5. and lives? The latter is the case. 1939. He leaves a Mother and brother at Georgetown. South We are now plagued by these Carolina. NMU-CP fakers who breed in­ tolerance under the cloak of dem- ) • WASHINGTON —A new SS SAMUEL GOMPERS will soon be sailing the seas, the Maritime Commission reports. The ship, sponsored by the AFL National Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots of America as part of a War Bond drive, re­ places the first SS SAMUEL GOMPERS which was lost at sea. Gorpers, who was born in Eng­ land in 1850 and died in 1924, was one of the founders of the Feder­ ation of Trade and Labor Unions in 1881, and helped to establish the American Federation of La­ bor. He was president of the first federation for three years, and was president of the AFL until his death, except for the year 1895. Campaigfn For Silence! Zip the Lips and SAVE THE SHIPS! for extension of allowable lime ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone. WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the HMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the HMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss. hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading schooL etc. Demand that the supercargo or purser, (who are the Cap­ tain's clerks), fill out the white card before you sail. Also de­ mand and get your pink card before you leave the ship when you pay off in an American port. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothersl Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (4) Agents in the Branches are asked to please post the va­ rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment. Bond Buying, and Payment of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc.. on the Bullet­ in Boards. This will help to keep some of the members well inform­ ed on these questions. —SEAFARERS LOG "WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON PA HAND AND FOOT, I THOUGHT THAT SAID FAMILY FOOL'." His Royal Highness "Lord" and "Master" with his world-wide map. "Brave" Captain Macauley sat in state. Weaving the web of the seamen's fate; With insurance figures upon his lap. * NOTICE ^ Away with democracy and with the LAW; At Bonus rates will I slash and saw. All seamen's earnings upon the deep I'll catch these Unions fast asleep. I am the Oracle! I am the Word! Through whom the voice of profits is heard. Enthroned in office far from the fray. Heroically slashing the seamen's pay. My Coat of Arms is a sword and shield A warrior to which all seamen yield; Safe and secure in appointed SEAT, Cutting the earnings, is bread and meat. !" All masters, first officers and chief engineers of vessels docu­ mented under the laws of the United States and all pursers of any such vessels have been auth­ orized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by the act te facilitate voting by mem­ bers of the Merchant Marine of the United States, Emory S. Land, War Shipping Administrator, has advised. J A BROKER in lives with a self-made code. Fostered in "modern" dictatorial mode. With democracies methods he grows irate As with usurped power he waxes great. Oh Profits! thou art my Guiding Star. Earnings must suffer near and far, I am THE VOICE OF WANT AND WOE Where Seamen sail and ships may go. A King am I on appointed Throne Far from the risks upon the foam; Away democracy, stand aside, I am the Ruler of the tide Torpedoes does not frighten me With bombs and mines I can agree. I do not fear shot nor shell. An Officer Dictator—what the hell. / k. ii-Jj. •T Seamen's Voting Regulation —Top 'a Lift. {Cf, - ocratic slogans. Their cries re­ sound. on every side. They give us no rest. It is about time that we, as seamen, evaluated these hoarse shouts and tear the cloak of opportunism from their hidden forms to expose the naked lust of dictatorship and power. There can be no Brotherhood until we defeat and wipe out the forces of intolerance that would destroy us. There is no middle road in dealing with this ancient and foreign Asiatic ideology. Freedom cannot live where Stal­ inism takes root. ATTENTION! Another Ship Named For Sam Gompers Seamen Warned On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: Friday. June 16, 1944 LOG The member who paid dues on the SS WILLIAM YOUNG on June 12. 1944, holding receipt No. 38848, please see Claude Fisher, New York Patrolman. Union Members Up-grading In Schools Is Urged An opportunity for you ordi­ naries! The WSA is calling for more ABs and their training program for 1944 calls for a total of 7,810 ordinary seamen to be up-graded to AB to alleviate the shortages in this rating. Up-grading schools for ABs located on the East Coast are at Pier 73, East River, NewYork, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., and at New Orleans, La. The government pays you while you go to schooL Protect Both America and^ Your Money by investing It in War Boniis, � 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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SIU REQUESTS TRANSPORTATION ORDER BE STRAIGHTENED OUT SIU OPENS NEW HIRING HALL IN NEW ORLEANS SENDERS CAUTIONED ON SEAMEN'S MAIL BY NAVY, AGAIN MEMBER STATES SENTIMENTS CIU HAS NO TOLLERANCE IN UNIONS-NMU MEMBER DECLARERS DUTIES OF SHIP'S DELEGATES NEW TORK HALL TO BE OPEN LONGER HOURS ANOTHER SHIP NAMED FOR SAM GOMPERS SEAMEN;S VOTING REGULATION HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SEAMEN WARNED ON DRAFT UNION MEMBERS UP-GRADING IN SCHOOLS IS URGED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/18/1944 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/a0c62e8053e0ecbd489b99df93cbe54e.PDF 9896806b0c3c99ffa9df6d3dc8f42710 PDF Text Text OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLAHHO AND ODLF DISTBICT, SEAFABERS' INTEBNAHONAL mnON OF NOBTH AUEBIOA Vol. VI. NEW YORK, N.Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE 23. 1944 No. 17 Warns 30,000 Cigarettes NMU Loses Pittsburgh Ornburh AgainstSubstitute Sent SIU Members Election On Lakes For Union Label In Prison Camps By Vote Of 720 To 889 CLEVELAND, O., June 20—The bitterest defeat ever accorded the National Maritime Union was rfenderec here today with the announcement of the NLRB, (Region­ al Office) that they had failed miserably in their attempts to carry the giant Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s steel-ore- WASHINGTON, D. C. —I. M. Ornburn, Secretary - Treasurer, Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, warned that a large Am­ erican shoe manufacturer is now placing the words, "Union Made," in shoes in place of the Union Label. This evasive method is often used by non-union manu­ facturers of products that may be manufactured by a company union or any other union not af­ filiated with the American Fed­ eration of Labor, he pointed out. He urged all AFL members to de­ mand the official Union Stamp of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union on footwear. "It will be necessary," Mr. Orn­ burn added, "to demand the Union Label on all products and the Union Shop Card and Ser­ vice Button for all services dur­ ing the war if trade unionists ex­ pect to maintain American labor standards after the war." NEW YORK, June 20—letter has been received by; the office of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union from the Imperial Tobacco Sales Co. of Canada, Ltd., in reply to the request of Sec'y-Treasurer; John Hawk that supplies of cigarettes be sent overseas to members of the Union presently^in Nazi concentration camps as prisoners of war. Other Shipments To Follow In this, the first instance, the cigarettes have been sent to Wm. E. Weaver, an SIU Brother, who is interned at Concentration Camp Mai-lag und Milag, Milag, NEW YORK CITY—Dressmak­ Germany, who will be respon­ ers Union Local 22, of the sible for distributing them to the ILGWU, decided to raise $2,000,other members of the SIU, also 000 in the Fifth War Loan in or­ held prisoners there. Other ship- der to replace the Liberty Ship, nients are"^'to follow at arranged SS Meyer London, recently re­ ported sunk in the Meffiterranintervals. ean. The Meyer London was one Future shipments are also be­ of the four ships supplied to the ing provided for, which will in­ government with the $8,000,000 clude tobaccos and other brands (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) 2 Million In Bonds To Replace Sunken S S Meyer London carrying fleet by a vote of 720 for" the NMU to a vote of 889 against. So slanderous did the NMU's Because hundreds and hun­ wild assertions become that dreds of the crew members of Mardy Polaner, Sec'y - Treasurer those ships are Great Lakes Dis­ of the Great Lakes District re­ trict SIU members, they voted plied and exposed the sinister against the NMU's Washington aims of the organizers for the somaneuvers which kept this Union called "union" the NMU. Brother off the ballot. Proof of the NMU's Polaner's broadcasts effectively connivance with Washington bu­ exposed the NMU's propaganda reaucrats to accomplish this was and poison. seen in their violent protests Their eagernes to stem the when the Seafarers Great Lakes sweeping tide of men into the District asked for a place on the ranks of the SIU caused their ballot at the time it was announ(Continued on Page 4) • ced the election would be held. Apparently the NMU was afraid of the competition that the AFL Union would put up and rushed forward headlong, prefer"^'ffff^that the Lakes' seamen have no union at all ratner than risk giving the seamen a chance to vote as they willed in an open WASHINGTON, D. C.—At the "Yaw and Your Union" first of a series of educational pamphlets to be issued by i-equest of the Army Service election. For from the time that the Forces, the International Brother­ the SIU, is now; off the press and will be distributed in a few days. In announcing this NMU determined that it was to hood of Bookbinders is supplying first of several publications in a forthcoming educational series, John Hawk, Atlantic; be alone on the ballot the of­ 5,000 decks of union-made play­ and Gulf Sec'y-Treasurer pointficials of that outfit began pour­ ing cards for use by wounded ed out the need for such publi­ ing out every kind of poison they troops in hospital ships. The cations at this time due to the could lay tongue to. Radio time union's widespread gifts of these growth of the SIU during the was purchased without stint and cards are greatly appreciated by past two years. the air waves were filled with the the servicemen is evidenced by "With the consequent enroll­ NMU's frantic efforts in an in­ the countless extracts from the ment of thousands of new men tensified and eager campaign hundreds of letters pouring into unacquainted with the signifi­ the Bookbinders' offices here. against the SIU. cance of unionism," he said. "We believe these pamphlets wUl fill a need in telling new men who don't know about less prosperous years at sea, the vital role that the SIU has played in bringing better wages and living condi­ tions to American seamen." Directed to new men and oldtimers alike, "You and Yous trooper who's through his War information has a 1 w'a y s Union" is an attractively-printed courses, about the unusual activ­ been important and vital—^to the 32-page booklet which tells what enemy! Now, as events swing in­ ity at the nearby fine-parts or conditions at sea were like before to a dramatic climax in Europe airplane plants. solid union action brought about and move to the offensive in the Everyone has some informa­ better wages, shorter hours, de­ Pacific it becomes more vital tion like that and some people cent food, and better labor prac­ than ever—to the enemy! are carelessly spitting it out. Once tices to the American merchant . One loose word could cost us a spilt within earshot of an enemy, marine. It shows how these im­ convoy, a regiment or a division, it goes direct to the German In­ provements were won and re­ even a large scale battle action. telligence or the Japanese Intel­ tained by the united action of , There are plenty of spies in ligence, and there an expert jig­ AFL union members. America. Damned slick and fast saw puzzle job is done. Some­ Included in the booklet is in­ ones. Much too slick and fast to where a wolf-pack of submaries formation to trip card men and be recognized as they hold down is despatched to meet a convoy. a chapter on overtime and the a chair in the bar-room or even Somewhere an enemy air com­ elimination of "bum beefs." sweep the floor, or read their mand is tipped-off to expect cer­ Special feature is a table of newspapers next to us in the bus tain types of planes in the days wages by which a man can figure or the subway or even sit in a of battle to come. Somewhere out the pay coming to him by movie. plans are shifted to meet the Al­ the time his ship reaches port. They're here for one purpose: lied attacks and men will lie with Another feature of the booklet to pick up tiny bits of informa­ their blood gushing out on a is a short biography of Andrew tion about a ship that is being beach! Furuseth, long-time head of the loaded, a. convoy that will be Sailors Union of the Pacific, and ZIP THE LIPS . . . AND joined, about an airman whose founder of the SIU. Facsimilie of Cover of SIU's Latest Pamphlet SAVE THE SHIPS !!! training is complete, or a para­ Bookbinders Donate 5,OOODecksOfCards For Hospital Ships If You Have A Big Mouthful, Don't Say It — Swallow It; Campaign For Siletfce! Another SIU Educational Pamphlet YOU AMD YOUR UNION SEAF/IRERS International mioiv ilkk.; �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNA'nONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Golf District Affiliated with tfjc Ameriean Federation of Labor, HARRY LuNdEBERc ------ VreMeni 110 Market Street, San FrancIscOt Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Tteas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - 'Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., VS^ashington, D. C. Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28, P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON PHONE 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North GAy St.. 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 324 Chartrea St 218 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOwIing Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-I323 DUI 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 2 19 20th Street San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 Wl W! W PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-834^ ^ ^^267 On Better Hiring Halls There is a current discussion around the Union's hall —and Brothers the issue is one which affects us all! It is the question as to whether or not the Union should buy proper­ ties for the Union's membership to meet and assemble in. All the old-time seamen who've fought for good con­ ditions on the ships definitely say: YES! For they know what it is to live in a rotten fo'csle and they fought tooth-and-nail to drive that condition from the ships. They know that the Union led the fight for separate assembly places aboard ships so their shipmates could sleep in the fo'csle without being disturbed by those who wanted to talk. We fought for reading rooms aboard ships for the same reason and so that the seamen would be free of the messrooms when off watch! The seamen by and large want good, clean hiring halls with expanded facilities that will keep pace with the ex­ pansion of the Seafarers International Union itself—for they believe in the future of their own Union. Today, many of the youngsters who've never had to fight for the conditions that were raised to the best stand­ ards in the world aboard American ships, are learning of that experience from the oldsters. All seamen know that clean, well-ventilated assembly halls and hiring halls are desirable, for the meeting hall can "be used for reading when a member wants a quiet place to Tead undisturbed; portions of the hiring halls can be given over to crad tables, checker tables, etc: Further, the Union will be in its own building alone! From a Trade-Union standpoint all members are be­ ginning to realize that the ownership of its Own Union Halls will remove the Union itself from the whimseys of hostile landlords and from the necessity of paying higher rents in the perhaps harder times in the post-war period— for such halls will put the Union on a solid foundation! Property is a stake in America which will stand the members in good stead in the fire of troubles with the ship­ owners which are almost certainly ahead after this war. We hear Union members openly voicing their sentiiments declaring that every possible member who votes has the obligation to himself and his Union to 'Vote YES; on the resolutions calling for a building assessment and for the buying of Union halls 'in Tampa and New York! The ques­ tion is on a democratic referendum at the mem^rship's order. The ballot is secret and the answer is in the mem­ bership's hands. SEAFARERS LOG Friday. June 23. 1944 WHArS DOING Aroui^ tile Ports ands'of dlplars in overtime that in all probability will never be At Monday evening's meeting, brought up or never collected. under Good and Welfare, this When situations of this type oc­ Branch had another open-hoDse cur, it represents one hell of a question and answers oh an open big loss to our membership in forum basis with reference to the dollars and cents. We have had several of the proper way of handKhg disputes, and what was a legitimate beef. "Bucko" types of Chief Mates This is the second time that the and Engineers in recently, but New York Branch has had this with direct action on the point of type of question and answer production, the officials here meeting and we find that it is managed to line these characters most educational to the member­ up very wCll. We find that usual­ ly this type of character is a little ship. This applies especially to bit of a dog to start with and it younger members who are not only requires a certain amount thoroughly familiar with our of pressure from the crew and working contracts. The officers the union officials to put them in of this Port recommend this to their proper place. Oh! for the good old days of other Branches as a g6od practice to follow for the regular Monday peace-time when you could grab night's meeting each week, after some bum like this and pull him regular business is disposed of. out on the dock and kick him in It seems that the Steward's Pa­ the fanny! Here's hoping it won't trolman, Claude Fisher, in this be long as my feet get to itching something terrible these days. Port, set some sort of a record up PAUL HALL, Agent here recently when he collected a total of $1,718.94 for several unusual types of disputes. They BALTIMORE were unusual in this manner: up­ on paying off in outports, the This week has been one of the crews on these vessels involved busiest we have had here for did not even put in a beef on quite some time, with about them to the Port officials where twelve ships in Port and all hol­ the vessel paid off. Later on, af­ lering for crews at once. ter reaching New York, these The highlight of the week was beefs were taken across the the arrival of the SS Alexander counter by Counter Patrolman J. Stevens of the Mississippi SS Co. P. Shuler, and due to the fact The first complaints received that they were Steward's Depart­ from the crew Were that the Cap­ ment Beefs, were turned over to tain had gotten a good load on Brother Fisher. and had started some Wild West He went to bat on all of them antics, brandishing a gun at one and knocked out the afore-men­ of the crew for being in the messtioned sum. This should be quite room, getting a sup of coffee at a lesson to some of these fellows night and subsequently, at the who brought these beefs in, so point of this cocked gun, forcing that in the future, when paying the man into his room. off in ANY Port, they will bring The Chief Engineer cut off the in a complete account of any­ fresh water from the crew's wash­ thing that they think is a dispute rooms and hooked up a salt water to the officers in that Port. line to the crew's showers. Of Undoubtedly, for every dollar course he did not do this to the that Fisher collected in this man­ officers, he had on the ship, most ner of dispute, there are thous­ of them punks, who haven't been NEV/ YORK MONEY DUE "The following members of the' crew of the SS JOHN SULLI­ VAN, ot the Shepard Steamship Company,. have money due tor security watches and overtime tor the Port ot Norfolk: R. Farley, $6.00 plus 4 hrs. overtime; F. Rickels, $6.00 plus 19 hrs. overtime; R. Miller, $6.00 plus 10 hrs. overtime: E. McLoo. 4 hrs. overtime; W. Mitchell, $6.00 plus 35 hrs, overtime; F. Irvin, 10 hrs. overtime; C. Williams, $3.00 plus 24 hrs. overtime. J. Morrison, Mess; C. Stanley, Mess; G. T. &4cGounich, Idess; D. Nicholdis, Mess; W. D. Kelly, Mess; E. S. l^uivetell. Mess; R. M. Ouint^ll, Mess. Collect at Com­ pany office. The following members have overtime c6itung— C. Wallehcier, AB, $12.17; P. C. Fletcher, AB, $19.47; J; K, Epper­ son, OS, $28.95; H. C. B'oyd, OS. $29.62; R. M. Tanamana, OS. $6.71. Collect at Conipahy's of­ fice. V » « » * e SS W. M. KENT: The following SS WILLIAM S. YOUNG— members each have Linen Money Division of wages for Joseph in the amount ot $15.48, coming— b'Donnell, AB. and L. Galliente, Hudson, Bos'n; Quinouer, AB; OS. 5-days division each. Collect E. J. Aublur, AB; F. Sundt, AB; at Company's office. • » » C. Wallander; AB; L. A. Bacon, AB; P. C. Fletcher, AB; J. K. Ep­ SS STEPHAN QAMBHILL— person, OS; W. W. Thompson, C. Neilson, Deck. Engineer, has OS; H. C. Boyd, OS; R. B. Pince, .52 hours overtime coming for Oiler; J. A. Baily, Oiler; B. J>. we^-end watches at sea. Joseph Mayfield, Oiler; L. B. Foster, jWild. OS, has 12 hours overtime FWT; A. M. Savique, FWT; P. icomihg for cleanlhg holds. Col­ Janica, Wiper; Billy Cany, 2nd lect at the American Range-Lib­ Cook; W. E. Anslin, N Ck b Bk; erty Line office. to sea for more than one year at the most. I Charges Made In the case of the Captain, I advised the men to place charges against him, with the Coast Guard. Then things began to happen. The Chief Engineer kicked one of the men down the companion« way because he asked for fresh water to bathe with and the First Assistant started to work out on another man, with dishes, be­ cause this man got the local Po­ lice and Coast Guard to arrest the Chief for almost killing one of the crew. , Well, believe it or not, thO whole gang was arrested, the First and Chief on assault charges and the men who notified the Police, on disorderly conduct charges. When I got wind of this sample of Baltimore Justice, I deemed it expedient to have some one rep­ resent the men, who was versed in law, so we decided to secure the services of Attorney Sol fierenholz, who has. made a good rec­ ord on our cases. Coast Guard Hearing As a result, the First Assistant was found guilty of assault and his license suspended for sixty days and the Chief's trial was held over until Monday, because the man he kicked was still in the hospital. In the meantime. Coast Guard Inspector Galloway, formerly of the New York Divis­ ion, and originally connected with some New York Steamship law firm, appeared to conduct hearings on the charges against the Captain, Chief and First As­ sistant Engineers and displayed clear bias as he personally went to the extreme of placing counter charges against the crew mem­ bers, who had called on him to assist them. Had it not been for the pres­ ence of Attorney Berenholz, at the hearings of the charges against this bucko trio, the crew members might have been con­ victed of the phoney charges placed against them by this man Galloway, who became eloquent when prosecuting the crew mem­ bers. Officers Guilty All three Officers were found guilty as charged and the Captain was reprimanded and the Chief had his license suspended for thirty days, the First Assistant being put ashore for sixty days. This crew is to be highly com­ mended; as it took three days for these issues to be settled and they all stuck it out until all cases were finished. If some more of these bucko Officers were ta­ ken care of in this manner, there would be less discord aboard ships. These men even put money out of their own pockets to be as­ sured they would obtain these convictions and it is my opinion that this was a Union affair ex­ clusively and the Union should foot the bill for the Attorney, who gave three days' valuable time to aid us in these cases. Fraternally, JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent r. ,'4. 11 -Iwlvj �F^:^da7< Jwi^ 23, 1944 rj#E S E AFAl^E^i idG Page Three ssg A F L Sets 750 Million War Bond Quota For 7 Million Members Rallied In Drive WASHINGTON, D. C.—The AFL has set a vol'untary quota of $750,000,000 in War Bonds purchases for its members during the Fifth War Loan Drive. Launching labor's participation in this all-out effort. President William Green declared: "The American Federation of Labor calls l^on its 7,000,000 members to purchase at least $750,000,000 worth of War Bonds during the Fifth War Loan Drive. •'To fulfiU this quota of $750,000,000 each member of the Am­ erican Federation of Labor should buy at least $100 worth of bonds during the drive. I know that many of our members, who are able to do so, will be glad to sub­ scribe more than this amount. "The workers of America can­ not and will not hold back their dollars at a time when millions of our boys are freely offering their lives to crush the enemy and win final victory over Hitler. "Every one of us is anxious to NOTICE To the following members from the SS DAVENPORT, Eastern SS Co. TerrelL oiler; C. D. Wilks, oiler; Carl Strothef; Carl Stroth61, Cook; please contact J. E. Laiphaih, fibston patrolman. back up the invasion forces in every way we can. The members of our unions can help our troops most and hurt Hitler most by working harder than ever before and investing every dollar they can in War Bonds." First large bond purchases by unions when the drive opened were $1,250,000 worth by the In­ ternational Association of Machinists and another $1,000,000 worth by the National Letter Car­ riers Association. SqiliMtty Guy SqtteaJcs — When He Is Squelched For Anti-Union Squeeze •-m You might call this story "Two-gun Squires ride# again," or "Who hit the free-loader?" Using a free loader as a stooge and an excuse, Calmar*# famous "Mister" Squires picked a new, if somewhat corney trick out of the bag last week in his campaign to hit union-* ism on Calmar ships. Accustomed to being hit below the belt by Calmar's swivel chair labor relations expert, the New York office reported his latest Sunday punch a little weak and slow. At the pay-off of the Firmore recently in New York a free- loader who rode the ship for three voyages without taking out a book (how this outfit does slipi 'em through the back-door) made a big talk at the pay-off that he didn't like any union and would not join no matter what, and tell» ing the others not to join. (Contimied on Page 4) submission, that portion of th# A dispute was submitted to award which constitutes a de» this office through the Norfolk parture is void. agent, Carl Rogers, in behalf of 5 If a portion of the arbitrator'^ the deck department of the SS award departs from the terms George Gershwin, American Hay­ of the submission, the award wire SS Company. may be sustained as to that This vessel, while laying in the portion which is within theport of Beira in weighing anchor, frame of reference, if the award the ship's anchor became fouled is severcible and the otherwise with an anchor of another vessel. valid portion is not affected by This anchor was hauled on deck the departure. and taken to Capetown. The In reference to thC "Fit for situation for the following rea­ affords an expeditious method of deck department claimed salvage light duty discharges," they state sons: Labor has pledged itself not settling disputes which might 6 Courts of Law generally regard that such notations are made in to strike during the war, with otherwise interrupt war produc­ the invalidity of an arbitrator's money for this operation. This matter was taken up with the interests of accuracy and, the guarantee that any dispute tion. It is also particularly im­ award as a bar to an action up->^ the War Shipping Administra­ again, as a further protection of that they may have with the em­ portant at this time in preventing on such awrad. If the case is tion, and they state that the city the patient. It means in effect ployers will be heard by a proper abuse of Labors' "no strike one of equity jurisdiction, a authorities at Beira required the that the man is not yet physically tribunal so that they may be able pledge." court of equity has the power War Shipping Administration to able to perform other than light to present arguments and expect The position that the War La­ to set aside an invalid award. post a bond of £500 that the an­ duty. They feel that a patient the tribunal to render a just de­ bor Board takes, that to review When the Board in its quasi chor would be returned to Beira. able to perform light duty should cision. The War Labor Board has all arbitrators' awards would not judicial capacity, established the They also state that the War not be retained in the hospital a been established by Congress as only weaken the established pro­ above six principles of law and Shipping Administration's repre­ day longer than is absolutely the tribunal to handle all dis­ cedure but would retard the war equity, and these criteria were sentative at Capetown intends to necessary. putes which would tend to inter­ program by increasing the time applied in several cases, the They also state that nobody fere with the war effort. bill the proper parties for saving required to settle disputes. The Board attempted to follow its the anchor, but had not settled outside of the Marine Hospital The Concilation Service' of the WLB has, therefore, accepted the well established principles of the claim when last advices were is permitted to have applica­ Department of Labor has been responsibility of upholding these dealing fairly with the issues that received in May. They are also tions for clinical abstracts. They designated as the proper agency awards, and has consistently re­ have confronted that body. of the opinion that the anchor have no evidence that shipown­ to refer any case to the War La­ fused to review them except as Dr. Frank P. Graham and Dr. will have to be returned to Beira ers' claim agents and insurance bor Board. The Union has found an arbitrator may have exceeded John R. Steelman who are par­ in accordance with the undertak­ adjusters have plenty of those itself dealing with the chief con- his authority. ties of the government agencies ing, and the cost and expenses forms. cilator of the Department of La­ The policy of the Board in re­ which have applied these criteria^ will eat up any recovery made. •Olden Banks, SIU Mobile: The bor, and a key member of the fusing to review non wage certainly have deviated from the They also state that the state­ Surgeon of the US Public Health War Labor Board, and they have awards of arbitrators on merit is concepts of these principles^ ment made by the crew that the Service has advised me that been acting as'the arbitrators. not new, but flows from the legal when they violated the State­ anchor was sold and the pro­ Brother Daniel W. Fischer has Now we will check and see status of the awards. The courts, ment of Principles, and on their ceeds awarded to the WSA are been admitted to the Marine hos­ what the policy of the War Labor also, will not review these awards own motion have seen fit to ar­ erroneous. They suggest that pital at Mobile for treatment. Board is on cases that have been on merit. However, a court, upon bitrate an issue, without the any further inquiries on this mat­ However, as there are no facilit­ arbitrated, and the parties in- petition of one of the parties can parties making any submission ter be taken up with their insur­ ies at the Marine Hospital for vloved believe that the arbitra­ correct or annul an award on to the arbitrators. (The Maritime ance adjuster, Mr. E. A. Bloom- mental cases, the transfer of tors have exceeded their author­ technical grounds. It may, for War Emergency Board.) quist, 99 John Street, New York, Brother Fischer to the U.S. Pub­ ity, or have npt rendered a de­ example, set aside a part or all The policy of the NWLB is as this matter has been turned lic Health Service Hospital at cision in line with the proper of an award if the submission that, they have jurisdiction over Fort Worth, Texas, for further functioning of the grievance pro­ agreement does not observe all over to him. all disputes that may lead to any treatment has been authorized. legal requirements. It may also cedure. Medical Matters stoppages of work, which would Regarding dispute submitted MARITIl^E WAR EMERGENCY A Statement of Policy concern­ annul an award if the arbitrator interfere with the War effort. So exceeds his jurisdiction under BOARD by Albert Michelson, attorney for ing review of arbitration awards in accordance with the establish­ the Sailors Union of the Pacific, I presume that the membership was released by the National War the terms of the submission. ed policies for settling disputes on clinical records. This matter is familiar with the contents of Labor Board. This statement was In dealing with arbitration during the War, Judge Padway, was taken up with the proper the Statement of Principles, and prepared with the cooperation of awards the Board has set forth general counsel of the AFL, has authorities of the U S Public as you all know, the members of the Director of the United States six well established principles of petitioned the Director of the Health Service and they state; this Board are Mr. Edward Ma- Concilation Service of the De­ Law and Equity, which the Board U. S, Concilation Service, Dr. "Clinical information on any cauley of the War Shipping Ad­ partment of Labor (Dr. Steelman) applies to issues involved wheth­ merchant seamen in a marine ministration; Dr. Frank P. Gra­ and clarifies the circumstances er the arbitrator has exceeded his John R. Steelman to certify our dispute case to the National War hospital is considered to be of a ham of the National War Labor under which the War Labor jurisdiction. Labor Board. confidential nature and is not di­ Board; Dr. John R. Steelman, Di­ Board will review arbitrators' It now remains to be seen vulged to any party without the rector of the Concilation Service awards on wage and nonwage is­ 1 The authority of the arbitrator must be determined from the whether the NWLB will foUow patient's personal and specific re­ of the Department of Labor. sues. In addition to wage rate terms of the submission and as their general established policy quest in writing, and appropri­ When President Roosevelt ap­ adjustments, arbitration awards ately certified. "They feel that it pointed these gentlemen on the involving such matters as pre­ in the case of other written in­ and take jurisdiction over this is necessary to take all possible Board he specifically stated that mium pay for hazardous or un­ struments each part of the sub­ case, and properly adjudicate oiur mission must have such effect dispute with the non-existent precautions in these instances to their duties were outlined in ap­ pleasant work are subject to as is ordinarily accorded to the Maritime War Emergency Board. make sure that the individual pendix "A" of the Statement of Board approval. terms used in them. seaman is not the victim of un­ Principles. A close study of this The Board has pursued a strong The irony of the decision made 2 The arbitrator's award cannot by the Maritime War Emergency scrupulous interests. statement and it is the legal op­ policy aimed at preserving and "The actual preparation of ab­ inion of Judge Padway, Counsel strengthening collective bargain­ extend beyond the limits of the Board that was effective as of authority conferred upon him April 1st, is that the British sea­ stracts is ordinarily done by a of the AFL, that they were ap­ ing procedure. It is a widespread under the terms of the submis­ men were granted an increase of trained and competent clerical pointed to act as arbitrators in practice for management and la­ sion. employee and the abstracts are the event that the employers and bor to pfovidg for referral of un­ Two Pounds per month addition­ signed by the medical officer in the Union could not agree on a resolved disputes to an arbitrator 3 The extent of the authority of al War Risk Compensation, since charge or his designated profes­ dispute. It also states that the and to be bound by his award. the arbitrator under the sub­ the MWEB made their latest cut. y-yi mission is for the court and not Evidently the British operators sional representative, and then Board could hot act on any prob­ 'This procedure cannot be shelved j for the arbitrator to determine. do not see eye to eye with the only after they are carefully lem unless it was submitted to during the war, it is not only a checked by the person who signs the Board in writing. necessary supplement to collec­ 4 If the award of the arbitrator MWEB on the supposed decrease This leads to a very intei-esting, tive bargaining procedures but departs from the ternvs of the in War risk'hazards. them." orv p^ASHII\GTOrV. • Bv MATT-MEW DUSMAME-Q ' ^3 �Liberty Defects Largely Unsolved, House Group Says In Report On Structures WASHINGTON, June 20—A House Merchant Mar­ ine subcommittee, which for more than a year has been studying the problem of plate fractures on welded ships, reported today that no definite solution of this problem has been found, according to the New York Journal of Commerce. charges of irregularities in the I |::^Si • The subcommittee, headed by Representative Jackson (Deni., Wash.) in its report filed witli the full committee, said that whUe steps are being taker, by all con­ cerned to attempt to remedy the existing difficulties, plate frac­ tures are stiU occmTing. The report said, however, that "while the failures resulting from plate fractures have been numer­ ous, and in many cases serious, their number constitutes but a small percentage of the -total out­ put of welded ships. Loss of life has been limited to eleven perisons who are unaccounted for since entering a lifeboat." "It should be emphasized," the report added, "that while there is some evidence of defective ma­ terial having been used in ship construction, all witnesses were of the opinion that these frac­ tures have not been the result of defective steel or other material." The report said that as of Feb­ ruary 29, 1944, there had been a total of 2,570 ships of the prin­ cipal welded type built for the commission in which there had been ninety-one "serious" frac­ tures including failures in the main huU girder, and 124 "po-^ntiallj?--serious" fractures. Five ships had been lost, all of the Liberty type. Renewing his demand for a Congressional inquiry. Represen­ tative Harness (Rep., Ind.) quoted Maritime Commission's statements today to support his 2 Million In Bonds To Replace Sunken SB Meyer London It- n |i : i^\ (Contimi^<^ from Page 1) contributed by the N e w Y o r k dressmakers in the course of the Third War Loan. Charles S. Zimmerman, man­ ager of the union, said: "Our heroic armies on the in­ vasion coast are not stopped or disheartened by the severe losses they suffer. With invincible de­ termination they quickly replace their losses and drive forward to victory. We too are determinedd to make up for the loss we feel so keenly. "We are determined to replace the lost ship just as quickly as possible and so do our bit to keep the stream of supplies and muni­ tions running to our boys on the battlefronts. The Executive Board has therefore decided to raise ta least $2,000,000 in the present Fifth War Loan and calls upon our membership to increase their purchase of additional bonds to make up this amount. We are requesting the government t o earmark these funds for another Liberty Ship to take the place of the SS Meyer London, and to he called by the same name." pi'ocurement of life rafts for Mer­ chant Marine ships. Mr. Harness sent Chairman Bland (Dem., Va.) of the House Merchant Marine Committee a new request for an investigation centering around what he called refusal of the commission to buy steel life rafts from the Globe Co. of Kokomo, Ind. Mr. Harness quoted the com­ mission as saying that a Califor­ nia company was paid half a mil­ lion dollars more for life rafts than the Globe company would have charged in a transaction in which Globe was the low bidder. Moreover, he said, orders for life rafts to date total only "7,500, but at least 14,000 are needed. Technology —Mit Pictures We're Stalin's vacuum cleaners, Th*9 finest in the land! Who separate you from your funds In Commie manner grand: A political speech with every quid You place within oiuf hand, Mit our pictures on the front page. Of course—you'll understand! ' ^ —- .. We have Causes' oy. what Causes! That suck in all your dough. For the members of "Our Party" Must all have chops, you knowSo we pull Causes from our hah Which in hot air will grow. They wax or wane in our NMU To increase our golden How. We're Stalin's vacuum cleaners The finest in the land! Hand over your filthy lucres. We'll read your empty handOn one track minds to nowhere. We play our one night stand. Just give your dough—and we'll give words Mit pictures—understand? Le Efjvo! ALL ABOARD: the Browder rattler, SPECIAL: to the Promised Land; Murray Stein is at the throttle Bound for nowheres—understand? —Top 'n Liff Seafarers Log NM U Loses Pittsburgh MONEY DUE Squirmy Guy Vote On Lakes John J. Tobin, No. 32218. Will Squeaks—Squelched you please report to the Sec'y(Continued from Page 1) Treasurer's office at room 213. miserable failure, officers of the No. 2 Stone Street? Great Lakes District declare. • • • The seamen sailing this area Pablo Cortez. a check for $4.50 have turned more and more to was mailed to the address that the SIU for leadership in their you gave in the Bronx and was fight for good wages, working returned to the company's office and living conditions, knowing for money due you from the SS that it was only the SIU that COLABEE. Collect at the New could deliver the goods where York office of the American-Ha­ contracts that mean gains are waiian SS Co. concerned. • • • The Pittsburgh fleet of vessels All members of the crew of Ihe were voted as they put in at Du- SS STURDY BEGGAR who have luth or Two Harbors, Minn., not collected transportations from starting June 6 and ended June New York to Savannah, Georgia, 16. The NMU has been carrying had better report to Strachan on a campaign to organize the Shipping Co., 15th floor. Savan­ Great Lakes fleets for more than nah Bank & Trust Bldg„ Savan­ a year, and has wasted countless nah, Ga., before June 25, 1944. thousands of dollars in a defeat. CHARLES WAID. Importance with which the .^gent. Savannah NMU regarded the election on the Pittsburgh Steamship C o. fleet was emphasized in an eightpage supplement to its official newspaper, the NMU Pilot. The SS Walker Taylor . $27.00 latter said: "The vote of approx­ SS J. Emery 19.00 imately 2,500 seamen on 75 Pitts­ SS J. Paydrias ;. 16.00 burgh boats wiU decide in this SS Mark Twain 14.00 NLRB election the future of la­ SS Arizpa 11.00 bor relations on the Great Lakes SS John Jay 10.00 for many years." 10.00 Robert Phillips The election, if successful, SS Irvin McDowell 9.00 would have brought "the vast SS J. A. Dix 8.00 link of a vast industrial empire C. Cheney 6.00 within the fold of CIO unioniza­ W. Shipe 8.00 tion — the United States Steel Robert C. Stone 5.0C Corporation, of which Pittsburgh SS Alexander Lllllngton .... 2.50 Steamship is an affiliate," the Homer Hessellvde 2.00 supplement pointed out. E. La Pierre 2.00 Ships' organizers worked to G. Klshman ;.. 2.00 send the slanders of the NMU's G. Johannson 2.00 so-called "leaders" down to de­ A. Mlnzghor 2.00 feat—for the NMU has yet to J. Tucker 2.00 propose anything which would Edward J. Ford 1.00 better the Lakes' seamen's wages, Thomas L. Lazenby 1.00 working and living conditions. L. Fields 1.00 The NMU's defeat shows what P. Stewart 1.00 the Lakes' seamen are made of, J. Seltz 1.00 it is declared. Further, it shows C. D. Mills 1.00 they are not being fooled by a Robert Harper 1.00 gang of flim-flam artists and racketeers. TOTAL ....; $162.00 Honor Roll 30,000 Cigarettes Sent SIU Members In Prison Camps For Trying Squeeze (Continued from Page 1) The pay-off was being done in the company office and it seems that one of this man's shipmates got him outside and took him over the bumps to the tune of black eyes and a general, Shang­ hai shellacking. Complaining to 'Mister' Squires about this "unfair mauling," the free-loader caught happy ears. Squires saw his chance to at­ tempt to discredit the union and cooked up a s t o r y about his stooge being mauled by union patrolmen. Not that it would have been a bad idea, but SIU patrolmen don't waste time beating up free loaders. Besides, New York agent Paul Hall is against rough stuff and his men know it. However, Squires convinced Calmar Port Captain Sheehan (generally a fair guy who knows the business) that the free-loader was assaulted by union patrol­ men. Result: Capt. Sheehan re­ fused to let more than one pa­ trolman to pay-off a ship. With Calmar ships salted down purposely with free-loaders and Good Time Charleys, shipped through the big wi d e Calmar back door at the "last minute," it is impossible for one patrolman to pay off these ships, so Agent Hall took up the issue of freezing out the union and demanded rep­ resentation for union men on Calmar crates. He pointed out to Captain Sheehan that his action was a break of the contract with the union. Sheehan was agreeable to mediate the matter and consult­ ed with Calmar's President, H. W. Warley who must have seen the light, for they agreed to let the SIU use as many patrolmen 1' (Continued from Page 1) of cigarettes. Brother Hawk re-, quests that any Union members, having data on the internment ofany Brother to please submit th® same with all details as to camp location, interment number, etc., to the New York office for action. SIU First Organization It is said that this is the fifsf time that any of the marine or­ ganizations has taken steps to keep their members supplied with this comfort during then? imprisonment. Some thirty thousand cigar­ ettes are included in the first or­ der for distribution. Full text of the letter confirm­ ing the transaction, follows; » • » Imperial Tobacco Sales Company Of Canada, Limited 3810 St. Antoine Street Montreal June 17th, 1944 ^ Seafsgrers' Int'l Union of North America, , > -> 2 Stone Street, New York, N. Y., U.S.A. Attention: Mr. John Hawk, j Secretary-Treasurer Dear Sirs: We acknowledge with thankfl your splendid remittance in th® amount of $52.50 ($57.25 in Ca­ nadian funds) and order calling for the despatch of 21,000 "Sweet, Caporal" Cigarettes to Wm. E. Weaver, Prisoner of War, in fou? shipments. In this connection we wish t® advise that as the price of cigar­ ettes for shipment to Prisoners o£ War is $1.90 per thousand, and amount on hand was $57.25, w® arranged for four shipments of 7,500 "Sweet Caporals" each to the value of $14.25 for each ship­ ment, to go forward to Mr. Wea­ ver on behalf of your organiza­ tion, the first of which was des­ patched on June 9th in the fol­ lowing manner— 7,500 "Sweet Caps" shipped in three parcels, each containing 2,500 cigarettes under numbers Jn-X-36803-36805 inclusive. Similar shipments will go for­ ward on June 23rd, July 7th and July 21st, respectively, and leav­ ing a balance of twenty-five cents still standing to your credit. We assure you of our apprecia­ tion of this fine business and of our desire to co-operate with you at all times. Yours faithfully, L. H. Mulligan, Overseas Department for paying off a Calmer ship as needed. 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Title A name given to the resource June 23, 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. 17 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NMU LOSES PITTSBURGH ELECTION ON LAKES BY VOTE OF 720 TO 889 ORNBURN WARNS AGAINST SUBSTITUTE FOR UNION LABEL 30,000 CIGARETTES SENT SIU MEMBERS IN PRISION 2 MILLION IN BONDS TO REPLACE SUNKEN SS MEYER LONDON BOOKBINDERS DONATE 5,000 DECKS OF CARDS FOR HOSPITAL SHIPS ANOTHER SIU EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLET IF YOU HAVE A BIG MOUTHFUL, DON'T SAY IT-SWALLOW IT; CAMPAIGN FOR SILENCE ON BETTER HIRING HALLS AFL SETS 750 MILLION WAR BOND QUOTA FOR 7 MILLION MEMBERS RALLIED IN DRIVE SQUIRMY GUY SQUEAKS-WHEN HE IS SQUELCHED FOR ANTI-UNION SQUEEZE LIBERTY DEFECTS LARGELY UNSOLVED, HOUSE GROUP SAYS IN REPORT ON STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY-MIT PICTURES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/23/1944 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/1dd1421b747adca05f5456f09195dcf2.PDF 6774c28413d975e9ace66275eda3e190 PDF Text Text - S.•"•••! il OFFICIAL O&OAN OF THE ATLAMTIO AND GULF DISTBICT. SEAFABEBS' INTESNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE 30, 1944 Harry Bridges No Hero To This CIO Union HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Harry Bridges is no hero to some of his fellow CIO members. The CIO Aluminum Workers Union, meeting here, adopted a resolution demanding the remov­ al of Bridges as CIO California Director, charging him with sup­ porting "every reactionary move­ ment by anti-labor forces in this country." Among specific counts cited against him were endorse­ ments of labor conscription, sup­ port for Sewell Avery's stand in the Montgomery Ward case and other actions to the detriment of organized labor." By Overtime Plea Before War Labor Board WASHINGTON, D. C., June 28—Associated Press reported here yesterday that the National Maritime Union (CIO) was striving to gain overtime for their members for work performed after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., as well as added overtime rates for work on cargo such as is termed "longshore work" performed by crews, for which the NMU contracts have had the lowest rates in the industry. They are making their begging appeal before the National War Labor Board in an attempt to gain these concessions under the cry for "stabilization" of contracts in the industry. And their cry is desperate even though they have pulled a so-called "brave *^front" before the Govern-*^Union of the Pacific, (AFL). ment oflScials. One of the recent exposures of ®l}p SnMrual of Qlnntmerrf AND OUMM&RCIAL ESTABLISHED 1tt27—« PARK ROW. NEW YORK (IS) WEDNESDAY JUNE 2?^ 944 Pa. tation Award i fiiso Lai Oi Devei WASHINGTON, June 27 (AP) — ex( ellencc Spokesmen for the CIO Maritim m? :erials. Union urged War Labor Board ap­ J resents foi the fo proval today of an overtime provi­ & Jarker sion recommended by a special als anhou panel for East and Gulf Coast un- an affiliate. Ship opera- Ne r Jersey, collabo tors contended, would co^rrhe Got Cttmical W ernment $11,000,000 annually additional work and ^§tionaJ Dt tee, the night hours made the request a oped an ethrowe asked that seamen be paid overUnl a smok. ilbert ar trl Co., ma 'rts for "t, nation's unive licensed seamen, in addition 0, receive to cerfal2. classifications of licensed seaFar- Ask Overffffi© Pay* For All Seamen t A'"M "i" ' a provision, the union said, and Thos^^ hmajority of those being so paid are workineout of West Coast ports it would be jt m the interest of industry stand fo overtime toTrtU East Tand Gulf Coast workers. w WUltS i«n?counsel for 23 At3hip eom^a- of the 'Act, 6e of exled .f ^°ldir ^he union Js enct on)deavoring to conclude a contract iib.tediaisputed the labor dock-wS Irticles/contentions of the union, claimed that the work actually was easier and said that if a seaman were nee to go ashore in the day. the overCoast workers get it would be to erguTihat^ wrongs make a T,. - right. The union asked approval also of Ld scales ""'on ^ negotiate manning ® •' ""™her of crewmen tended tended th thatf was a matter for the Government to decide. 'OJ-CTpJg-;^ .» 4 No. 18 ^afifo Drill • foF However, it is said here that they are attempting to use a Government Board to gain what they were unable to gain from the shipowners by the use of eco­ nomic strength. They have, it is declared, consistently connived to pull this and work up a Gov­ ernment-controlled "labor front" which would hand over to- them lock-stock-and-barrel control of the seamen. NMU Will Fail The opinion here is that they will fail because the seamen themselves are in opposition to such maneuvers, despite the fact that the NMU officials have some of the power of the shipowners behind them. Shipping and Government cir­ cles here recall the fact that the NMU's efforts in the direction of bringing the seamen all under their so-called "union" have been exposed and halted numerous times by the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union and the Sailors the NMU's wheedling attempts to gain the conditions and wages and overtime rates pioneered for and won by the SIU came about when the NMU—under "No-Coffee-Time" Joe Curran — made a demand for the SUP-SIU condi­ tions during the NMU conven­ tion in July, 1943. Barrage Of Propaganda The exposure of this so incen­ sed the NMU officials that they loosed a barrage of propaganda against the SIU which was cal­ culated to wreck the A F of L Unions in the marine industry. However, the truth stood out and was again exposed by the SIU in the Jan. 7, 1944 issue of the Seafarers Log. Again^ came indignant denials from the NMU's officials, since the SIU came out a comparison of the terms of the two agreements and the over­ time rates paid under the respec­ tive contracts. fContinued on Page 3) Streamlined Transports For Pacific WILMINGTON, Calif., June 26 —Vice-Admiral Howard L. Vickery told workers at the California Shipbuilding Corporation today that the new type streamlined transports on which they are working are all for use in the Pa­ cific theater, and that "there is no program more vital to the war," according to the Associated Press. Calship has launched two of the vessels of which he spoke, it became known. They are a con-^ version of the Victory freighter, 455 feet long and of 10,500 dead­ weight tons. Details of armament, speed and capacity are restricted. Admiral Vickery, vice - chair­ man of the United States Mari­ time Commission, told the work­ ers the "present program gives, you full assurance of jobs" at least untU July, 1945, no matter how the war develops. After that, he said, the various yards will be weighed against each other on an efficiency basis. Life-Raft Hearing Set In Washington The Coast Guard's Merchant Marine Council has set July 18 as the date for a public hearing as to the suitability of various types of improved, life-rafts for mer­ chant ships. The hearing is to be held in the Coast Guard Building, 13tb Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C., at 9:30 A.M. Matthew Dushane, Washington Representative for the SIU will offer testimony at the hearing. New MWEB Meeting The minutes of the meetings of the submitted to the Union follows in full: "Maritime War Emergency Board Maritime War Emergency Board for May "Washington, D. C. 23, and June 6, are very clear as to the po­ "To All Parties Signatory To the sition of the Seafareres International Union Statement of Principles: and the Sailors Union of the Pacific inas­ "Many of the Parties Signatory have much as the SIU-SUP submitted concrete made recommendations and suggestions proposals pertaining to the restoration of with regard to matters involving war the recent cuts in the bonuses. The Union's bonuses and war risk and having request­ stand was supported by the Masters, Mates ed further discussion with and consider­ and Pilots National Organization. ation by the Board with resjpect thereto^ However, on the advice of Judge Jo­ a meeting of the Parties Signatory is here­ seph Padway, chief legal counsel for the by called for this purpose, on Friday, A F of L, the representatives of the SIUJune 30, 1944, at 2 P.M., Department of SUP, Brothers John Hawk, Morris WeisCommerce Building. Washington, D. C, berger and Matthew Dushane, Washington "By Direction of the Representative, are attending the June 30 Maritime War Emergency )Soard' meeting of the Maritime War Emergency "Signed: Erich Nielsen Board to protect the interests of the mem­ "Dated: June 21, 1944." bership and all seamen on the question of Further developments will be publish­ the bonuses. ed in futurfe issues of the LOG. The call for the meeting which was �Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, Jxme 30, 1944 LOG WWArs Published by the, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Ajfiliated with the American federation o/ Labors HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Presiden\ 110 Market Street, Saa Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P, O. Box 21, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington d^ep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m m n Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NE W ORLEANS (16),.\ 324 Chartres St.. SAVANNAH 2l8EastBaySt TAMPA.. 423 East Flatt St MOBILE 7St. Michael St SAN JUAN. 28, P.R., PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON 219 20th Street w n PHONE BOwling Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tampa MM.1323 Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 « PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 •^^267 On Better Union Halls One of the things for which the AhL maritime unions fought so strenuously was the right to have their own hiring halls; their own system for the shipping of men to • sMps under union contract. The hiring hall was considered throughout the early days of organization as one of the fundamental principles of maritime unionism because only through a dispatching system ijnder direct supervision of union members could the unfair hiring practices prevailing in the industry be supervised and eradicated. v Not only in principle, but in its physical aspects the hiring hall should be considered important. The hiring hall, being the core of the union wganization, should be a source of pride and afford comfort ahd efficiency. An unfortunate example of crowding and trying to make outmoded quarters serve needs that were sufficient several years ago, is the old hiring hall at 2 Stone Street in New York. In the sumnief time it was like a Turkish Bath and during job calls on the hour it was like trying to get across 42nd Street on New Years Eve. The dispatchers wore out their voices every day trying to be heard in the hub-bub. It was as out-of-date as the building that housed it; one of lower New York's ancient land marks that was some stuff back in the horse car days. The new hall at 51 Beaver Street will make the old quarters look likje a jerk-water waiting room in the main foyer of Grand Central. Besides being roomy it will have other conveniences that will make the waiting before ship­ ping out a pleasure instead of a pain in the neck. The chance of a new Hall in New York is little more than a stroke of luck. Months of futile hunting preceeded it. Landlords upped their noses at renting to a union—the ide^ didn't sit well in reactionary stomachs. Where space was available safety regulations and the refusal of landlords to rnake alterations made rental impossible. There is only one solution to the problem of acquiring adequate hiring halls—outright purchase and ownership by the union. To accomplish this vote YES on the resolution^ Calling for a building assessment and for the buying of Union halls in Tmapa and New York! Around the Ports NEW YORK so, as our contracts, in all cases, specifically state that the com­ panies have the right to hire these ratings, providing they are union clear. The membership in this Branch has taken a firm stand on this matter and passed a unanimous resolution Monday evening that, any man who registers in the company's office for a job, rather than on the shipping list as he should, is automatically in bad standing. This answers the ques­ tion very easily and in the future, we expect no more difficulty in this matter. This is really a break for men who ship in the "Key" positions. Stewards, etc., as it gives them the opportunity which they should have, "rotary style" shipping. This also should make for much better relations on board ships between the Chief Steward and crews as we have found from bitter experience that 99 out of 100 times when a ship comes in hungry as hell and lousy all through the Stewards Department, that the Chief Steward is either an outright company stooge or some WSA trip card man pushed through at the last minute by the company. We re­ gard this as a real accomplish­ ment for our Organization to hire these men "off the Board," and we intend keeping it as is! PAUL HALL Shipping continues slow here and it appears it will be another week or so before it returns to normal, so if any of you fellows in other ports have intentions of coming up to ship from New York, don't do it, as it will take you a little while to get out. We'll pass the word along when ship­ ping picks up. The pay-offs in tliis Port are running smoother now than they were a short while back due to the fact the Seafarers are getting a name for being tough on free­ loaders and performers. This is the way it should be so that rather than have your Pa­ trolman waste his time beefing with a phoney free-loader or a gashound, he can give full at­ tention to the members' beefs at pay-off time. Patrolmen Goffin and Hart are still talking about the pay-off of the John J. LaFarge of the Am­ erican Range and Liberty Line here the other day. They claim that, in all the time they have been piecarding in this Port, this is one of the cleanest pay-offs they have ever attended. Credit should be given to the three Delegates of that ship—^Bob O'Toole, No. 24304, Deck; Guy Mayle, No. 21157, Engine; .and C. Macomber, No. 22087, Steward. These fellows brought their ship back in tip-top shape and in such NEW ORLEANS a condition that it is a credit not only to them, but to the whole crew. Here's hoping for more just Things going pretty good in like that one. this port. Shipping is good, a I attended a meeting with number of trip cards going out Brother Hawk and Volpian along each week, mostly OS and Messwith the shipowners on the Ju­ men. nior Engineers question recently. Still having a few headaches This beef has been submitted to with the Moran Towing Co. here, Washington and it will probably but that is due to the fact that be several weeks before a dispo­ the Skippers and Chief Engineers sition is made of it. It will be to think they can put who they our benefit if in some manner, we want on these tubs. But no can could get control of the Juniors do. Jobs on our contracted vessels, Moved into the new hall and for they really come under the had a house-warming on June 3, contracts. which was enjoyed by all who The WSA now has a phoney attended it. Several of the set-up wherein they place so-call­ Brothers out of this port have ed "Trainees" on board vessels as Junior Engineers, although they have made no sea time previous­ ly. They only have to make 3 months then they are able to set SS SCHOHARIE—Money pay­ for their license. The usual run of these Juniors, as far as ability able at South Atlantic Line Com­ pany office to E. Goulding, Chief is concerned, is not so hot. No doubt, our own members Cook: A. Watson. Mess Man; $35 who have had a greater amount to each man. 200 extra meals. * * * of experience on ships would be far more efficient in this rating. SS JOHN W. GATES: Albert Not only that, but all men who E. Minzghor, Carpenter, Svz hrs: ship in the Black Gang know Gustave S .Carlson. Bos'n, 10 hrs: that the unlicensed Juniors job is, Sethuel A. L e t s o n, OS. 1 hr;.without a question, the best job Einar H. Kalsnes, AB, 17 hrs: in the Engine Department. We Lyder K. Strommen. AB, IBVz maintain the position that, due to hrs: Richard A. Wilson. AB. 15 the fact that we have contracts hrs: William H. Jones, AB. 15 hrs: with various companies calling A. Harms. Oiler, 20 hrs: E. Tay­ for supplying all unlicensed men, lor. Oiler. 24 hrs. we have jurisdiction over those SS RICHARD HAS SETT: E. jobs. New York Branch's system of Knickhocker, Carpenter. 21 hrs: shipping stewards "rotary style" J. Matheson. Bos'n, 17 hrs. e » « off the board, the same as all other ratings met with a, little op­ SS MARJORIE: The following position the past 2 weeks when men have one hour overtime at two companies made a beef about $1.10 coming. Collect at Bull it. The companies claim it is a Line Office.— J. Prats, J. Gon­ violation of contract. This is not zalez, J* IVest, E, Leite, A. Gon­ gotten their licenses and are working on them now. Good lu(ik Brothers. Fraternally, L. J. (Baldy) Bollinger, Ageni MOBILE Well brothers I have just been reading one of the damndist pieces of exagerations that I have ever had the pleasure of looking at. In the scandal sheet known as the PILE-IT the official organ for the front organization called the National Maritime Union, dated June 2nd, 1944. In the Mobile column comrade Mack Hankins states the biggest and most impressive celebration ever held on maritime day took place in Mobile on that day, May 22nd, 1944, he further statecl that "all civic organizations took part in the celebrations and that the NMU was the only maritime union in the parade, BUT despite the SIU officials, many SIU Rank and File joined with us in the celebrations." There was only one Colored messboy that took part in the parade and he was so far in arrears that he is a sus­ pended member from the SIU under the terms of the SIU con­ stitution. Members Decide Now for the benefit of comrade Mack Hankins and everybody else that is interested and to keep the records straight; this is exactly what transpired relative to this maritime day celebration, as Comrade Hankins speaks about: As the Agent for the SIU in this port on May the 15th, 1944, I re­ ported to the membership meet­ ing that all the civic organiza­ tions in this port were going to take part in this maritime day celebration and -they expected the SIU to take an active part in it also. This celebration and par­ ade business was discussed very democratically by aU the mem­ bers present, and the opinion and the final decision of the member­ ship was that we as far as this or(Contintud on Page 3) MONEY DUE »•» zalez, Luciano, B. Goodman, P. Como, Fernandez. » • • SS ARTHUR M. HUDDELL: Robert P. Jackson has SO hours coming. Collect at Bull Line of­ fice. • • * SS WARD HUNT: Orpha John­ son, Crew Mess, 29 hrs: La-wrenca W. Keith, Utility, 29 hrs. Money is payable at Bull Line Office. • •• • JULIAN POYDRIAS: Wm. Gentry, 1 hr» Chief Cook; Jas. Moyer, Crew Mess: B. Spencer. Saloon Mess: D. Bryant,' Utility, Division of Utility wages for 22 days: J, Saffel, Utility, G, iMoyer. Mess, Division Utility wages for 23 days: F. O. Bryant, 6 hrs; T. Jarhoe, Galley Utility, B. Spen­ cer, J. Moyer, each lOVa hrs for dumping garbage. Collect at Waterman Steamship Company office. k-> ^ ^ % �Friday, June 30, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Around the Ports MOBILE (Continued from Page 2) ganization was concerned did not have anything to parade about on that day. For it was decided: "(1) Tliat Maritime Day is and \ has always been a shipowners' holiday. "(2) On April 1st, 1944, the WSA, who, after all is said and done, are nothing more or less than the ship owners: Through their hatchet machine the MWEB cut the Seamen war bonus with­ out any provocation whatsoever, which swindled the Seamen out of practically half of their earn­ ings." Shipowner's Holiday , So, therefore, the membership of t^iis organization could not subscribe to the reason of par­ ading on the shipowners' holiday who wrap themselves up in the American flag for the purpose of chiseling on the poor Seamen, and still get pubhcity. The Rank and File themselves took that stand for the benefit of comrade Hankins. Of course the Rank and File of the NMU no doubt did not have the privilege of discussing the ?nerits of the case, they no doubt just got the orders to dance the jig from the powers that be and Ihey had to dance. In the Seafarers International Union of NA, if the membership wants to parade on any holiday they can go on record for it and go ahead and parade, and if they do not want to parade that's their business and if they don't want to parade that is the procedure of the SIU. We are not parading for shipowners who want the sea­ men that sail their ships, for them to accumulate billions of dollars while sitting behind their desks in their swivel chairs, or joining them in parading the town on their holiday, subse­ quent to puUing one of the most vicious under-handed back stab­ bing deals in the history of the maritime industry, is any legiti­ mate cause for the Seamen to do it. NMU's Check-off And if Comrade Hankins or any other fellow traveller thinks that just because one messboy that is so far in arrears in the SIU to become a suspended mem­ ber, gets up on a truck on Mari­ time Day with the NMU banner on it and parades the town, is going to cause a repercussion in the SIU, he has another think coming. If Comrade Hankins and all the Commie stooges and fellow trav­ ellers of the NMU would concen­ trate their activity on promoting the Seamen's welfare instead of STANDARD FORM NO. 14 NOTICE Will the holder of receipt No. 34464 and the holder of receipt No. 34465 please call at headquar­ ters office, or write in and sttae what dues and assessments were paid. These receipts w:ere issued by C. Haymond aboard the SS Finley P. Dunn, Waterman Line, which paid off in Norfolk, Va. • • • When any agent or patrolman requests a member's book to be sent from the headquarters office to one of the ports please state the date the member joined and the port he joined at. This will simplify the mailing procedure. » » • Barnwell Petermann, No. 31154 Please come to headquarters of­ fice, Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York, N. Y. NMU Again Exposed By Overtime Plea Before War Labor Board the seamen they have put mil­ (Continued from Page 1) lions into the pockets of the ship­ Portions of the article accom­ owners in unpaid overtime; as panying the comparison of agree­ ments which was published un­ weU as countless more millions der the heading, "The Fakers Are into the shipowners' coffers through lower wage scales—and Exposed," follow: therefore lower war bonuses. NMU Lacks Strength Further they have saved the op­ "To this end they have man­ euvered and connived with the erators other millions through politicians in Washington and lack of job conditions on ships with certain officials of the WSA under contract to the NMU. Overtime Principle as well as with some of the ship­ owners! "And in passing it might be "In order to do this, however, said that while Curran and his the NMU officials and the Stalin­ misfit outfit have blasted the old ists have tried to introduce the ISU, the ISU as far back as Iho "check-off" of union dues from year 1920 had conditions which their membership. Note demands the NMU has never been able to in Pilot. This is one of their approach. For the working rules greatest confessions of weakness. of an ISU agreement of 1920-21 They have no real union strength provided overtime for OT hours, because no sentiment for union­ weekends and holidays at the ism remains within their ranks. overtime rate. Here's an ex­ ample: SIU Agreements Protect "5. While vessel is in port and Members "On the other hand the SIU's members of the engine room de­ agreements fully protect their partment are standing donkey members. The rules as shown by watch, no work shall be perform­ the tables herewith provide many ed which is not part of their reg­ conditions in the industry that ular duties; between the hours of the fast-failing NMU has never 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. or vessel is working cargo or solid ballcist, been able to obtain. "And through their failure to extra compenscdion to be paid at gain conditions of overtime for (Continued on Page 4) From U. S. MARITIME COMMISSION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT MARCH 10, 1926 Bureau OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN TELEGRAM OfE^cial Business — Government Rates XA 723 19 WASHINGTON D C 14 trying to hog all the publicity, they would not b.ave to worry about the checkoff system to keep their members together, talking about repercussion brother, when a Union has to in­ stitute the checkoff method, then they really got repercussion. So until the next shipowners holi­ day, just keep her in the Channel. OLDEN BANKS, Agent Page Three ^ Chg. Appropriation -The following cable from London tells a story of direct interest to every man and woman whose war job is connected in any way with the construction or operation of our American Merchant Fleet— W A HI J B 52 P 49 86 435? 14 VIA CIAL' WSA Press Corps Washington D C Hundreds American Liberty ships form backbone supply lines to beachheads. First supply convoy Normandy Coast all Liberties. Some English ports packed with them. Channel ha^ become Liberty Ship Lane. Every U. S. Shipyard represented in unending procession. Sup­ ply ships manned by U. S. Merchant Marine officers and men carrying troops and materiel. Seamen, soldiers, stevedores, Navy landing barge crews working in teams unloading. WSA played important but silent part in pre-invasion preparations. signed—DONOGUE—WSA Our fighters can't have too much at the beachheads. Let's keep giving them all we've got! E. S. LAND, CHAIRMAN- -U. S. MAPJTIME COMMISSION .i.t '.'Ji }, �, •!') ByNMUOvertime Again Exposed Plea Paga Four THE SEAFAHtKS ifj •' v!{/' i -n I!' !• il' fir­ stSI! Before War Labor Board (Continued from Page 3) the overtime rate. When ceirgo winches and engine room auxili­ aries, other than feed pumps or injectors, are being used an oiler, watertender or engineer will also be on watch. On steamers not carrying a donkeyman, the work to be performed by a fireman. "6. No unlicensed employee in the engine department shall go on watch unless he shall have had six hours off duty immedi­ ately preceding the setting of watches. If sea watches are set at 12 midnight, the unlicensed employees in the engine depart­ ment, required for the first watch, shall not be worked later than the previous noon, AFL Pioneered Conditions "The AFL unions are the only •O group which have lived up to the aims of these pioneers of marine unionism. The NMUers and the Stalinists for all their high-powe r e d blasting and propaganda have never been able to equal these provisions—and they never "will be able to! "But since they cannot, they scream loudly of "their" achieve­ ments for the seamen, thump their chests and call curses upon the AFL and the officials of its affiliated marine unions which have done a job instructed by their membership. "The NMU pact has some fairly decent conditions which the AFL .ufiiOris pioneered and standard­ ized in the industry and which the shipowners had to concede to the fast-failing, misfit NMU of­ ficials to enable them to ram down the throats of the seamen still adhering to the NMU. :• able for what it says—^but it is remarkable for WHAT IT DOES NOT SAY, and for the overtime and general conditions sacrificed to shipowners. "For in these provisions the SIU betters the NMU pacts by having it on the line—in black and white — as to w h a t their members shall be paid for. In other respects the agreements with the shipowners thi'oughout the industry are pretty much the same on general and department­ al conditions not shown, with the exception that where overtime is provided the SIU OT rate is bet­ ter in all cases. "Because of this and the NMU's loud howls that 'their contracts were the best in the in­ dustry' the NMU officials were forced lately into a corner by the remaining NMU membership — they must put up, or else . . . Answers NMU "For this is the answer to the NMU's cry for 'stablization' of which they couldn't get through union strength; this is the answer to the NMU's flash publicity job; 'The NMU—What it is—What it Does'." For their attempts to gain through a Government Board what they have been unable to gain through gconomic action and through Unionism leave them "at sea on a lake without an oar." Now, here is the proof that the NMU has be^...unable to- gain any conditions as will be seen in the accompanying picture of the article released through Associ­ ated Press. It also proves the as­ sertions of the SIU up to the hilt. Every Dollar Helps When It Is Invested In War Bonds. SIU Agreements Best "The NMU 'agreement,' if it can be called that, is not remark­ Excerpts Of Weekly Report By JOHN HAWK ' It'- The Union has received a no­ j Padway advised Dushane, tice from the National War La­ ;Weisberger and myself to attend bor Board that our beef regard­ , this meeting by all means. So ing the wages and working rules the three of us shall be present for Chief Electricians and Second there and protect the interests of Electricians with six of the com­ the seamen and the membership panies under contract to this or­ with regard to the bonus ques­ ganization is soon coming up. tion. I shaped up a brief on this As regards the new hall here in matter and will attend the hear­ New York the painters have sev­ ing on. this case later. eral floors and hallways all paint­ Brother Hall and Brother Vol- ed over at the new address, 51 _pian and myself met with all the Beaver Street. However, there is operators regarding the wages considerable alterations, plumb­ and working conditions covering ing and painting to do yet and it unlicensed Junior Engineers, We will take a few more weeks be­ couldn't get to first base at this fore we can move over there. time so we requested the United A new educational booklet deStates Department of Labor Con­ .signed to help the new members ciliator to have this case certified of our Union is just off the press. to the National War Labor Board. This was written by Brother A notice was received from the Jack Bunker, Book No'. 27195. It Maritime War Emergency Board is available at both the despatchof another meeting to be held on er's and the agent's offices. June 30, 1944. It would be a good thing if the I called Attorney Pad way. old-timers in the Union point out Chief Counsel for the A F of L, to the youngsters that this book­ who has been handling the mat­ let is off the press and that they ter for the SUP and the SIU as can read it to learn the basis of to the advisability of attending the Union. Other booklets are bethis meeting in view of our past ing shaped up and are to follow soon. position. '• .-i-.? .r, _ ajMWi Iii'i 1 I " "• ''j -* • ^ Friday. Juna 30, 1344 LOG President Urges Seamen Benefits WASHINGTON, June 22 — President Roosevelt, signing the veterans' aid "G.I. Bill of Rights," urged today that Congress make similar provision ior unemploy­ ment compensation and Govern­ ment-financed education for members of the rnerchant mar­ ine, it is reported. Mr. Roosevelt used 10 pens to put his signature to the "G.I. Bill," which authorizes Federal loans, hospitalization, job insur­ ance, education and other post­ war benefits — estimated to cost from $3,000,000,000 to $6,500,000,000—for the men and women now in uniform. After a stroke or two with each the President handed the pens, one by one, over his shoulder to leaders of Congress and veterans' organizations who watched him sign the measure. "With the signing of this bill, a well-rounded program of spe­ cial veterans' benefits is nearly completed," Mr. Roosevelt said. "It gives emphatic notice to the men and women in our armed froces that the American people do not intend to let them down." The President added that he wanted one thing more for veter­ ans—'extension of Social Security credits on old-age pension and survivor s' insurance for time spent in the armed services. "I t r u s t," he continued in a statement, "that the Congress will also soon provide similar op­ portunities for postwar education and unemployment insurance to the members of the merchant marine who have risked their lives time and again during this war for the welfare of their coun­ try. Canada Restricts Seamen's Choice TORONTO, Canada—In a move to prevent Canadian officers and seamen from leaving their own ships because of the high wages and good working conditions pi-evailing in the American merch­ ant marine, an Order in Council has been recently passed virtual­ ly "freezing" Canadian seamen under their own flag. The order reads: "No person who is a Canadian national or who is ordinarily a resident in Canada may enter employment at a Canadian port as an officer or seaman on any foreign-going ship of non - Canadian registry without an authorization issued by or on behalf of the Director of Merchant Seamen." Ships Built By Labor Vital Factor In War WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Navy and Merchant Marine that American workers built in record time "have made it possible for us to turn from the defensive to the offensive in every theatre of operations," according to Assist­ ant Secretary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard. Truman Pitts Litli0rty Ship Conversions In Committee Report WASHINGTON, June 23 More adequate plans could have been made by the Maritime Commission to provide sufficient troop transports and hospital ships, in­ stead of coverting completed Liberty ships to meet thesg requirements, the Truman committee charged today, ac<^ cording to the New York Journal" The committee added that, tq of Commerce Bureau. some extent, the difficulties also The committee described as "without merit" arguments ad­ were increased by the fact that the inspection service is ill paid, vanced that the scheduling of ad­ ditional troop transports would which would make it difficult to be at the expense of the cargo draw into it inspectors with ex­ perience and a general character carrying program. suited to the work involved. The statements are contained "As the shipyards improved in the merchant shipping part of their experience, and as the in­ the committee's report on the in­ spectors became more experienc­ vestigation of the national de­ ed," the report said, "these dif­ fense program, whicl^ was re­ ficulties were reduced." leased today. Commenting upon the question Disadvantages Cited of ship fractures, the report ad­ "The prompt delivery of Lib­ mitted that there had been many erty ships into cargo service," the occasions where welding stresses committee report said, "would had occurred, but added, however have relieved the urgent need that from time to time improve­ for some of the cargo capacity provided by the faster type of ments have been made in weld­ ships. A proper scheduling of ing sequences and methods of construction would have permit­ prefabrication. ted one or more yards to build "As these improvements were transport ships. This would have made, all welded ship construc­ avoided the wage incident to tion, as a whole, was constantly '4S»building cargo ships complete improved and is now believed to and then converting them to incorporate a number of refine­ troop transports." ments which were unknown at The report said that the com­ the outset of the program," the mittee was of the opinion that the report said. 51 Liberty ship should not be used as a troop or hospital ship except in cases of very great emergency, and then only after special pre­ cautions are taken to strengthen the ship and to provide adequate convoy protection both in case of enemy attack of relatively slow ships, and in case of disasters at sea from fractures. 'WASHINGTON—The Maritime The committee said that it had Commission has authorized the received c o m p la i nts involving naming of a Liberty Ship for the most, if not all, of the shipyards late E. G. Hall, president of the producing Liberty ships to the Minnesota State Federation of effect that they have not followed Labor for 30 years. The dedica­ contract specifications, and the tion was made possible by bond Maritim«^ Commission inspectors purchases totalling $2,800,000 have not been permitted full made by unions affiliated with freedom to cai-ry on their activit­ the Minnesota State Federation ies, and thereby to insure that the in the Fourth War Loan. To vessels were constructed in ac­ qualify for the dedication of a cordance with the instructions of Liberty ship to a labor leader, the the Maritime Commission. From sponsoring unions must buy at examination of the record, how­ least $2,000,000 worth of bonds. ever, the report said, inspection The future Edward G. HalL often was not as rigid and strict scheduled for launching July 5, is as it should have been. being built by the Delta Ship­ Inspectors 111 Paid building Corp., New Orleans, La. "Inspectors of the Maritime Bargaining agent for this yard is Commission sometimes were not Metal Trades Council, AFL. supported by fheir superiors and In a letter to O. J. Arnold, were not able to do the job for chairman of the Minnesota War which they were hired," the re­ Finance Committee, national war port said. "To some extent, this finance officials recommended was due to the lack of competent that a plaque made of non-critic­ chief inspectors who knew how al materials be placed in the ship, to supervise their inspection bearing the words: "SS Edward staffs and how to co-operate with G. Hall. 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Title A name given to the resource June 30, 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. 18 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NMU AGAIN EXPOSED BY OVERTIME PLEA BEFORE WAR LABOR BOARD HARRY BRIDGES NO HERO TO THIS CIO UNION STREAMLINED TRANSPORTS FOR PACIFIC LIFE-RAFT HEARING SET IN WASHINGTON NEW MWEB MEETING ON BETTER UNION HALLS PRESIDENT URGES SEAMEN BENEFITS TRUMAN HITS LIBERTY SHIP CONVERSIONS IN COMMITTEE REPORT MINNESOTA AFL SPONSORS SHIP NAMED FOR LEADER CANADA RESTRICTS SEAMEN'S CHOICE EXCERPTS OF WEEKLY REPORT SHIPS BUILT BY LABOR VITAL FACTOR IN WAR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/30/1944 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/980b375f14c0c7094061275b668f6923.PDF 28a660c3d375546ebf1c06efcb16dd0d PDF Text Text OFFICIAL OBGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DLiTBIGT, SEAFAEERS' INTERNATIONAL HNION OF NORTH AMERICA No. 19 NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JULY 7. 1944 Vol. VI. SIU Reports On Bonus Meet AFL Exposes NMU Sellout Curran Does "Flip-Flop" To Gain SIU Conditions Pall Hall, Seafarers Int'l Union, TELEGRAM 2 Stone Street, New York, N. Y. July 1, 1944 At the Maritime War Emergency Board meeting, June 30th, your representat«* stated that our presence at this meeting did not in any way alter our previous positf6ir~ that the Board has been and did act outside of their jurisdiction as defined in the State­ ment of Principals we reaffirmed position that we have taken in the past since they cut the bonuses as of April First. Curran and the CIO group who have stated at the last few meetings of the Board that the bonuses were a trivial matter and a dead issue, pulled at this meeting today, one of their famous flip-flops and have now taken the same po­ sition the A F of L Unions have followed all along, mainly that a floor be put on bonuses for the duration; also that the insurance be raised to ten thousan.d dollars. The Board[ goes into executive session July First on this matter. DUSHANE - WEISBERGER - HAWK. By Matthew Dushane MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD Experiments Develop Improved Lifeboat A new type of lifeboat designed to save many lives has been one of the major experiments of the current war. The lifeboat pictur­ ed here was designed to go through the flames of burning oil from sunken tankers as well as protect the seamen from the heat of the tropics and the cold of the .Artie regions. Its general advantages are as follow; : 1. and MOST IMPORTANT. Protection of sea-disaster surviv­ ors under all weather conditions. This is particularly important for the crews of tankers, who have so heroically supplied the fuel for the United Nations war effort and should become standard practice for many other types of vessels in the post-war era. 2. Improved strength of life­ boat constructions, due to addi­ tional stiffness and strength pro(Contimtcd on Paf^e 3) SIU Fishermen Fight For Living In Dispute With Dealers ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Over four thousand SIU fishermen have been tied up along the entire Florida Coast in protest to the action of the fish .dealers in cutting prices 4 cents. Many have been out since June 15, while others in other ports have been out since March. They are all stick­ ing solid, it is learned, here. The dispute came to a head when the dealers reduced fish prices. The fishermen demand that a minimum price be put on their catches and that guarantees of sale be written into an agi-eement with them. The dealers, it is said, have been making attempts to starve the fishermen out and break the Union. Thus far they have met with no success and the solid front of the workers has held the line. Following is the text of a tele­ gram from the Sec'y-Treasurer of the Union appealing for aid: John Hawk, Sec'y-Treas. Seafarers Union of N.A. 2 Stone Street, N.Y.C. O^Jer four thousand SIU fisher­ men have been tied up since June fiiftenth in protest against 4 cent (Continued on Page 4) the Tankermen's Union, (no af­ filiation). In the absence of Mr. Padway, legal representative of the AFL, Mr, Robert Wilson, attorney, con­ nected with the legal staff of the AFL was designated to represent the AFL affiliates on the legal question of the Board's authority. AFL Stands Pat Mr. Wilson stated to the Board that we were attending this meet­ ing as observers, and that the SUP-SIU and the MM&P have already presented their recom­ mendations to the Board and that we still stand on these proposal^ and that in attending this meet­ ing as observers, we do not waive any legal rights, nor recognize the Board's statement that they were acting in accordance with the Statement of Principles as set forth in Exhibit A; and that if the Board did not accept our po- Held a meeting on June 30 td discuss recommendations and suggestions with regard to mat­ ters involving war bonuses and war risk insurance, that have been submitted to the Board by signatories to the Statement of Principles. The Board has stated that in (Continued on Page 3) the meeting that was held on June 6, 1944: "All parties signa­ tory present, except four, con­ firmed and approved the jurisdistion and authority of the Board as it has been customarily exercised." The SUP-SIU and the MM&P who are affiliated with the AFL were among the four unions that did not agree with the Board that they have been acting in accordance with NEW YORK, N. Y.—^A letter was received by John Exhibit A of the Statement of Principles. The other union was Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District Land With SIU Plan On Ships' Names of the SIU of NA this week disclosing the allocation of the ships that have been named for heroes of the SIU. It is said in the communication that the vessel named for Joseph Send More Smokes has been assigned to a"and was subsequently published To Men Overseas Squires company with contracts to the in the following issue of the Sea­ WASHINGTON, D. C.—Presi­ dent William Green appealed to all AFL members to send twice as many union label cigarettes to servicemen overseas in the months to come as before. He pointed out that Secretary of War Stimson has announced that the number of men in our armed forces overseas will be doubled this year. The men in uniform deeply ap­ preciate these gifts of imion la­ bel cigarettes, as is evidenced by their many letters, and the Union Label Trades Department's drive to supply these free smokes to servicemen is "spreading good will for organized labor," Mr. Green said. NMU. However the George W. Alther which was assigned to a company under contract to the CIO organi­ zation has been withdrawn and will be assigned to a company under, contract to the Seafarers International Union. According to the letter from Admiral Emory S. Land the Ship Naming Committee of the Mari­ time Commission is following out the policy of naming ships after seamen who have been posthu­ mously awai'ded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. This idea was suggested by Brother John Hawk of the Sea­ farers International Union in a letter to the Admiral on May 31 farers Log. The text of Admiral Land's reply follows: United States Maritime Commission Washington. D. C. July 4, 1944 Mi\ John Hawk International Vice-Pres. and Secretary-Treasurer •>. Atlantic and Gulf District Seafarers International Union Of North America Post Office Box 25, Station P V New York, New York Dear Mr. Hawk: Thank you for your recent let­ ter in reference to Liberty ves­ sels named in honor of merchant (Continued on Page 4) �t 1 Pag© Two THE SEAFARERS LO& Vubiished by the, SEAFARERS' INTERNA™ML UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlp.sitic and Giilf District ^ Affiliated with the American Federation of Lahoii f; HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - President. 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches !4/ IS^ IP. ADDRESS BRANCH NEWYORK{4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK ,_NE W ORLEANS (16)... alAVANNAH •AAMPA.... MOBILE. SAN JUAN. 28. P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON PHONE ZStoneSt 330 AUantlcAve UNorthGaySt 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 324.Chartres St 218 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOwHng Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 W m PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 The NMlfs Checkoff P-f-sss-t! - ' Tfxe National War Labor Board has denied the plea I -of the National Maritime Union, CIO for the "checkoff" ' of Union dues on contract ships covered by the NMU agreements. That is a just and wise decision. Just, in the light of past practices in the industry. Wise, in the sense that the "checkoff" in the hands of the present leadership of the NMU means slavery and exploitation of the American sea­ men. Their sweetly turned phrase *'Dues Deduction Plan" apparently did ftot fool the members of the War Labor Board. The "Checkoff" of Union dues itself was not the ques­ tion. Actually the problem resolves itself into the basic, fundamental rights of American seamen to freedom of choice and of action. The "checkoff" would nullify the meaning of collective bargaining under the Wagner Act and deny the rights of men to choose or change their bar­ gaining agency—i.e.—the Union of their choice. The "checkoff" would mean freezing of contract re­ lations and the creation of a system 6f industrial peonage wherein men would be slaves to the machine which con­ trolled the contracts under which they hved. Freedom of iiction would be denied. Unionism and the Spirit of Union­ ism would perish AND IN ITS PLACE WOULD RISE THE ROBOT LABOR CONTROL USHERING IN THE ERA OF THE MECHANICAL MAN. This would be followed in tixne by the Robot State as the encroachment of centralized bureaucracy which is the machine, became more widespread. Thus, would be born " the Stalinist "heaven" and as cogs in the Stalinist machine the NMU leadership s6ught with might and main to de­ ceive the seamen, the War Labor Board and the American people. The freedom for which seamen struggle and die woidd have been set to nought by the NMU demands. The bu­ reaucracy which is fattening upon the hfeblood of the NMU membership would have been certified by a favorable ;^ecision and the Seal of the U. S. Government placed upon slaver)^. The power of free men WOULD HAVE BEEN USURPED by the CP-NMU buredticracy. The NMU membership would have ceased to be mem{Continued on Page A) SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 7. 1944 WHATS DOING Aroisnd tlie Ports voted a record high number of today — and that's what IH men. Credit for this goes, first-of amounts to—afTer a guy makes his dough as hard as making trips We have just completed a fair­ all to a large interest in the Or­ to sea—is in a class all by him­ ganization's affairs on the mem­ ly busy week and the member­ self, which is 3 degrees lowet: bers' part. ship in this port have had the Seoondly, in the comparison than a cockroach. satisfaction of seeing the Wind These same stripe of characters some of the members have been taken out of the sails of a wouldai-e people who wouldn't be found making here, in the old building be "Bucko" Skipper. The char­ anywhere close to making a trip acter to whom we refer is Capt. we are in, and the new building on a ship sailing under war-time we are now fixing up for occu­ Hyles of Waterman SS Co. He conditions, not even for a millioa brought his ship in last trip in pancy soon, and Brothers, there per month. But in the interests is a lot of difference. about the same state, he always It is my Opinion that because of profits, they will cheerfully brings in ships on which he is of this difference in comparison, chop away a few hard-earned skipper. men are more than anxious to bucks frmo the seamen who take In other words, he chiseled the vote Yes on the assessment, so the risks and undergo the strain men in every possible way and that in the future no Branch will and physical hazards. was dictatorial and unreasonable have to be housed in such an ab­ Yours for less chiselers ashore, and even had the men logged for solute crum joint as this place PAUL HALL. Agenli laughing at night in their focsTes. we are in now. We gave this character the same I see they have put the new NORFOLK treatment that New York re­ crew passes in this Port into ef­ serves for all of his type. All of Well, h g r e comes an article you fellows know what that is— fect. In my opinion, this is un­ called for and it is only a restric­ from the 2nd Ranking Port. Cer­ Settlement At The Point of Pro­ tion move to militarize the mari­ tainly we mean Norfolk. duction! Things are really humming and Through Capt. Hyles would-be time industry as it certainly re­ stricts the right of freedom of buzzing down here in the South­ attempt of robbing his men, it movement on the seamen's own ern State of Virginia, better took approximately a day and a time. After having it here for a known as the home of Smithfield half to pay his ship off, and Brother, it was some madhouse little while, no doubt the Coast hams. (Sure we have a few other before she was all clear. How­ Guard will put this system into hams also), but the Tarheels from effect in the outports. It is just the State of North Carolina claim ever, when the final score was up, another case of one more move to that they have more full book the membership were upheld in further regiment the Merchant members in the Seafarers than all their disputes. Seamen. We had the pleasure of seeing The men who made the last Vii-ginia. In fact, the North Car­ an amateur "Sea Wolf" changed trip on the SS Emerson, Smith & olinians are really pulling for k into a "Well Shorn Lamb." As is Johnson SS Co., thanks to Patrol­ tarheel for President. the case with all of these imita­ man Coffin's persistant efforts, Some of the newcomers Whom tion Capt. Blighs, when this man have had the beef settled to their come in from their 1st voyage met with the proper representa­ favor. Coffin and I negotiated want to know when headquarteris tion from the Unioji and was con­ with these people several days will be shifted from New York to fronted with the facts of life, he ago on this dispute, and we have Norfolk. We never debate that (Contintud on Fage 3) backed up and tried to disclaim been notified today that it will be responsibility for the sorry mess paid without any further argu­ aboard his ship. No doubt in the ment. This dispute involves ap­ future he will be a little more proximately 1600 hours of over­ careful in the manner in which time and is quite a financial gain he treats his crew and stop abus­ for that crew. The men involved ing and mistreating them.. All in will be notified of the amount due all, the officials in this Branch do them. not expect any trouble from Capt. "We still have a few troubles up Hyles on his next trip in this herg with some of the company The Navy is now using phan­ Port. representatives who are not will­ tom ships for target practice, Two of our Patrolmen, Brother ing to negotiate a dispute, but in­ which is much easier and cheai>* Fisher and Coffin, are on their sist on squawking "No, No, No", er than the old method of towing vacation and although we will as soon as they see a union repre­ targets pr sinking old ships that miss them very much—as they sentative. There are a couple of are out of date. are both first-class men — they these chiselers in this Port who The phantom ships are merely have certainly been working hard seem to pride themselves on how optical illusions but work as Well recently and two weeks rest much they can thieve from a sea­ as though they were real vessel^ should make them come back man coming in after a rugged By use of an offset prism wedge feeling a hell of a lot better. trip. a fire control officer trains a We are still going to bat up We hammer away on this type sighting glass on a real ship and here for all men who have Coast of monek every time we get a then sees another one at some Guard Charges placed against chance and are meeting with bet­ distance away. He directs the them and have preserved Our rec­ ter success in negotiating with fire on the "ghost" ship ahd can ord of No Losses so far. I. would them on disputes. This type of observe the hits or misses aa like to caution all members, how­ character sKbuld be ashanled to though there were an actual ship ever, to be very careful on board look his own brother in the face, in the offing. All the gun Crew ships nowadays in r e g a r d s to as without a question, anybody sees are splashes on a empty fights, etc. This is a hard rap to who would steal from a seamen ocean. beat and it gets harder as time goes by. You fellows remember," if you have any difficuties, do not settle them On board the ship—settle them on the dock Or up the street. SS LATHROBE: Chas. Parker, Peterson. AB. 39 hrs; W. J. Code, In this manner, you can avoid F-WT, 24 hrs; L.-Chiimesi. Oiler; AB, 16 hrs; E. Zavodny, OS, 31 yourself a whole lot of grief when 14 hrs; Harold Byers, Oiler. l4 hrs; C. L. Vickers, OS, 23 h«; O. you come in at pay-off. A much hrs; C»1 Bean, Oiler, 4 hrs. Six! L. Ames. AB, 22 hrs; E. E. Mans# better suggestion, however, is men in Steward's Dept. have li AB. 34 hrs; R. H. Kletter, Fire­ when you have a dispute with a hour overtime each for pulling in man, 2 hrs. Collect at Alcoa SS shipmate, to sit down gnd reason fog buoy. Collect at Company's Company office. New York City. the thing out with him rather office. * * * than act like a couple of first» * . » SS JOSE MARTI: Paid off in trippers in trying to knock oiit SS WILLIAM WIRT: Paid off New York City: Andrew Oliver, each others brains. in New York City: Tiihothy F-WT. 36 hrs; J. C. Welborn, OUThe voting on the Building As­ White. DK. 12 hrs: William Leibe. er. 5 hrs; Chad Bentley, Diick sessments and Constitutional Bos'n. 14 hrs; Joseph Cromcahs. Eng^ 91 hr& This money is colAmendments is still going strong OS. hrs; L. J. Nbel. AB. 54 iCciifible at Bull Line Company's up this way. To date, we have hrs; Townsend, AB. 54^2 hrs; G. office. NEW YORK V i I m •U9 Navy Uses Phantom Ships For Targets DUE f �• I 'Si Friday, July 7. 1944 THE SIU Reports On Bonus Meet (Continued from Page 1) sition and did not desire our pres ence at that meeting, they could order us to leave. The three Board members stated that we could remain and would be given recognition as observers. "Flip Flop" Curran Curran as spokesman for the NMU turned another flip-flop and stated that his union recommends that the Board establish a mini­ mum bonus for the duration of the war. He did not specify what the amount should be. He also stated that the Insurance should be uped to Ten Thousand Dollars, and that additional insurance should be allowed at the rate of fifty cents per thousand and the Unions to sell this insurance to their members. Curran in his role as spokes­ man for the NMU attempted to make the AFL representatives an object of ridicule, because they have the services of an attorney. He was reminded that this meet­ ing was the outcome of the AFL unions' protest.against the illegal action by the Board, and that the AFL action iii appointing their legal staff to represent us in chal­ lenging the Board's decision, made it possibfe for the unions fb be heard by the Board, as stated in their notification to all parties signatory to the Statement o: Principles. The indications are that the NMU was tipped off that the Board was making some sort of a compromise, and is preparing to make some adjustments in the bonuses and the insurance, and as pr eusual, the NMU were making an attempt to clear their unholy position of the jjast and trying to grab a little glory for the changes that the Board will make. Myers the Clown It will be of interest for our members to re-check on the po­ sition taken by Blacky Myers, Vice-President of the NMU in the meeting that was held on April 1 Here is a verbatim statement from the record that was made by this court jester of the NMU "As I have said at the outset, we know that this bonus thing is a pot of gold in the long run and we are not going to beat a dead horse to death," There my friends you have the position taken by this "leader" of the NMU, this was at the time when the AFL unions were at­ tempting to reopen the bonus question with the Board. Further on in his testimony, also taken from the record, My- Editor's Mail Bag SEAFARERS LOG SIU Fishermen In Dispute With Dealers (Contimted from Page 1) cut in price by dealers. Several branches have been out since March. Fishermen sticking one hundred percent, but are in bad need of financial assistance at once to feed their families. Strike can definitely be won if men can hold out two more weeks, but unless help arrives quick, dealers may starve men out and break the Union. This help only needed for next fifteen days so any as­ sistance given by our SIU affili­ ates will be appreciated by Gulf fishermen. Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union M. D. BIGGS, Secretary-Treasurer Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union The Eastern and Gulf District of the SIU of North America is aiding financially. ers stated: "In so many words, that is the expression of our peo­ ple and we already contemplate further changes in the bonus as theaters of operations shifted, not only stated to the Board that the reductions were justified but also encouraged the Board to make further reductions as the theatres of operations shifted. Now we have the supposedly great 'amancipator' and President of the NMU, Curran, making the statement that there should be no more reductions, and bonuses should be set at a minimum for the duration of the war. (Continued on Page 4) Page Tbrss NMU Fakers Fail In Plea To War Labor Board For Checkoff WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 4—The War Labor Board directed yes.terday that 23 Atlantic and Gulf Coast operators' former contracts with the Communist-con­ trolled NMU (CIO) must be continued in effect. Officers of the SIU, on a coastwise basis, however, exposed the weakness of the NMU's case ^n*-: commenting that "it wasn't the time field. This was occasioned, first time that the NMU's officials is is said, by the NMU's unwill­ had ridden on the. coat-tails of ingness to use economic strength the SIU-SUP when it came to and favor the shipowners. For, in having conditions handed to them the final analysis, economic strength is the only weapon that on a silver platter." For in this instance, according some of the shipowners under­ to the War Labor Board directive stand. The instance now before the the NMUers are now to be paid industry is that the NMU was: for "overtime pay for work in (a) Unable to gain conditions by port between 5 P.M. and 8 A.M., economic action; and (b) Further and for work on Saturday afterunable to gain the check-off by noons, Sundays and Holidays, political sneaking around back other than the usual sea doors with the different "boards" watches." The S e a f a r ers International and "bureaucrats" in Washington. For the record of the NMU's Union — while being whole­ officialdom shows that they sold heartedly in favor of the real sea­ (Continued on Page 4) men of the NMU getting this break—points out that such over­ time has been paid to the Sea­ farers International Union since its inception. It pioneered for these overtime conditions and gained them in its first contracts. In an issue of the Seafarers Log Three Merchant Navy Clubs on Jan. 7, 1944 a comparison was for British and Allied seamen made which showed that the have opened in London, Glascow NMU had long been working un­ and Cardiff and are financed by der the scales of other unions the funds collected from Ameri­ through the finky tactics of the can Labor, according to the Uni­ NMU-Communist officials. This ted Nations Information Office is­ was again pointed out in a special sue of Labor News. issue of the Log in March which Additionally three Rest Break showed a complete breakdown of Hostels and one Leave Hostel in all NMU conditions in compari­ London for members of the Wo­ son with the average conditions men's Land Army have been sim­ contained in SIU agreements. ilarly provided for. The Ameri­ The NMU's inability to gain can Federation of Labor as a na­ conditions for its members— tional body has been active in while challenging the SIU in contributing to these plans. smear campaigns — has been a Seamen sailing American-Flag continual cause for comment by vessels are welcomed at the Mer­ all the union groups in the mari- chant Navy Clubs, it is said. War Develops Better Lifeboat { Seamen's Clubs Opened In Britian mind them that we are grossly underpaid, because if we were, to work seven days a week ashore It seems to me that the powers- as we do at sea our earnings that-be of this organization are would be considerably more, with overlooking a particularly effec­ immeasureably less risk. tive bit of strategy on this all- We can quote statistics to prove (Continued from Page 1) important bonus question. Now, that ours is a more hazardous vided by the turtle deck being I am not questioning the sincerity calling than any branch of the built as one unit to the hull. This and energy of brothers Lunde- armed services and, though civil­ is especially important because berg. Hawk, and Dushane: on the ians, we have nevertheless lost during wartime conditions life­ contrary, I am sure that we all more men in proportion to the boats are also carried outboard of agree that they are doing every­ number involved than any deck and are subject to loss due thing possible to pursuade Mac- branch of the armed forces. to damage from heavy seas. The auley and his stooges to change Let us forstall any patriotic extra strength provided by the their alleged minds. Neverthe­ clap-trap that the phony politi­ cover, and equipment protection, less, it must be obvious to us all cians may have recourse to by more than compensate for the by now^that oui- officials are butt­ pointing out to the public that small additional cost of construc­ (Continued from Page 2) ing their heads against a stone we are actually worse off finan­ tion. wall when they appeal to those cially than the armed forces, for 3. The wartime seating capac- question, but some of these na­ Washington bureaucrats to give we must pay taxes on our earn­ ty is equivalent to standard boat tives are really becoming mili­ the seamen a fair deal. So I sug­ ings and we are denied all the and the weight of the boat, with tant. In fact, even some of the gest that we' try to put a little benefits enjoyed and to be en­ motor, is 6200 lbs. On new con­ oldtimers coming into this port -pressure on the board by appeal­ joyed by the armed forces. struction gravity davits would be for the first time, and seeing all ing to the public through the Now is the time for action, used. It is hoped, in the produc­ the jobs on the board and the piemedium of newspaper display ad­ brothers! If these phonies get by tion model, that the weight can cards running around like chick­ vertising. with this steal it will only whet be reduced under • 5,000 lbs. by ens with their necks cut are won­ We have a good case and if it's their appetite for another slash at using light metals and careful dering the same. properly presented it cannot fail our bonuses. stress analysis. The boat can be D. Stone, Patrolman (The Don • to awaken a sympathetic re­ Too bad that none of the used on a standard davit through Juan & Casanova of this port), sponse from the public at large. brothers on the Warrior had a the exception allowed by the has been having landlady trouble. Let us remind the public that movie camera to catch that ace of Coast Guard. The weight is al­ He raised so much cane about his at the outbreak of the war we phonies. Captain Morgan Hyles, ready 3,000 lbs. under the type rent that the landlady cut it $5.00 voluntarily came forward with a being told off by our very cap­ being produced in Britain. per week, and then old Stoney -no-strike pledge to the govern­ threatened to move just the same. This design has been subjected able New York agent. Paul HaU. ment, a pledge which we have When a genuine 21 jewel phoney to considerable work and study Whereupon the landlady bought .scrupulously observed. Let us like Morgan Hiles is made to eat and is not merely a radical de­ a new rug for Stoney's room, but remind them that the govern- crow—and I do mean eat crow! sign made by someone unfamiliar being the obstinate guy that he txtent in turn pledged itself to with the actual conditions found is, he moved recently out to We ought to have a cameraman at sea. It has been received fa­ another neighborhood. maintain the status quo for the duration, a pledge that Macauley to record the thoroughly enjoy­ vorably by such shipbuilders as Quite a few old time tug boat and his fellow rats have grossly able event for the union archives. Sun Shipbuilding Company. The mernbers are inquiring as to why violated in slashiiig our bonuses. Nice going. Brother Hall! Now, Kaiser Corhpany, builders of these tugs don't make some other Let us remind them that we are if you'll just give your personnel tankers, and the Pennsylvania port their headquarters and give •the only civilians whose lives are attention to those other two over­ Shipping Company, operators of the Port of Norfolk some surcease 'in Constant jeapardy; so much so time chiselers, Hancock, and arge tanker fleets. from the headaches developed on that we have lost thousands of "Red Lead" Anderson, we can The simplicity of design and and by these same tugs, but they men through enemy action, and consider Waterman lined up. cnostruction makes it readily are not bad as far as wages and that many of our brothers have Fraternally yours, adaptable to large production at conditions go, as namely: An AB been maimed besides. Let us re­ is good for about 250 dollars a Frenchy Michelet reasonable costs. Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir: \t '•i Around The Ports Norfolk month; and coal-burning firemeii are good for about 225 dollars, but where are the cold-burning: firemen. (Colored). And once again, we are hear­ ing the old cry: "Why can't Nor­ folk, the 2rid Ranking Port, have a Union Hall in this Port." In other words, why doesn't the Union purchase a Hall in thisport? To be sure, we are only keep­ ing in stridq with the rest of the Seafarers International Union, wherein other ports have pur­ chased their halls, and others are still clamoring to purchase theirs. What say Brothers? Allen (Man Mountain) Burke, our streamlined dispatcher has lost 12 pounds in the past week. We call it his saving on food money, but he states, very avidly, that he has lost all that weight from writing out shipping slips, probationary books, trip cards, and answering a million ques­ tions from youngsters who in­ quire: "Mr. Burke, how can I get on one of those big iron boats; in the harbor?" With best regards to all of the brothers overseas and othere waiting here to ship out, Carl M. (New Orleans) Roger* Norfolk Agent 1 �Page Fouv THE SEAtAHEKS Friday. July 7. 1944 LOG II -r, i |V •l Land With SIU Plan On Ships' Names it ' I; pj ^ : • fi- i.i ¥ • f (Continued from Page 1) seamen who have given their lives in the present war. Your request that the JOSEPH SQUIRES and the GEORGE W. ALTHER be allocated to com­ panies under contract to the Sea­ farers International Union, of which both these men were mem­ bers, has been discussed with the Assistant Deputy Administrator for Ship Operations, who advises as follows: The JOSEPH SQUIRES was assigned to Dichmann, Wright & Pugh on April 25 and delivered to them May 31. This company has a contract with the NMU (CIO) but as the vessel is now in operation, it is too late to make any change. The GEORGE W. ALTHER was assigned to American For­ eign Steamship Corporation on May 31 and is scheduled, for de­ livery June 19. Inasmuch as this company has a contract with NMU, it has been arranged to withdraw the vessel from them and assign her to a General Agent having a contract with SIU (A F of L). The Ship Naming Committee has been requested in the future to mention the name of., the ship on which the seaman served or else to give his Union connec­ tions in the biographical identi­ fications issued by that office. Your request that a Liberty ship be named for Harold E. Whitney has been noted. It has been the policy of the Ship Nam­ ing Committee to name ships af­ ter seamen who have been post­ humously awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, these names being recom­ mended by Admiral Fairfield's Committee on Medal Awards. At the present time we are plan- Every Dollar Helps When It Is Invested In War Bonds, ning to expand this policy to in­ clude the names of other Mer­ chant seamen who have given their lives under heroic circum­ stances, and I am suggesting that Harold E. Whitney's name be added to this list." The Ship Naming Committee will advise you as soon as action is taken. Sincerely yours, E. S. LAND. Chairman NMU Fakers Fail To Win Checkoff (Continued from Page 3) the seamen down the river when it came to disputing the recent cuts in the bonuses before the Maritime War Emergency Board. They did this, it is averred, in the hope of having that same board interced for them before the War Labor Board in their frantic attempts to get SIU con­ ditions and overtime rates" and hours. It is also noteworthy that the NMU was denied their so-called 'incentive-wage plan" as they were denied their plan to sneak in the check-off system and gain an economic stranglehold over that section of seamen now sail­ ing under the NMU banner. The intent of this is seen to have bjen a far-reaching plan on the part of the Communists in control of the NMU to gather strength and eventuaUy win domination over the entire body of the American seamen thfough political string pulling and back­ door riggings: For, it is known, that the check-off in the hands of the NMU's finky officials would have been a powerful weapoh in this direction and the creation of a system of industrial peonage among the seamen. SIU Aids Navy Wives In Hunt For Living Place NEW YORK—Two Navy wives wanting to join their husbands appealed to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union here for a place tb be found for them to live. It is a little strange, officers of the Union say, that the SIU should be appealed to in the light of the NMU's great claims as to their so-called Social Service Bureau, the USS's useless attempts at so­ cial service experiments and the fact that the U. S. Navy has a Navy Emergency Relief Bureau which handles matters of that kind. However, it goes to. show the fame the SIU has gained in being able to get things done for those in or around the marine industry. The text of the letter follows: Hudson, Florida June 25, 1944 Dear Sir: Two Navy wives are looking for a two bedroom apartment in New York. We would like to come up there to our husbands but we would like to be sure of a place to stay. Would you find us an apartment? We couldn't pay more than sixty dollars a month. We both have a baby. Please let us know by return mail. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Benny Booth Mrs. Willie Lovett Attention! According to actions taken by the membership of the Union in past meetings in which the membership went on record from time to time all members are instructed to pay their dues and asse^ments up to the current month in the port of pay-off. All trip-card men joining as probationary members should also pay their dues and assessments at the port of pay-off when joining the Union All members should see that this rule is corried out. SIU Reports On Bonus Meet (Continued from Page 3) Myer? further informed the Board that the NMU did not ex­ pect any relief from the Board as far as the cut in bonus was con­ cerned (Page 36, Minutes of MWEB meeting of April 12,1944.) Curran stated that the Board should establish one bonus rate for all waters, this is a complete flip-flop taken from Myers testi­ mony. For in order for the Board to make one bonus rate for all waters, it would be necessary for the Board to increase the bonui rates on the Pacific Coast. In summing up the position ta­ ken by Curran, it is basically the position that has been taken by the SUP-SIU and the MM&P. So it has become apparent to yours truly, that the NMU is again try­ ing to gi-ab some of the gravy that the AFL unions have again led the way in fighting for. All the other "Charley McCar­ thys" of the CIO Unions took their usual stand, that they sup­ ported Curran in his presentation of the issues involved. Malone "Peeps" Malone of the MFOW gave his usual little peep, and as Blackey Myers has stated, he tried to grab the limelight in that floor show without paying his cover charge. Malone's main line of chatter was that he is greatly relieved by the Board's decision, as it relieves him of the responsibility of hav­ ing to meet with the operators to try and arrive at a just bonus, he contends that even he had to go down to some of the ships and try and get the crews to sail them, because they were disatisfied with the bonuses that were then in effect. Too bad that the Sec'y-Treas. of the MFOW had to lower his dignity to go on board a vessel that the union had under contract and personally contact members of his union, to try and get them to sail because they were not sat­ isfied with the bonuses. The indications are that the crowd of Union representatives who sat across the table from the AFL union representatives, are tickled pink that this Board has The NMU's Checkoff — P-f-sss-t! assumed the jurisdiction of mak« ing decisions on their own moliofi, as it relieves them of ih^ responsibility of negotiating att agreement on bonuses and insturance. That is their only reason why^ they wish and demand that the Board continue to operate. (Records of the meetings held will bear out these statements.) They are not interested in the justice of any of the decisions^ nor are they concerned with the Board's authority, nor the agree­ ments that they signed with the operators when they signed the Statement of Principles. Their main concern is that thejr have no responsibility for any of the decisions made by the Board. And state to their membership that they must not violate any of the agreements that the Union has with the employers. Still the Statement of Princi­ ples was an agreement that the Union had with the employers, and when the arbitrators (M^itime War Emergency Board) vio­ lated that agreement, we witness­ ed the spectacle of the Union of­ ficials condoning the arbitrators (MWEB) action, in violating an agreement, that these same of­ ficials can then demand of their membership that they not violate any of their agreement, but in addition impose themselves up as a judge and jury and levy a fine for a violation. It seems to me that the rank nad file of a union should also levy a fine against any officials of a union, when they condone any violation of an agreement, whether it be the Maritime War Emergency Board, National War Labor Board, or any arbitrator, or Government agency, or any persons or agencies. It seems to me that the Board are about to make some adjust­ ments on the bonuses and insur­ ance. So Brothers stand by and grab the latest from the NMU, and the other groups who have been condemning us for our stand, as they are now paving the way to grab the credit for some­ thing that they were unsuccess­ ful in sabotaging. i AN EDITORIAL r. {Continued from page 2) bers and would have become, through Cause and Effect INDENTURED SLAVES OF THE CP-NMU leadership. This decision means that the Wagner Act regarding Collective Bargaifiing is still opera­ tive and the Law of the Land. No doubt this decision is highly displeasing to the volunteer Labor Fronters who run the NMU — Messers Browder, Hudson and Company. We hope it gripes their souls. This decision means that American seamen in the NMU have the right to choose their fu­ ture bargaining agnecy. Men are free to choose, and pay Union dues as freemen and not check­ off slaves. The NMU contracts are not fixed and im­ mutable. The Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board elections still function and will be in effect at the end of the present conflict. The freedom we fight for is preserved. The CP controlled NMU leadership will have to face their membership, give an account of their stewardship, and he judged by NLRB bal­ lot boxes. Vast ^ms of money were expended to put this sweetly scented Checkoff Plan across on the NMU membership. Highly trained writers are paid high salaries for propaganda purposes. Co­ ercion was used to force the men to sign the "Dues Deduction Cards." Communist officials ©f the NM Uat high salaries spent all their time and effort to put the scheme across—to ^-stabilize" the NMU official­ dom at the seamen's expense. More moneys were spent by the Communist - CIO lobbyists in Washington commonly kriown as the CIC "Maritime" Committee. The decision of the NWLB removes the threat to the American seamen and restores to them, individually and collectively the rights to Life, Libert yand the pursuit of Happiness. There can be none under the "checkoff" mani­ pulated by totalitarian schemers. The doors are open for post war election^ and freedo mof choice by the present NMU membership. Their spiritual, moral and physical rights have been safeguarded and head on en­ croachments upon our way of Life defeated by this Just and Wise decision of the NWLB. The loss of the Lakes elections, followed by this American decision by the NWLB are crush­ ing blows against the Communist-NMU Labof.^i Fronters. •f i-'Tr ? fj � 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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NAVY USES PHANTOM SHIPS FOR TARGETS NMU FAKERS FAIL IN PLEA TO WEAR LABOR BOARD FOR CHECKOFF SIU AIDS NAVY WIVES IN HUNT FOR LIVING PLACE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/07/1944 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/0bfefafb9a6e254cc3042ef1d25675a5.PDF bd753823daf5a6c08d26323261253cad PDF Text Text JOQ SECSRITV IN UNITY (xmoiAL oBcuuf or THI AgMsraig ^HB mir imfsmi, SEAFABEBS' IKTESHAXIOKAL WnSS OF V<»IB AKEBaOA VoL VI. NEW YORK, N.Y« FRIDAY JULY 14. 1344 No. 20 II Washington Flash !! New The following: telegram was received from Washington regarding the bonus: WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM July 13, 1944. JOHN HAWK, Seafarers International Union Of North America 2 Stone St. NYK . To all parties signatory to the Statement of Principles: Effective 12:01 AM August 1, 1944, as to all vessels whether at sea or in port, Maritime War Emergency Board has amended Decision 2 B as follows: Quote 1. Paragraph C of Classification I of Article II is amended to change the west­ ern boundary line of the Pacific area in the Ba,y of Bengal and Indian Ocean from 90 degrees East Longitude to 80 degrees East Longitude. It should be noted that this amend­ ment to Classification I of Article II likewise extends the Pacific area with regard to payment of area bonus under Paragraph A of Article V. 2. Paragraph B of Article V is amended by adding at the end of the first sentence the following: Or (3) which is otherwise subjected to extreme and immediate danger of destruction as a result of enemy attack or other direct war hazard. Unquote, Alkother recommend­ ations and suggestions are the subject of further study and consideration. By direction of THE MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD (D&Al y8-7D-20) ERICH NIELSEN, Secretary Rehabilitation Of Sick Merchant Seamen Speeded Up By WSA WSA Rules On Medical Exams For Merchant Seamen Definite directives regarding bareboat charter to the War Ship­ the medical examinations which ping Administration. seamen must go through to ship (b) Experienced seamen shall on vessels of the War Shipping not be disqualified for age or dis­ Administration have been issued abilities due to age and occupa­ by the WSA. tional wear and tear. The pur­ They are as follows: pose of the program is protection to others and remedial action for TITLE 46—SHIPPING those needing it, the hospital fa­ Chapter IV. War Shipping AdministratioB cilities bf the United States Publice Health Service and the hePari 304—Labor Medical Examinations for Crews habilitation program of the Fed­ Of War Shipping Adnunistration eral Security Agency being al­ ready available for seamen re­ Vessels quiring such services. 304.41 Purpose and fcope ^ medical examination program. (c) Nothing in this order is ap­ (a) In order to safeguard the plicable to medical programs of health of crew members and shipping companies which al­ troops, and the safety and effici­ ready have such programs in op­ ency of the vessel itself, there is eration. This General Order instituted the practice of requir­ (Sees. 304.41 through 304.49) is ing regular annual, as well as applicable only to facilities and signing-on, medical examinations programs of the United States and-'the -basic -immunization of Public Health Service, and the all licensed and unlicensed personnal employed on all Ameri­ War Shipping Administration can, Honduran, and Panamanian which either are available or will flag vessels owned by or imder be made available to carry out Every Dollar Helps When It Is Invested In War Bonds. the purposes of this order (SeocL 304,41 through 304.49). 304.42 Supervision and control of examination in accordance with Administrative Order. In ac­ cordance with Administrative Or­ der No. 51, medical examinations shall be tmder the guidance and control of the Medical Director of the War Shipping Administra­ tion, who shall be an officer of the United States Public Health Ser­ vice detailed for the purpose by the Surgeon General of that Ser­ vice. The Medical Director will be represented in each port by a Port Medical Representative, who at ports where the Public Health Service maintains a First or Sec­ ond Class Relief Station, shall be the Medical Officer in charge of the Public Health Service Relief Station at that port. The Port Medical Representatives shall have supervisory charge of these ^ examinations in their respective ports. 304.43 Signlng-on examina" (CoTttinued on Page 3) Cigarette "Bums Up Coast Guardsman Brother William Taylor, Book ; followed the CG topsides, where More rapid certification of dis­ An amendment to the rehabili­ 22053, of Indianapolis, Indiana, is the chief was tearing his hair. abled seamen and officers of the tation law provided Federal funds mighty glad he's a union mem­ "My oh my," said the chief, "what U.S. Merchant Marine to voca­ for vocational rehabilitation will I do for a F-WT. My oh my." ber. Here's why ... tion rehabilitation centers has training of certain civilians, in­ Several days ago brother Tay­ But he didn't say anything about bieea arranged by the War Shii)- cluding seamen and officers of lor was on watch in the fireroom Taylor being led off to the local ping Administration, it was an­ the United States Merchant Mar­ of a Liberty tied up along New gaol. ine provided they were disabled nounced today. assistant, however, York's North River. He had just The first and handicapped in line of duty. Disabled men, who received come aboard an hour before and was of sterner stuff. He demanded 'y • their disability in line of duty, Officials of the WSA expect at had agreed to help out the chief to see any signs posted on the may receive surgical and medical least 5,000 seamen to apply for by standing a 12 hour watch. The ship saying smoking below was treatment, hospitalization, ther­ rest of the crew were paying off. {Continued on Page 4) apeutic treatment, artificial ap­ certification for vocational re­ "The SIU at War" is the tenta­ On deck stevedores were shift­ pliances, vocational guidance and habilitation within the next few tive title for a booklet now ready ing ballast and Taylor had just for publication and soon to be training, maintenance during months. available to the union member­ lit off another boiler. training, and placement, at Fed­ Relaxing for a few seconds, he ship. eral expense, WSA pointed out. lit a cigarette. But he had only ' Speeding-up of the procedure Telling the story of the SIU in taken a few puffs when there was by which disabled seamen obtain the war and the part SIU men a step behind him and a Coast rehabilitation benefits was made have played in moving the car­ Guardsman in full regalia seized possible thi'ough Service Division goes of war to the fighting fronts, him by the arm. of the WSA. Applications are this booklet will be a souvenir "You're under arrest," said the SAN FRANCISCO — Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, processed by Service Division A new type of lighted gong that every union member will CG. received a second rebuff in his and forwarded to Federal Secur­ buoy has been introduced into want to have and keep. Printed "Yeah?" said Taylor, "For Federla Court fight to avoid de­ ity Agency. Qualified seamen the United States buoyage sys­ on the best paper obtainable and what?" portation to his native Austi'alia and officers are then certified by tem and is herewith brought to well illustrated, it will also make "For smokin' that cigarette," as an undesirable alien who had FSA to the man's home State for the attentoin of mariners so that a wonderful gift for friends and said the vigilant CG. "Don't you been a member of the Commun­ vocational training and rehabili­ no confusion will result. This relatives. know there's no fires allowed on ist party. tation. buoy has only one gong, four (4) Included in the booklet are a ship in port?" The Ninth Circuit Court of Ap­ Delay previously encountered tappers are suspended from the stories of SIU winners of the Taylor looked at the fires roar- peals in a three-to-two decision, by a seaman in establishing elig­ tower, the gong is sounded by the Merchant Marine Distinguished ng inside the boilers—they were ibility for vocational rehabilita­ tappers when the buoy is set in Service Medal, stories of tori>e- lot enough to roast a ham in five upheld a District Court decision tion has been eliminated. The motion by. the action of the sea; doings and air attacks. Many seconds. He figured the thing was of Feb. 8, 1943, in which Judge Martin I. Welsh denied Mir. new procedure makes possible thereby differing from other autlientic Navy, Coast Guard and just a joke and took another puff. the rapid check of a man's rec­ lighted gong buoys in service by News Service photos of the war But the CG was serious. "Put Bridges' petition for a writ of habeas corpus. ord through office of the WSA not having a varied tonal char­ at sea are used to illustrate this out that cigarette!" Attorney General Francis Bidand U. S. Maritime Commission. acteristic. * • book. / Taylor crushed the stub and die ordered the deportation. New Booklet On Press- "The SIUAtWar" New Tjnpe Of Lighted Buoy Deportation Order For Bridges Upheld By Court /• •ii .. J';.-' 'J •iiai J �SEAFAMMRS Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAIi ^JNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated^ with the American federation oi Lahot HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ VreMeni 110 ]^ket Street, San Francisco. Calif. JOHN HAWK -------- Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 2?. Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Waslmgton Rep, 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. G. Directory of Brmch^ffi ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (41 BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH.. TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28. P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON PHONE 2StoneSt... 33# AUantloAve 14 North Gay St. 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PL 324 Chartroa St 2l8Ea8tBaySt. 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOWUDK Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 ..., C:anal 3336 ;.. Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1865 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 215, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 267 Facts vs Delusions AAf EDITORIAL Never a meeting of the NMU but its "leaders" fulmin­ ate at great length against the SIU-SUP. The Master Mates and Pilots are also included in these tirades since the above Unions, by their stand on the Bonus question before the Maritime War Emergency Board in Washington, exposed and forced the CP-NMU "leadership" into the open. The NMU leaders are silent on the fact that the MEBA of the West Coast also went down the line with the AF of L. Even the Standard Oil Company Union (ETMA) took a progressive stand against the Bonus cuts. The parasitical nature of the CP - NMU "leaders" coupled with their political aspirations and designs, in which the Good and Welfare of the NMU membership and the seamen as a whole have no consideration, were confronted by the hard rock and solid core of Progressive Unionism having the interests of the American seamen at heart. They were utterly defeated and tvere forced to reverse their stand M subsequent meetings forced upon the MWEB Chairman Capt. Edward Macatdey by these developments^ Being political .opportunists par excellence the change of stand did not shame them. They made the shift easily and brazenly and attempt to adopt the progress made as their own, heralding the results as an adoption of CP-NMU •'leadership's" suggestions. This they peddled to their mem­ bership and the world at large. The Hitler technique of momumental lies told brazenly in the hope that they will be more easily believed is a copyright of the Stalinist strat­ egy through which these agents of a foreign power operate on American shores. ,, . ^ The facts remain that the CP-NMU political leaderfihip supported the Bonus cuts and the MWEB to the limit. They "preferred wage increases" they stated. Now, we can see by the decisions of the National War Labor Board where this stand has led them. The decision re the NMU demands, being hailed as another of their great "Victories" actually shows a Defeat upon analysis and even where gains were made these were previously won and pioneered ^ the SIUSUP and had long been a part of their contracts. i [The incorporation of the temporary wage increase of r^r I (Continued on Page A)' I • ed to make no difference to the Coast Guardsman at all. We have just started getting He probably read somewhere the survivors in from the Inva­ that a man was not supposed to sion. According to their stories smoke on board the ship. Some they had a rugged time and no of the gMg on board tried to doubt, as soon as the censorship show him how unreasonable he is lifted, the people will know was—but to no avaiL Brother just what part the Merchant Sea­ Taylor, the man who was arrest­ ed, was turned over to the City men played in this event. Among the men returning were Police an<i was thrown into the Virgil Willey, 25180, Philip L. Tombs. We later got him out of Huss, 27646, John Lydon, 29671, hock for $25. Jack McCranie, 79. From what It was either that or let him the boys say, this was about the go to the workhouse for 5 days. toughest thing that they have nm In my opinion, such affairs as into since the "Suicide Convoy" this are unjust and the Coast in July, 1942 to Murmansk. It's Guard should be a little more only one more big job that the reasonable in their attitude when Merchant Seamen have done in an occasion of this sort occurs." this War and it won't be the last Launch Charges one. We are continuing to have com­ Coast Guard plaints from our members with We had an unusual case here reference to tlje $2.80 fee they are last week of first-class "super-ef­ charged for making a round trip ficiency" on the part of a Coast on a launch when their ship is at Guardsman. This guy was "on anchorage. The same trip costs the job" so well that he arrested the Navy Seamen a half a buck. a fireman off one of our ships in We have registered a complaint tliis port for lighting a cigarette with the proper authorities and in the fireroom. The fact that this are supposed to attend a meeting man had just lit a boiler and had on the 15th of this month with a lighted torch in his hand seem- reference to securing lower rates for our men. We have pointed out to the parties responsible for this high launch service that $2.80 is prac­ SB CHARLES CONRAD. Robin tically all a seaman makes for a Line—112 hours due for OTertime day's work while in port after for weekends. Collect at Com­ deducting taxes from his wage. pany office. This is for wiper that This has long been a sore spot for stood fireman's watches. ALL Merchant Seamen who lay at anchorage in port and in my SS ARTHUR M. HUDDELL— opinion this should be changed. Engine Dept.: Robert Jackson, SO We shall take the necessary .steps hrs; Walter Nelson, 4V^ hrs; V. E. to try and get this change made. Wilderson, 42 hrs; WilUam Seale, Transporlalion Riders 50 hirs; Walter Mahoney, 16 hrs. There were a couple of dis­ Deck Dept.: C. C. Comett, L. putes here lately involving Rid­ Rue, C. Dasher, each 80 hrs; R. ers 64 and 72 wherein vessels Fiore, 48 hrs; C. Huff, 45 hrs; M. Bozard, 40 hrs; W. Bowden, 49 hrs; W. Layton, 51 hrs; J. Miller, 35 hrs. Write or call at Bull Line office. NEW YORK Money Due »: « have left the Gulf, made a trip to the Indies, back to New York breaking and resigning of ar­ ticles, then making a trans-At­ lantic voyage. We maintain that the men who signed on the ship at the beginning of the voyage in the Gulf Ports are entitled to transportation upon the comple­ tion of the Atlantic, voyage, Mr. Wycoff, of the WSA iri Washington, however, has placed a different interpretation on this and has ruled that in his opinion the men are not entitled to this transportation. This is a direct conflict with the original inten­ tion of the 64 and 72 riders. They were originated for the sole pur­ pose of returning seamen back to the port of their employment, and this is only ANOTHER screvrball interpretation by the WSA. It appears that if these riders, 64 and 72, are to be so. shot full of holes due to small tecl^calities, the only thing we, as union men, can do is go on record to throw both of them in the wastebasket and come out with an en­ tirely different rider wherein our men can be protected and not ba game for these monkeys who seem to have only one thing in mind, to wit—"Hook the Sailorl" Ships' Payoffs I attenc^ed several ships' pay­ offs this week. Among them the Wm. Sturgiss of the Calmar, the Golden Fleece of the Bull Line, and the Cramm of the Smith and Johnson, From all indications, it appears that our educational pol­ icy for our younger members is now beginning to show effect due to the manner in which these vessels are brought in. We are not getting near as many bum beefs as we used to {Continued on Page 3) i m SS DEL NORTE — Men who stood Security Watch July 4 have money coming. Also entire crew has money due for 2 meals. Col­ lect at Mississippi SS Co. office. • • • SS ANDREW PICKENS—Dan­ iel Henehan, Steward, 5 hrs; Frank Benson, St. Utility, 15 hrs; Leonard Patient, G.C. Mess, 32 hrs; Donald Gilchrist, Saloon Mess, l5 hrs; Chief Cook, 15 hrs. Money can be collected at South Atlantic office. • * » SS RICHARD ALVEY —Emie Pariseau, Wiper, has 60 hours coming to him at the Bull Line Office. • » • SS WALKER TAYLOR —Lomas Vega, Deck Engineer, 28 hrs., collectable at Bull Line office. * • • SS JAMES MILLER — Glide Finney, 68 hrs; Jerry Goldman, 53 hrs; S. Kohl, 8 hrs. Collect at Bull Line office. • • • SS HOWARD E. COFFIN — James A. Proctor, 2nd Cook for­ merly employed by So. Atlantic SS Co. Paid off in Zfew York, There is money coming to you— just settled — inquire at Now York Hall. Waterman Line The following is a list of un­ claimed wages due to menibers of the SIU from the Waterman Steamship Co. All members are urged to pick up their money at the earliest opportunity: C. G. Troy, Jr« Dk. Main. $ 10.31 Oliver L. Booth, Cook 95.67 John Merckle, AB 24.97 C. Dennis, M.M 18.24 E. Trembley. Wiper 11.07 J. Armstrong, C. Steward 28.38 Victor Bennett, 2nd Cook 27.02 A, Conway, 2nd Cook ........ 98.12 G. A. Vandepopulier, Util. 69.68 Frank J. Kross, Messman .. 11.14 P. Huseby, MJM 13.44 Otto Stegar, AB 98.75 Harold W. WesthalL Steward 98.75 Melvin L. Olsen, Oiler 16.68 Wm. Fields 15.33 H. piesen, AB 69.06 Robl. P. McAUister, AB .... 117.50 John C. Powers. OS 117.50 Vito W« Paglionlo, OS 117.50 Frank MitchelL Steward .. 43.84 James Hamilton, Bos'n 16.33 Stanley Stark, AB 16.33 Jan Bani, *AB 16.33 I. CardeaL AB 16.33 F. Zuccolillo, Deck Eng. .. 61.44 J. L. Weedon, Jr^ Oiler .... 151.62 C. W. Nelson, Oiler 11.46 M. G. Whale, Steward 18.38 M. G. Whale, Steward 16.99 M. Plytas, AB 117.50 H. Aleson, AB 117.50 F. J. Grohs, AB 117.50 A. Ignacio, Oiler 117.50 A. Vaisin, Oiler 117.50 O. Eckert, F-WT 117.50 J. J. Martinez, Wiper 117.50 W. D. Weise, Wiper 117.50 J. O. Phillips, Steward 117.50 J. J. Farrely, 2nd Cook & Baker 117.50 F. Padilla 17.50 Geo. Schultz, Dk. Main 16.33 Maurice Vensonhalles, OS 16.33 Michael Peych, OS 16.33 Harold Werner, Dk. Eng. 16.33 Horhert CroweU, Oiler .... 16.33 Ralph Halcomh, Steward .. 16.33 Linier Shafto, Utility 16.33 John Abraham, M.M i 16.33 Harold Werner, Dk. Eng. „ 11.29 Ralph Halcomh, Steward 14.45 Mohamed A. Halem, M.M. 21.70 Chares S. Stawinski, Utility 22.73 J. A. Hudgins, AB 98.75 J. P. Gibbons, AB 98.75 J. J. Brig^nce, Oiler ......... M.75 J. H. Ferguson, Wiper 98.75 Antonio Vasquei, Ch. Cook 98.75 Ik- �; t!if;J(T; TUB Friday, July 14, 1944 er [American Seamen's Role In Invasion ai ^ (Reprinted from Bournemouth. England) Men of all nations, from Occupied Countries, from all parts of America, from the Far East> from the j^ddle East, frpni India, men whose homes are to be fotmd in the four quarters of the Globe, were in Christ Church last Sunday afternoon, when the Borough was honored by a visit from =;contingent of men of the of the residente of Christ chant Navy who, during a brief Church I thank you. You have period of shore leave, were being our admiration for all you are do­ taken on a short tour round in­ ing in this war." teresting places, "We are fighting to preserve - His Worship the mayor (Alder­ peace in this world. I hope and man D. Galton) and the Deputy pray that it wiU not be long be­ Mayor (Councillor T. Markham) fore you will be able to return to who had received extremely your homes and those you have short notice of the visit, were out left behind. to meet these seamen who had "I wish you God speed in your been engaged on a special jpb in work and on your journeys, and connection with the invasion of may it not be long before you re­ Normandy. Both the Mayor and join those you love." his Deputy addressed the men in. Councillor Markham, the Dep­ the Town Hall. Afterwards they uty Mayor, said: went down to the Quay and were "You fellows of eyery colour, later conducted round the Priory caste, creed and country, are very Church ... When the story of welcome here. You must admit "D" day and of Normandy can that from 10:00 this morning we be told, many strange tales will had no chance or arranging any be told. Until then wo can only programs. Had the public known, ponder on the fact that the Mer­ half of Christ Chm-ch would have chant Navy has performed some been out to give you a hearty of the most remarkable deeds in welcome. connection with this great ex­ "But I know that isn't what pedition. you look for. Some of you are In the way they do things in wearing a small badge, some are the Merchant Marine, these men not even wearing that, and I ex­ came to Clirist Church quietly, pect you have been in public without fuss and almost com­ houses in various places (I enjoy pletely unheralded. Whilst here, a pint of beer myself now and they looked around quietly and again) and have heard people say with interest. Now they have 'Why the devil isn't he doing gone again, j u s t as quietly, doubtlessly within a very short something for the war?' "But we know you are doing a time to get on with their next job very valuable job of work," con­ of work. tinued Councillor Markham. "I The 96 men came to Christ understand that you have been Church in buses. doing more than a man's job dur­ In the Town Hall they were welcomed by his Worship, the ing these last few weeks and I Mayor, who addressed them as feel proud to have met you and to have rubbed shoulders with "friends." you. We appreciate what you "I call you friends," said his feUows have been doing. Worship, "because we are all I hope we can aU settle down friends and brothers. It was not sOon to our ordinary work in until this morning that I had any peace and happiness amongst all intimation of your intention to pay a visit to Christ Church; «^ankmd on the face of the earth. Good luck boys." otherwise we should have made some arrangements to have en­ tertained you more fittingly and in a way which you so richly de­ serve. But, I am very pleased to have this opportunity as May­ or of Christ Church of extending to you all a very warm and sin­ cere welcome to this ancient Borough. WASHINGTON, D. C. — The "I have just heard," the mayor War Shipping Administration an­ continued, "a little of what you nounced early this week that have done and are doing. On bethey had received a cablegram fron General Dwight B. Ei^nhower at the headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Al­ lied Expeditionary Forees in the (Continued from Page 2) and the men are beginning to un­ European Theater of Operations. derstand more about the correct The cable lauds the heroism manner in which to put in an shown by American seamen dur­ overtime claim. This is resulting ing the D-Day invasion activity in much quieter pay-offs and'in and later war operations. Follow­ much more dough for all hands. ing is the text of the cable: We intend to keep our education­ "In behalf of the men of my al policy up and no doubt, within command, I thank the men of the the next few months, this policy Merchant Marine for their pledge should aid materially toward the of full co-operation in our com­ progress and expansion of our mon effort to destroy the forces Qrganization because of the fact of tyranny and darkness. The that we won't have as much lost huge quantities of supplies that n^otipn as we have in the past, in have been brought across the At­ attempting to iron out disputes lantic are a testimonial to the jpb which have been improperly sub­ that has already been done. EISENHOWER." mitted. PAUL HALL * \ Eisenhower LaudsSeamen In Invasion New York i SEAFARERS LOG Faga Hue* New WSA Rules On Medical Exams For Merchant Seamen NOTICIilS Will fha holder of receipt No. 34464 and the holder of receipt No. 34465 please call at headquar­ ters office, or write in and gtate what dues and assessments were paid. These receipts were issued by (CcvMir.icd from Page 1) C. Hnymond aboard the SS Finley P. Dunn. Waterman Line, Hons, immunixalions. and annual examinations. The signing-on which paid off in Norfolk. Va. (1) examinations are designed to dis­ cover cases of tuberculosis, ven­ John S. Bryant will you please ereal disease, communicable and communicate with your mother infectious diseases, epilepsy, in­ at 300 Brannan Street. San Fran­ sanity, and acute surgical condi­ cisco 7. c/o J. Theo. Erlin Co. She tions. Special immunizations shall be arranged for when vessels are is extremely worried. proceeding into pestilence areas, * • • Will the Brother that received Annual physical examinations Receipt No. 39515 get in touch providing the basis of individual with Patrolman McCaulley at the treatment and cure, shall be in­ earliest opporlimity. This receipt stituted as rapidly as facilities permit.^ was issued July 1. 1944. B. E. DICKEY. Act. Agt. 304.44 DesignBtiou of ports and Baltimore. organizations for cEurrying out examination program. Examina­ will be instituted at each Help Yourself to Help tions port where maritime activity jus­ Yourself — Buy tifies it on the effective date of War Bonds and Stamps, this General Order (Sees. 304.41 through 304.49), or as soon thereafter as possible. Instructions will be issued setting forth the organization which will be avail­ able in each port for carrying out these examinations and immuni­ zations and the procedures to be Washington, July 12—Passport followed, requirements were laid down by the State Department today for 304.45 Standards for medical American merchant seamen ship­ examinations. Standards for med­ ping out for foreign ports, accord­ ical examinations shall be set by ing to recent decisions of State the Medical Director of the War Shipping Administration, under Dept. Beginning Aug. 15, they must the requirements and with the have American passports or evi­ approval of the United States dence that they have applied for Public Health Service. them in the preceding six months. 304.46 Information to be fur­ Valid passports will be required nished examinee. Each examinee, after Nov. 15. if he so desires, shall be fully ad­ The passport requirement, pro­ vised orally regarding the facts vided in regulations issued by the disclosed by his examination. If Secretary of State nearly three he further desires a written state­ years ago, has not always been ment, it shall be furnished to him enforced during the war because in conformance with established of the need of getting seamen regulations and practices of the aboard ships as quickly as pos­ United States Public Health Ser­ sible. vice. Today's ruling, approved by 304.47 Seamen's appeals. If a military authorities and the War seaman who has failed to pass a Shipping Administration, was is­ medical examination questions sued "in order that the interest of the correctness of the decision, the United States and its mer­ he may appeal in accordance with chant marine may be safeguarded the provisions of his collective by every possible means." bargaining agreement. If the sea- All Seamen Need Passports Nov. 15 The Telegram Brigade V By J. B. I. Call oul Ihe Postal Telegraph! Notify the Western Union! We must get out some telegrams On our newest resolution. n About the issues no one knows But it gives us satisfaction For NMU politicos Want ACTION, ACTION. ACTION! III When the battlefronts are lagging We work up to a passion And telegraph the generals For ACTION. ACTION. ACTION. IV We telegraphed to Eleanor, to Tydings. and Barucfa To Chang-Kai-Chek and Churchill, to Wally and the Dake We endorse and we protest: Oh, what a stir we've made We can even change the weather with our telegram brigade. V WeTl soon dispense with Congress, Senate and President as well Well rule the hosts of heaven and storm the gates of helL And if the yellow blanks hold out well be the great I AM. From dowm on 23rd Street well nm the world by telegram. man's collective bargaining agree­ ment contains no specific provis­ ion relative to physical condition, or no collective bargaining agree­ ment exists, the dispute shall be settled by a doctor satisfactory to both parties. If such arrange­ ment is impracticable, the case shall be decided by the Public Health Service officer who has been appointed as Port Medical Representative. A seaman if re­ jected may appeal the decision to the Medical Director, represent­ ing the United States Public Health Service and the War Ship­ ping Administration, whose de­ cision shall be final. 304.48 Report of examinations. All reports of signing-on medical examinations are to be made on a form approved by the Medical Director of the War Shipping Ad­ ministration. A report of each medical examination shall be re­ tained by the examining medical officer; a copy shall also be for­ warded to the Medical Director of the War Shipping Administra­ tion as he requires. Reports of physical examinations shall bo treated as confidential in accord­ ance with the regulations of tho United States Public Health Ser­ vice. 304.49 Effective dale. The ef­ fective date of this order is Jan­ uary 1, 1944. (Signed) E. S. LAND, Administrator War Shipping Administratioa Waivers On Defects In addition to that Brother Matthew Dushane, Washington Representative of the Seafarers International Union reports that many of the seamen whom are turned down by the doctors for such defects that are uncommicable such as broken bones which might be a hindrance to them in carrying out their duties aboard a vessel may be able to sign waivers and deny themselves the right of legal suit for such de­ fects within the scope of employ­ ment they wish to enter. This opinion was derived from Dr. Fuller of the Medical Division of the WSA in Washington. It is suggested that aU agents should clip this general order re­ garding medical examinations and post them on the bulletin board, as well as keep a copy in the files for future reference. When instances arise of mem­ bers being turned down and re­ fused the right to sail that a let­ ter be immediately written to CapL Edward Macauley of the Maritime Conmiission and the WSA giving the facts of the case and that a copy be sent to Mat­ thew Dushane, Washington Rep­ resentative. ATTENTION! Agents in the Brsmches are asked to please post the vaHous Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment, Bond Buying, and Paymexit of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc. on the Bullet­ in Boards. —SEAFARERS LOG �Page Four Cigarette "Bums Up" Coast Guard (Continued front Page 1) not allowed. With tlie CG he went below and looked under pumps, behind the boilers, in the shaft ^ey. There were no signs anywhere. "He's the only F-WT bn the ship," said the first "Are you going to let the fires run them­ selves?" The CG was adamant He shook his head sadly. "No smoking on ships." After spending an hour or so with a variety of winos and flop hounds in the nearest cooler, Tay­ lor was brought before a magis­ trate. Taylor tried to tell him what it was all about but before he could open his mouth the lo­ cal law had slapped a "five or twenty-five" on him and remand­ ed him to the Tombs, New York's super-duper .skyscraper jail. The first assistant, however, had called the union £ind explain­ ed Taylor's plight Within an hour Agent Paul Hall and a dele­ gation of patrolmen were on the way up town with bail. Released, Taylor staked the boys to a beer and thanked the union for its interest in his trouble. "This sure is a happy surprise,' he said. "Tomorrow they were sending me to the workhouse. "Say! anyone got a cigarette?" THE SEAFARERS Friday, July 14, 1944 LOG Seamen's Voting Relax Cable Messages To Regulation Canadian Seamen WASHINGTON—The WLB de­ approximately 1,150 employes Ail masters, first bfticers and Lake Carriers Fay Scales To Prevail nied salary increases for em­ ployes of certain Great Lakes shipping operators which would have brought the monthly rate of such employes above those ap­ proved by the board for the Lake Carriers A s s o c i ation. Increases were directed in some job classi­ fications to bring the rate in line with those paid by the associa­ tion. In the cases, which involved represented by the Seafarers' In­ ternational Union of North Am­ erica (AFL) Great Lakes District, the board approved the companie.s' proposals to pay a 10 percent bonus to unlicensed personnel on vessels from or before August 1. until lay-up time. Industry mem­ bers dissented. The same bonus is being paid by the Carriers As­ sociation. / chief engineers of vessels docu­ mented under the laws of the United States and all pursers of any such vessels have been auth­ orized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by the act to facilitate voting by mem­ bers of the Merchant Marine of the United States, Emory S. Land, War Shipping Administrator, has advised. r • I. " 'i. MONTREAL, June 29.—ArthM Randies, director of merchant seamen, aimounced today that cable messages now may be sent to Canadian merchant seamen on the same low charge basis as "expeditionary force messages^ to members of the armed forceSL • Mr. Randies said such messagoi must be sent to Post Office Box 9,000, Montreal, where they will be forwarded through offidai channels to the nearest port oi call of the designated ship, pro­ vided it is within the British Bni9pire. Shipbuilding Totals Reach New High WASHINGTON, D. C. — Tha Maritime Commission reported that between Aug. 1, 1937, and June 1 of this year, American shipyards produced 4,441 carga vessels and special craft of 35,694,153 deadweight tons. Emory S. Land, commission chairman, noted that three ship­ yards have completed conversion from Liberty ships to the faster Victory vessels, and disclosed that 31 of the 719 ships built dur­ ing the first five months of 1944 were Victory ships. The 719 ves­ sels, he said, totaled 7,247,551 deadweight tons. r Facts vs Delusions AN EDITORIAL (Coutinued from Rage 2) $17.50 into the basic wage structure is mean­ ingless in view of the fact that:— 1. This was already being paid and is not an increase. 2. Taxes and deductions, as well as the rise in the costs of living have wiped out the differ­ ential. Result; Nothing has been gained. Yet this is hailed as a great victory by these slimy misleaders of labor. The same is true of the 15 cents an hour rise in c /ertime rates of pay. The rest of these con­ cessions are in line with standards set by the AF of L Unions through organized power. I' • Furthermore, the pressure from the "West I. Coast Unions forced the NWLB to stop and I consider the problem of seamen's wages and barI red further cuts in the interests of the war effort. In this drive to uphold the wages and living standards of the American seamen the NMU Cook no part, as witness their stand before the MWEB on the Bonus cuts—yet—they demand that these concessions won through organized strength be extended to them because of their POLITICAL EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE INCUM­ BENT BUREAUCRACY OF THE WSA. A truly parasiticaL role, typical of the Stalinist "leadership." "Stabilization of the Industry will result," ; is the joyous ? ? ? report of the NMU-CP "leaders." Yet, only a short time ago they insisted that Equalization of Wages and Contracts with the AF of L Unions was the only goal that would insure "stabilization." "Equal Pay for Equal Work," screamed the Pilot's headlines. THE NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD DID NOT GRANT THE NMU AN EQUALIZATION OF CONTRACTS OR WAGES WITH THE REST OF THE UNIONS IN MARINE. They "equalized" on the surface only some clauses in the NMU con­ tract BUT NOT THE CONTRACTS THEM­ SELVES. Obviously the CP-NMU viewpoint and standards re equalization have suffered a revaluation DOWNWARDS and this objective was scutted. Price of future "cooperation" with tl^e shipowners'? Real Stabilization for the NMU leadership meant more than this—it meant the granting of the Checkoff for all NMU ships. This, wasdenied. Such are the CP-NMU "Victories." Not one cent has been added, except under certain con­ ditions of travel costs, to the seamen's earnings in the OVERALL PICTURE. The loss of 5% on the explosive Bonus rate offsets any losses to the shipowners on these limited "concessions" in certain clauses. And these were granted only because THEY EXISTED IN SIU-SDP con­ tracts as a PRECEDENT. Yet, they were de­ nied overall equalization of contracts even on the face. Under the surface the CP-NMU contracts are something else again for CP officials who cater to the shipmOners will not break their, necks to collect overtime regardless of thf Clauses in the "Contract" in line with their^ stated policy of making Capitalism Work, Their publicity-propaganda service is work­ ing overtime, however, to Sell this Glorious ? ? ? Contract to the membership and the Public aH large. The rubber stamp "NMU Council" of CP stooges from the ports has arrived in town for instructions on h^ to sell the contract to. the seamen and make them see the "victory"— which surely is no small job, for it is hard to see. They are to stage a Special Broadcast from the session at CP-NMU headquarters (on 17th Street and not the real headquarters at 50 E. 13th Street). "Prominent persons in GO"VERNMENT and INDUSTRY are expected to ad­ dress the Council. Acceptances have been re­ ceived from Adm. Russell R. Waesche, Com­ mandant U. S. Coast Guard, Commander; Combs and Capt. Bernard, also of the Coast Guard. Word is awaited from Frank Taylor, American Merchant Marine Institute (shipown­ ers, ed.) Captain Edward Macauley, Chairman, Maritime War Emergency Board, Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, WSA, and H. Chas. Stone, Asst. Deputy Administrator WSA." The broadcast will be heard over most of Mutual's 210 stations. (Paid for by the mem­ bership money. No doubt from the "gains" de­ rived from the new NMU contract?) WC/FE SAID. FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES. /; � 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. JULY 21. 1944 VeL VI. No. 21 Union To Appear SUP-SIU Members Feared Before War Labor Lost In Munitions Blast Board On Electricians At Port Chicago Navy Dock NEW YORK, N. Y., July 21—Briefs have been filed before the National War Labor Board by John Hawk, At­ lantic and Gulf District Sec'y-Treasurer of the SIU of NA' PORT CHICAGO,r CalifJuly 18—terrific blast at the Naval ammunition load­ in a continuing dispute regarding the ratings of Chief and ing dock here last night cost the lives of 80 merchant seamen, an estimated 300 Naval 2nd Electricians on many of the Class Cl, C2, C3 and C4 pfersohnel, and two ships manned by civilians. One of the vessels, the E. A. Bryan of the vessels sailing for companies un-^ Asst. Engineer, with the 2nd (Oliver J. Olson Lipes was under contract to the SUP and manned with a full SUP-SIU der contract to the Union. The NWLB announced this Electrician responsible to Engin­ crew. One SUP-SIU Oil Barge also was lost with all hands. No accurate count has been week that the formal hearing of eers in charge only when tending the War Shipping Panel will take winches. The rules also call for completed as yet by the Naval authorities. limiting their duties to electrici place in Washington, D. C., Mon­ day, July 24. At this hearing tes­ ial work only; and deems no "re­ other was "only sives" and the The destroyed vessels were the timony for both the shipowners fusal of duty" in case an electri­ slightly loaded' when the blasts 10,000-ton Quinault Victory, a and the Union will be heard and cian should refuse to perform occurred. work which would render him Victroy ship delivered a week ago recommendations will be made. Capt. John Hendrickson and liable to electrocution. by the Oregon Shipbuilding Cor­ The Union has already submit­ poration at Portland, Ore., and seven members of his crew of for­ ted proposals calling for $207 per As well as that the proposals the 7,500-ton E. A. Bryan, a Lib­ ty-one assigned to the Bryan month for Chief Electricians and call for many overtime provisions erty ship delivered by Richmond were on authorized shore liberty $184 per month for 2nd Electri-1 on the questions of installing adYard No. 2 March 8. Both yards last night and were presumed to cians, wages, which of course will ditional equipment and work af­ in the crew . CAMDEN, N. J.—After a fifty- are in the Henry J. Kaiser organi­ be safe. Of fifty-twp be increased by the percentages ter 5 PM and before 8 AM. of the -Quinault Victory sixteen one-day crossing- of the Atlantic zation. The Quinault Victory was and bonuses being paid under the The Union will be represented with ""a cargo of cork from Portu­ operated by the United States had shore passes and eight of present war-time condition. at the hearing by Brother Hawk, gal, the 50-year-old four-masted Steamship Lines and the Bryan these had reported in this after­ Proposed working rules make Paul Hall, New York Agent and barque Foz Duoro is now at Cam- by the Oliver J. Olson Company. noon. the Chief Electrician responsible Matthdew Dushane, Washington Observers marveled that the -den;^^...J.-She is the first jlarge One of the ships, according to to the Chief Engineer or the first - Representative of the SUP-SIU. sailing ship to enter the Port of Captain Goss, was loaded with damage^ Ii«d--i-iwjt-- -been even Camden in the last fifteen years. "several thousand tons of explb- greater. Gangs of Navy enlisted men, working as stevedores, were well along in the loading of the Quin­ ault Victory with a cargo of high fexplosives of all types for use in the allied offensive in the Pacific. The Bryan was tied up near by and the loading of her holds with munitions had just begun. One ship blew up at 10:19, the other blew up about five seconds NEW YORK, N. Y., July 20—As a result of a pre­ later. Flames shot toward the sky. vious meeting on the question of the exhorbitant launch The explosion nearly demol­ NEW YORK, N. Y., July 19.—Taking sharp issue ished the small town of Port Chi­ fares charged in New York Harbor, Morris Weisberger, cago. Ij;s population is 1500. SUP Agent and- Paul Hall, SIU Agent for this port met with Raymond R. Sharpe of the WSA Manning office in Injury Total Rises England, Morris Weisberger, SUP Agent for New York and (It is noteworthy that Capt. C. with Capt. Peterson and Mr. P. Parr of the WSA, here, yesterday. * —• Vice-President of the SIU of NA today objected in a letter May, of the Masters, Mates and They demanded that the launch 2- That there be a fiat rate for 24Pilots, AF of L, raised the ques­ hour service on scheduled runs. to Mr. Sharpe at the American Embassy in London. tion of such explosions and haz­ fares be lowered to meet the (with no additional charges at Brother Weisberger objected to» ards before a recent meeting of pocket of tlie Merchant Seamen, night); for the port has the highest launch tbe implications contained in a U. S. WAR SHIPPING the Maritime War Emergency fares in the world which have 3. That there be 2 or 3 regular circular from Sharpe to the dele­ ADMINISTRATION Board, on the question of bonuses. trips per day at a minimum been functioning on a "johnnygates of the ships' crews which (District of the United Kingdom —Ed.) cost. (This means that 1 trip bum-Tboat" sliding scale at the recently went in on a suicide mis­ Estimates of the number of in­ and Iceland) should be scheduled before will of the individual launch op­ sion to the Normandy beach-head jured ranged from 500 to .1000 working hours in the morning, erator. and had to await repatriation in To All Delegates Representing and property damage was report­ another in the evening after England after their vessels were Crews of Port Repair Ships: In addition to this it was point­ ed well above the 5,000,000 mark. work, and another at 1 AM for lost. The Navy could offer no expla­ ed out that the seamen are re­ Subject: Seamen's Conduct While convenience of crew members.) Mr. Sharpe implied that sea­ nation of the blast which was felt quired to pay much in excess of Awaiting Passage to Both Farr and Peterson seemed men were not well behaved by in 14 counties within a radius of those members of the armed U. S. Shores. expressing surprise at finding 50 miles and officials explained forces making the same trips favorable to the proposals and asIn a small, exelusive sea-shore them so. Further he insulted all that any investigation would be from the same ships to shore-side sured the Union's representatives resort of Southern England, the that the same would be pushed American seamen by alleging hampered by a lack of survivors or reverse. crews of 22 American flag vessels The Union advanced three pro- by the WSA in Washington. Capt. that the Red Cross had reported to give evidence of exactly what were brought after completing a posals to help lighten the burden Peterson is well known for his happened. to him that while the seamen very important mission which on all seamen requiring launch approach to the union seawere being lodged in England, No Close Survivors was a part of the invasion forces. hot "a single theft" had occurred. ("There are no close survivors transportation when their vessels rnen's problems and is one of the Some of these crews had not to give evidence of what hap­ are laying at anchor in the harWashington people that that. He appeared to be "disappointed" can be said for. Brother Weisberger retorts in his had liberty for as far back as sev­ pened," said Capt. N. H. Goss, bor. en weeks prior to the invasion. who had jurisdiction over the de­ answer. The proposals are as follows: It is said that the SIU and the Yet in the 21 days which you and pot.) 1. That a central point be estab- SUP are the first two organizaSharpe's letter to the delegates your fellow seamen spent in this Only four bodies have, been re­ lished where all seamen can tions to go on record for a lowerof th.ose ships' crews is given be­ town there was not a record of covered from the debris 'of the get information on launch ser- fng of fares in this harbor to benelow in full, followed by Brother one single arrest or unpleasant explosion and naval officials still vice to their particular ship, fit the seamen and banish the Wefsberger's answer: launch-gouge racket. with a waiting room. (Con/'tnieil m Page 3) (Continued on Page 4) 51-Day Atlantic Crossing Made By 4-Mast Barque SIU Scores Remarks Of WSA Manning Officer Re. Seamen Ar --iVa-iaZi: SIU Representatives Ask Lower Launch Fares For Harbor �... • P«go Two •rr^ I THE SEAFARERS LOG TAdxf, Julr 21» 1944 I SEAFARERS LOG Vuhlhhed by the. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF, NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gtdf District Affiliated with the American Federation of. Lahofj HARRY LUNbi^ERG -----110 l^ket Scieet^ Sao Fnmciscob Calif. JOHN HAW - - - - - - - - Secy-Tretu, p. O. Box 21, Statimi P., New York City MAttHEw DtrsHANE - - - "Wsshington Kep» 424 ith Street, N. W., W^ashingtoo, D. C Directory of Branches BfUNCH NEWYORKM) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (Z) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN. 29, P.R.. PUERTO RICO CLALVESTON ADDRESS PHdNB aStdiwSt 330 Atlantic Av« M North Gay SL 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PL 333 Chartres St. 218 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St. BOwUnKGr«ea9-)437 Liberty 4057 .Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1085 Canal 3336 SaVannah 3-I72S Tampa MM.1323 Dial 2-1392 45 Poiice da Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-9043 PUBLICATION OTlCFt ROOM 215, 2 STONB STIUBBT New York Gty (4) BOwling Green 9-8344 ^^ii^267 Sunk —Maiden Creek Cargo Is Protected From Looting Pirates WASHINGTON, D. C.—Ameri­ United Nations' ship sunk and an can grit, backed up by nothing American vessel, the MAIDEN more than bluff and a couple of CREEK, foundering. Commandeer­ pen-knives, recently saved an ing a native dinghy, Brown and American merchant vessel from Underwood reached the abandon­ piracy after its abandonment had ed freighter. Her bow and stern been forced by torpedo attack in were almost completely out of the Mediterranean, reports to the water. The 'midship section was War Shipping Administration agiound, giving the ship the ap­ 4showed here this week. Vital mil­ pearance of a gigantic open V. itary supplies were saved for our In pitch blackness the pair fighting men in that war theater. climbed aboard. Brown stationed The SS MAIDEN CREEK, a his companion forward and began 6,165 gross ton Maritime Commis- an inspection tour aft. The ship .sion C-2 freighter, commanded by was a shambles. Huge holes Capt. Oscar Pederson, of Mobile, gaped in her sides and her hatch­ Ala., was approaching the North es had been blasted to splinters. Africa shore when attacked. The Out of the Mediterranean night first torpedo penetrated a forward a small boat approached silently. hold, broke the propeller shaft Ten ominous silhouettes stood out and flooded the engine rooin. The against the horizon. jsecond torpedo completed the job "Sheer off or we'll fire," the un­ of breaking the freighter in two. Six crewmen were lost and 12 armed Brown shouted as the were injured before survivors black marauder made alongside preparatory to sending its thiev­ made their escape. ing crew aboard. The SS MAIDEN CREEK was the 2nd of her name to be lost in Silence was as heavy as the the war and was operated by the night for several minutes. And Waterman SS Co., which is under then Brown and Underwood, contract to the SIU. A full SIU clutching their futile pen-knives crew manned her as did a full and determined to fight, heard crew her namesake that was lost hostile whisperings and mutterprior to the naming of this ship. ings. Assigned to the task of salvag­ The bluff worked. The boat and ing whatever was possible from its occupants, never identified ex­ tiie crippled vessel were Cyrus V. cept as midnight raiders, disap­ Brown, of Bethesda, Md., the peared into the night. WSA representative, and 21-year- Shortly afterward eleven sur­ old Pvt. Corbifi Underwood, of vivors of the Navy gun crew were Reedsville, N. C., an Army motor placed on board as a guard. Sal­ chauffeur, detailed to drive the vage crews recovered all equip­ perilous trip over slick roads to ment, supplies and stores that the scene of the convoy attack. had not been destroyed by the Brown reported he found one attack. WHArS DOmQ ;9| 1 rf. I Around the Ports NEW YORK All of you fellows just hitting New York for the first time in some period, should be advised that you needn't be frightened At that weeping and wailing noise coming from the direction of 7th Ave. and 23rd Street. It's only the commies down that way beat­ ing their gums and tearing their hair over the fact that they lost the Pittsburgh election on the Lakes and to top it off, had the WLB rule against their nice little cut - throat scheme to force a checkoff system of paying dues on their members. Instead of taking their beating on the Lakes gracefully, the Curranskys are attempting, in their usual fashion, to put it off on something else. They say they blame the Seafarers', but their own non-union activities caused their terrific defeat. However, the records show that their story is completely without base, and it is only one more way of know­ ing that the seamen are becoming wised dup to these commies and their political preaching. The sea­ men have not only voted against them, but are even out now on the waterfront Fighting Like Hell Against Them. These defeats, and especially the WLB's decision against the check-off system, are some of the hardest blows ever struck against the commies and have prevented them from securing a strangle­ hold on every merchant seaman riding their vessels. And don't think the Commies don't know it either! Shipping and Business Shipping and business for this Port are still a little below par and from all indications it shall be this way for several more days. When it breaks, however, we expect to be very busy here. As I mentioned before, when shipping is going direct to the European Continent then New York will be the busiest of all spots. Launch Charges In accordance with my report last week, Morris Weisberger, the SUP Agent in this Port, and my­ self, attended a meeting the other day with the Port Director, the Coast Guard, and the Launch Operators' Representatives in this Port, relative to securing lower rates for launch fees. As I mentioned previously, we intend to push this beef to the fullest extent and it looks as though we may have some suc­ cess. We have another meeting booked for the latter part of this week with several WSA Officials. All indications point towards a win in our efforts toward this end. Food Problem Along with Brother Hawk and Volpian, I attended a meeting this past week with Mr. O'Connell of the WSA, from Washington. He is the WSA Food Administrator and informed us at the meeting that he?, was drawing up a food program for the maritime indus­ try. This man offered several good suggestions while at the same time, put forward a few bad ones. It will be impossible to give a fciif decision on his program or to pre­ sent it fuUy to the membership until such time as O'Connell comes out with concrete propos­ als in a written form so we can sere exactly what his thoughts and suggestions are. From previous experience with the various WSA ofiioials, it is my opinion that before we accept ahjdhing in the way of sugges­ tions and proposals, we should consider it thoroughly. We know from past history in dealing with these people that often, when we agree with them on one thing we wake up and find out they are interpretating it as something en­ tirely different than what was or­ iginally intended. There should be another meet­ ing shortly on this particular item and no doubt these people will have taken some parts of our recommendations and will bring all this stuff back in black and white. Coast Guard Charges We had a case this week of a Coast Guard hearing where an oiler was charged with being in­ competent due to the fact that while on watch, the H.P. crank ran hot on him. It was pointed out during the courses of this trial that the reason for this was the fact that the First Assistant, instead of allowing the man to attend to his oiling duties, was using him as a general handy man as well. Among other things, he was cleaning the h o tw e 11, blowing tubes, as well as running errands. The point was brought out that if a watch engineer is going to have an oiler to act as a general flunky and call boy, then the man could not possibly have the necessary time to attend to his regular du­ ties. This point was well taken by the hearing officer and on this ground, the man was acquitted. On the strength of this, in the future, where our members in the Engine Dept. are charged for incompetency on this type of beef, any such details, as in this case, should be remembered, as without a question, we have had men suspended for being incom­ petent where the charge was ab­ solutely unjustified. We should, in the future, have no trouble at all in upholding our members who are up oh this type of charges and place the respon­ sibility where it belongs—on the Watch Engineer. New Building Well, it looks as it has finally happened—we're MOVING OUT OF THIS DUiMP. The contractor has submitted ah estimate on the cost of rigging up our hew union hall and a committee was elected at Monday night's meeting to in­ vestigate it. As soon as this com­ mittee comes back with a recom­ mendation then the contractors should start immediately. According to them, from the time of starting, it should take approximately 2 weeks to com­ plete the entire job. The mem­ bership in this Port will be happy as hell when this day comes be­ cause all hands here are really fed up with this dump at 2 Stone Street! . ; PAUL HALL, Agent NORFOLK "We pie-cards" in this port had no more finished the battle with the Vermin ridden SS Tulsa of the South Atlantic SS Comtiany, and had ourselves fumigated af­ ter going aboard her before tliey had fumigated and cleaned her up a little, than up shows the Sd Cecil Bean, a "palatial" liner of the American - Range Liberty Steamship Company with a slave driving riiate, who must have thought he was on a Lykes Bro­ thers ship, for he really tried toi run the deck gang in Latvian, Navy style. (The Lykes Brothera and the Latvian Navy had the old "SPEED UP SYSTEM".) He didn't get very far, as we had a real bimch of SlU men on the said Cecil Bean, and when the lousy buckaroo Mate coulud not make the, men do double work, he then reported the Bos'n Chris Rasmussen to the U. S. Coast Guard oh charges of mis­ conduct and insubordination. We appeared before the Coast Guard on behalf of the Bos'h and during the proceedings, we show­ ed them that this Mate had only an A.B.'s ticket in America, but had a Latvian Master's certific­ ate in the Latvian Fleet—(2 ships and a canoe is their Navy). The hearing Officer, Command­ er Thompson, U.S.C.G., after hearing all of tiie evidence, etc., did then and there inform the said Chief Mate that he was un­ der the impression that the SS Cecil Bean was not big enough for him and the Bos'n too. Note: The Bps'n is now signed on, and the Mate is heading for parts unknown; perhaps to get a job as a CHIEF ORDINARY SEAMAN on a Southern Pacific Flat car. Who knows? Who cares? Mr. Hill, the Representative of the American-Range Liberty SS Company agreed with the Sea­ farers International Union of NA, (AF of L) that this lollapaloosa gazuni Mate had created entirely too much friction on the Bean. As this is' written, Mr. Hill has notified us that he has just sign­ ed on a new Mate. Is the canned Mate's face red? He avidly stated that no one could have him fired. Nertz to you ex-mate! The deck crew of the SS Cecil Bean proved themselves good Union men, for when witnesses (Continued on Page 3) NOTICES "The following men's mail was left on the SS Joseph Aspdln, Bull Line and is now being held at the Baltimore Halli Jake Wood, Chas. H. Starling, Harvey C. Jamerson, Jr., Douglas L. Davis, Kermit Parker. Edgar Giles, B. A. Wells, Genaro Camain, Joe A. Smith, John S. Wil­ liams. Paul E. Kent, and Leon N. Johnson. J. F. FLANAGAN, Agsni Will Rufus O'Neal and Bamwell Petermann, No. 31154, pleaw come to headquarters office* Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York, N. Y. I �F^a^lr, Julif 21, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LO& Slandering Union ^ound The forts Not Included In they have ^ated'to me the fol­ Boss's Free Speech Norfolk lowing: Davy Jones, the Patrol­ man has been trying to hustle us WASHINGTON, D. G.—An em­ (Continued from Page 2) into paying a year's dues in ad­ ployer's right to free speech does were needed, they gave up their vance, and gets we "pie-eards" in not mean that he can slander a own time, and appeared as wit­ front of a bunch of members, and union or engage in an advertising says: "When are you pie-cards campaign to defeat a union in a nesses for the Bos'n. This is a tip to other brothers, going to pay up a year in ad­ collective bargaining election. These rulings were made in who, in the past have failed to vance?" Say it isn't so Jonesy! two significant decisions, one by ai>pear to help another Brother out of trouble, so a little advice The CP-NMU officials are real­ the Federal Circuit Court of Ap­ is in order: Whenever another ly crying the willies in this port. peals in Chicago, the other by a Brother is in a jam, and you can Their Hall is filled with men, and trial examiner for the National help him; that is if you know ho ships to send them too. We Labor Relations Board. anything about the case or offered to send them some crying The court case involved the Re­ cfiarges which may be against a towels, and informed them that liance Manufacturing Co., Hunt­ brother, then it is your duty, as they could find the word SYM­ ington, W. Va., whose employes per your oath, to assist him in PATHY in the dictionary be­ are organized by the Internation­ tween the words (Deleted by cen­ al Ladies Garment Workers any way possible. Union. The unanimous decision This "OLD DOMINION sor). STATE" port has slowed down a In fact, some of their younger of the three judges was that the little, but not enough to warrant and new members, after making company officials violated the us taking a day off, as we keep one trip on an NMU wagon, come law and interfered with the this Hall open seven days a week, up to the SIU hall, and plead: rights of their workers to self-or­ so if any AB's or key men care Hey Pal, we made a mistake, but ganization by advertising against to do so, you can come in with allow us to join a Real Seamen's the union in the newspapers pre­ your gear, and be ready to ship Union, and we ^^lrill assure you ceding an election. It was also out of the only Port in the East that we will never make the same charged that supervisory em­ or South with a Southern Cali­ mistake, for we know that the ployes carried placards urging SIU has proven itself as an Am­ workers to vote against the union fornia Climate. erican Organization and has al­ The court held that by such ac­ . "Corporal-Major" D. F. Mallette of the War Shipping - RMO, is ways helped any seaman, irre- tivities a company "becomes really crying the blues. It seems gardless of his affiliation with participant in a contest to which it is not a party." that we are not using all of his any union. Nothing much more, but will NLRB Trial Examiner J. L. winos and gashounds that he end this missive-missile with Hektoen found the Kentucky greatly desires to be rid of. A scallions to some of these chisel­ Utilities Company guilty of vio­ letter to Mr. Mallette: Dear Mal­ ing representatives of the Steam­ lating the law by circulating let­ lette: The SIU, (AF of L) does not care for any winos, gashounds ship Companies who come down ters attempting to smear the In­ or anyone of their ilk and breed, here with the intention of trying ternational Brotherhood of Elec­ so please send them to their to chisel on the agreements, and trical workers. This union won an bouquets to the militant members election among the employes, but proper places. of the Seafarers Union who back the company sought to defeat it We do not need to tell you their officials up at all times. by re-districting its divisions and which "MARITIME" Union to ..CARL ROGERS. Agent re-grouping its employes. The forward them to, but we will al­ P.S. In re: The last paragraph trial examiner recommended that low you one guess. You're right. above my name, I mean the fcd- the NLRB order the company to Signed; By REAL Union men. lowing Companies; South Atlan­ cease such activities and to bar­ It looks like the Naval Reserve tic, Eastern and above all, the gain collectively with the union. is trying to get Davy Jones (No, real Chiseler is Corporal-Captain no, I don't mean the one who Perkins of the Waterman Steam­ Buy Bonds and Stamps controls the locker at the bottom ship Company. of the Sea) but the pie-cards in CMR. in the War Loan Drive. this port are threatening to put charges against Jones because Money Due Members of the Crew of the SS BENJAMIN CONTI, paid off for recent voyages, can collect lineh money (8 weeks) at the company office, Mississippi SS Company. 17 Battery Place. Room 132. • • • SS STtlRDY BEGGAR: Ver.lum Hickey, $34.87. Can collect at Mississippi SS Company office. • • • SS THOMAS SULLEY: The following men who paid off in Boston can collect: F. Orscheln. 4 heUt«; T. L. Lewis. 28 hours, overtime. Get your money at the Calmar office. » » • SS RICHARD ALVEY: Leon Posfcey. 62 hours overtime. Col­ lectable at Bull Line office. •'- » • SS DEL RIO: Larson has 16 hours at $1J25 per hour. This is collectable at Mississippi SS Co. office in New York. • a • SS MATT- W. RANSOM: Each man can collect $125 attack bonus pay.^le at the Robin Line com­ panies office. • SS BENJAMIN CONTI: Each man can collect $125 attack bonus payable at the Mississippi SS Company's office. Robin Line Sidpper Decorated — Sailed With SIU Crew NEW YORK, N. Y.—Capt. R. E. Hocken. master oif the SS William Moultrie of the Seas Shipping Company*$ Robin Line has been awarded the Russian Medal for Dis-^ tinction in Action, it was learned here last week. The vessel,1 manned TT""— , ..TTT .... by a full^i,' n planes„ and, submarines. In -the SIU crew set out into a force 8 course of the long running battle, gale and carried a running battle his ship was directly attacked to a wolf pack of submarines as thirteen times, and was credited well as destroying eight enemy with downing eight planes and planes and scoring direct hits on scoring direct hits on twelve at least twelve others. The scene others. On one occasion, a com­ of the action was around the bined attack by Axis high-level North coast of Norway, known bombers and submarines, four commonly as "suicide alley." The torpedoes were launched at the time—bitter winter. stern of the ship. One of the tor­ The report of the action which pedoes sank before reaching the was made possible through the vessel; another was fired at by courage and seamanship of this the gun crew and it exploded, skipper and the full SIU crew, as and by alert maneuvering the delivered by the War Shipping Master^eluded the other two. On Administration's Merchant Ma­ another occasion, a torpedo sight­ rine Medals Award Committee, ed approaching off the beam was reads as follows: successfully dodged. By his main­ "Setting out into a force 8 gale, tenance of an alert watch, and by in which all ships of the convoy his skillful seamanship, he large­ suffered heavy weather damage, ly contributed to the delivery of the convoy was under almost un­ an.essential cargo of military sup­ interrupted attack from Nazi plies to our Russian Allies." SIU Scores Remarks Of WSA Manning Officer Re. Seamen (Continued from Page 1) incident. The various officials of this town were amazed at the conduct of these men, notwith­ standing the fact that there were 27 races represented. The American Red Cross who rented quarters to most of these men reported that there had not been a single theft in this time and that the average seaman liv­ ing in their hotels was as well behaved as any GI Joe. The delegates splendid cooper­ ation in assisting this office on disciplining a few performers and taking the responsibilities of posting Air-raid Wardens, which was very important, aided this successful operation. It must be remembered that no Military Police or Shore Patrol were requested and none was needed. The men consisting of seven mndred and fifty odd, after the Pool was formed, were sent in two sections across the entire length of England to transports bound for the U.S. Not a single man missed his passage. R. R. SHARPE As a union man and a seamen I certainly must voice objection to the implications contained in the text of that leter, as to the following portions: A; "*** there was not a record of one single arrest or un­ pleasant incident.***" B; The Red Cross is alleged to have reported; "*** there had hot been a single theft in this time ***" Both those portions of the let­ ter are insulting in the extreme. Perhaps your intent was to state any proof of this at all, all you To the Editor of the Log: that you and other officials over Paid off recently on a vessel have to do is to stand around the there were disappointed to find here and thought I would take New York Hall, or any other SIU out that the American seamen Hall, and watch the steady stream this opportunity to pass h pointer are well-behaved and gentleman­ or two before shipping out again. of discontented NMU members ly people. Disappointed, perhaps who want to join the SIU and I notice that the old Port of beat that political brigade down to find out that the seamen are New York is running on a differ­ at Conimie Headquarters. not drunkards and thieves, or ent basis than it used to and it even worse; since the seamen certainly is a benefit to all hands Here's for a bigger and better have as an element been smeared involved. The way she stacks up Seafarers! for years by people desiring to now, a guy can get immediate at­ George Seeburger. No. 6932. keep them on low wages and liv­ tention on a dispute, as well as ing standards. receive prompt attention on any This organization would like a argument involving dispatching letter from you clearing up your of jobs, etc. Then too, there is stand. Thank you for your con­ something else that caught my sideration in this matter. eye, and I am very much in favor I am. of, is the baggage and mail sys­ Yours truly, tem they use in the Branch. The July 14, 1944 MORRIS WEISBERGER. way she sets now, a guy doesn't Raymond R. Sharpe Vice-President. STTJ of NA have to worry about having his WSA Manning Office bag lifted, or have a letter wait a BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, American Embassy short while before anybody July 14.—Sinking of the Ameri­ London, England knows if they have any mail. Will Ernest Benton, former In my opinion, however, this is can tanker Esso Harrisburg was Dear Sir: only part of the advancement disclosed today with the. landing A copy of the letter you sent to AJ3. on the SS WILLIAM made by the Seafarers in the past of a group of survivors who said "All Delegates Representing JOHNSON, please communi­ year or so. We are growing and the ship had been torpedoed by a Crews of Port Repair Ships," un­ cate with the undersigned really growing fast as hell! The German submarine off the Co­ der the subject of "Seamen's promptly. S. C. Berenhollz commies had really better watch lombian coast. Conduct While Awaiting Passage 1102 Court Square Bldg. out because if we get stronger (Previous reports have disclosed to U. S. Shores," has come to my Baltimore 2, Md. than we are right now, in the submarine activity in the same attention since it was brought (1) very near future, we will be tap­ area. Four Brazilian vessels are back by one of the same delegates Keep In Touch With ping on their dump and taking said to have been sunk by tor­ who was in the recent invasion them over entirely. If a guy needs pedoing recently.—Ed.) and was repatriated here. Your Draft Board Editor's Mail Bag US Tanker Torpedoed Off Columbian Coast • •• NOTICE �V-.;., V.^f, ? .-rj- v-.: - •. rc-'- Page Four THJ^ SEAtARBRS Honor Roll 'Gulliable'Gtis - Of The NMU SS Samuel Johnson SS George Dem ...: SS William R. Davis SS Chas. B. Aycock SS Colin P. Kelly SS John Morion SS John La Farge F. Binkowski R, Tuxford H. Harter J. Lucas J. T. Holt ... John Coynan SS Leon Stanford Joseph Sherry SS James Nesmith M. Drucker John B. Crew A. W. Cooper E. Costello Bud Roy A. C. McAlphine D. Worrel TOTAL $21.00 ...... 16J10 ...... 14.00 ...... 14.00 13.00 12.00 ......18.50 10.00 . lOBO 10.00 10.00 9.50 8J)0 .. 7.00 . 6.00 6.00 6J)0 5.90 . 4.00 . 2JU) ... 2.00 IM IJM $198.90 NOTICEL Will the holder of receipt No. 34464 and the holder of receipt No. 34465 please call at headquarters office, or write in and state what dues and assessments were paid. These receipts were issued by C. Haymond aboard the SS Finley P. Dunn, Waterman Line, which paid off in Norfolk. Va. * • m John S. Bryant will you please communicate with your mother at 300 Brannan Street, San Fran­ cisco 7, c/o J. Theo. Brlin Co. She is extremely worried. He saw the NMU filled with the finks. And the scabs who broke his strike But the "boys" told Gus to shut his eyes All things would be made right! So Gus was mute—an abysmal brute And robbed was his power of thought. The Stalinist page was his menial cage And ignorance dearly bought! But GULLIABLE Gus was a queer sort bf cuss And at last began to sum up. To count all his losses to Stalinist bosses The price of the jag and the cup! ^ And so he awakened from terrible sleep While the scales fell from his eyes. He had given his Youth said the bitter truth To a Stalinist mountain of lies! Top 'n Lift. v. r. •twr v .. II So GULLIABLE Gus. without any fuss _ Set out in search of the Grail And the "boys" on the way relieved him of pay And robbed him without fail! He walked and starved on the picket lines. He lived on air and on stew. Then the "boys" took over and rolled in clover. While they told Gus a thing or two! m SUP-SIU Members Feared Lost In Munitions Blast ..•1.,' Oh. GULLIABLE Gus was a. gulliable. cuss . Who believed nil things that were said By Stalinist fakers who cut Browder's capers . With slogans they drove into his headi With GULLIABLE Gus on their Stalinist bus The "Party" could guzzle and eat. With Gus under control as their ultimate goal Why, they had the world at their feet! • So Gus voted "yes," and Gus voted "no," And Gus did what he was told. He did no thinking and even went finking As a member of the foldl Friday. July 21. 1944 LOG •I were listed as officially "sunk" by (CofUhtueJ from rVj* 1) tlie Navy. .Two small ,coast guard were unbale compile a com­ craft also were destroyed by the ' plete list of casualties. force of the blast and several The Navy estimated that 250 enlisted personnel, most of them other ships were damaged. Damage to naval installations . Negro sailors who were - loading the two vessels with ammunition was listed as "extensive" by the at the time of the blast, are "miss­ Navy, but many buildings were ing and presumed dead," along reduced to tangled wreckage. with nine officers, five Coast Property damage to houses and Guardsmen and three civilian stores in Port Chicago was esti­ mated at hundreds of thousands workers. of dollars and the huge army ar­ 80 Merchant Seamen senal at Benicia, seven miles Approximately 40 members of away, suffered $150,000 damage the armed guards of the two to its facilities. ships also were believed missing Some explosion eyewitnesses and the War Shipping Adminis­ tration listed 80 merchant sea­ reported; men as miss/ng. Chief Steward L. A. Fitzgerald All of the missing were pre­ of one of the two blasted ammu­ sumed dead, their bodies blown to nition ships escaped death because bits in the terrific blast that he was off duty—having a drink flashed thousands of feet above in a Port Chicago bar. the demolished harbor area. "The concussion broke the glass Hundreds of civilians in nearby in my hand," he said. "I was towns were treated for injuries. blown across the room and At least 50 persons were beUeved thought the Japs were bombing seriously injured and 100 naval us. personnel were reported in mili­ "There were eighty-six men tary hospitals with minor injuries. aboard my ship. Only fifteen of us are alive." Blown Two Miles A.B. Morris E. Rich of Tuttle, The Quinault Victory was load­ ing for her maiden voyage when Okla., said that all but eleven of the explosion reduced her to a his fellow crew members of one. twisted hulk scarcely "isible of the ammunition ships which above oil-slicked waters in the blew up were missing. harbor. "I was just returning to the The two vessels, fragments of ship from Martinez when I saw it which were blown for two miles,. explode," he said. ' I •fjr] m Dictatorship vs Democracy AN EDITORIAL In the Communist controlled NMU Pile-it of June 23rd, page 7.1 noted that the great "ex­ pert" Joseph Curran, is hard at work giving his ??? opinions to the world. As a matter of fact the entire paper is filled with Curran's mental spasms which we know of as the expression of the machine which controls this phonie's bread and butter. And since he has been set up by the machine as a front man through whom THEY «peak, he has had no occasion to use margerine. It appears now that any man who has a fight ashore over quarrels originating aboard sffips of the NMU is liable to be brought up on charges in the "Union" and of course expelled. Now what can this mean? With the development of the Commissar system of letter boys despatched from the NMU headquarters where Josh Lawrence op­ erates as political despatcher for these Commis­ sars to the ships (all of whom must be trusted Communists as Lawrence is a member of the State Bureau of the CP at 50 East 13th Street and is thus tapping two payrolls, the NMU and the Party while posing as "seaman") who act as .the controlling power setting aside the Consti­ tutional and democratic functions of the ships' Committees robbed of their power through this supplanting process of totalitarian rule from the top down instead of the bottom UP, we can see where American seamen who know the score are put on the spot. Knowing well that a beef on the ship will mean fingering and phony charges, knowing that the letter boy from headquarters armed with the superimposed power of authority and a letter to prove it can make an issue of any dispute over usurped authority by denouncing him as a Trotskeyist, IWW, anti-Communist, red baiter, company stooge, enemy of the war effort, Teheran, etc. And that this tends to divide the crews pro and con with the power of the»Union hierachy against democratic principles of Trade Unionism, he will remain silent as a rule. Enlightened seamen will quickly grasp the fact that this "system" of political Commissars sent aboard the ships by the Conununists in the name of the NMU strikes at the very root of Unionism and distorts out of all meaning the former system of ships delegates who mare sup­ planted if not utterly displaced. The displacement will come later as their only function left is the act of voting "aye" to the resolutions brought forward by the Com­ missar. This vote lends an appearance of democ­ racy to the Commissar system. Actually it is the negation of all democracy. Furthermore, because the activities of the Commissar are bound up with POLITICAL AC­ TIONS having nothing to do with Trade Unionism or the working of the ship, the over­ riding authority of the Commissar ROBS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS TO FORM THEIR OWN JUDGMENT ON AMERICAN POLI­ TICAL PROBLEMS. THE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF U. S. CITIZENSHIP IS THUS SUBORNED AND NEGATED THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF A TOTALITARIAN, POLITICAL ACTIVIST MASKING HIS A<jTIVITIES THROUGH A TRADE UNION FRONT AND USING THE TRADE UNION LABEL FOR ANTI-AMERICAN PURPOSES. Those Americans who discover this faqt and who protest are gotten rid of in one way or another. The sinister Machavellian plot can­ not be brought out into the open in any NMU meeting on ship or ashore, for they switch to Trade Unionism as a coverup when in dangei; of exposure and howl that the oppositionist is a "red baiter" etc., etc. His days are numbered indeed. They do not want members who understand what Am­ ericanism means or our principles or mechanics of Government for this would destroy them. Thus, the anti-totalitarian is marked for dumping ashore and having provoked a dispute in barrooms they proceed to bring him up on charges in the LJnion Hall in order to oust him from the Union. For a dictatorship cannot stand open democratic debate or expose of aims and methods. That is the meanin f in Curran's "decision'* re fights ashore and trials to follow in the "Union." 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SIU Man Awarded Medal NEW ORLEANS, La. — SIU member Kurt Gonska, watertender aboard the SS Carrabulle when it was sunk by enemy fire in the Gulf of Mexico in May, 1942, was award.ed the Mariner's Medal during ceremonies at the United States Industrial Chemic­ als, Inc., plant Friday of last week. Gonska was one of the men who helped pioneer the organiza­ tion of the SIU in the Gulf a num­ ber of years ago. The medal, the first presented to a living seaman in New Or­ leans, was awarded for the in­ juries Gonska received when the lifeboat in which he and 23 others were escaping from their sinking ship was struck by enemy shellfire. Twenty-two of them were killed. Gonska and Second Mate Frank Santina were blown clear. Gonska, suffering a shattered jaw and minus his right arm, was Ijelped back aboard the sinking 10^ and into a life raft by San­ tina. (Continued Ofi Page 4) NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY JULY 28. 1944 John Hawk Recommends Opening New Halls In Charleston And Houston a By JOHN HAWK. Secretary-Treasurer SIU Crew Satisfies Skipper 'fiSI An SIU crew aboard the SS DELNORTE on her recent voy­ age was termed "capable and willing in executing their duties,** as well as "satisfactory" in a let­ ter from the master of that vessel praising the men who manned his ship. The shipmaster declares that he wrote the letter to express his appreciation of this Union crew. The text of the letter follows in full: SS DELNORTE The report of John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU of NA recommends that a hall be opened at Houston, Texas on a temporarybasis and staffed by a patrolman under the agency at Galveston. The report was con­ curred in unanimously by the membership meeting at the New York Branch, last Mon­ day. Previous to this, action was taken at the prior meeting on a recommendation from Brother Hawk that a hall be opened at Charleston, S. C., to aid the Union's progress and organizational effort. This action was also concurred in by all of the Branches since it was shown that the area is very busy and an officer of the Union is needed there. Seafarer's International Union Brother Hawk's report follows in full: New Orleans, Louisiana and is something to be proud July 21st, 1944 about. . . Went to Houston and Galves­ Dear Sirs and Brothers: ton, Texas and on checking up on Visited the Tampa Branch and the ship movements in both ports, the Gulf Coast Fishermen's Union I found that there is very few at St. Petersburg, Florida. SIU ships paying off in either Also visited the N.O. Branch port. Since last March only oc­ and attended the meeting there casional SIU ships have paid off last Monday. The membership is in that area. proud pf their new hall and that NEW SHIPS is easy to understand. The. New Quite a few new ships built at Orleans Hall is the . best we have the two Houston yards have been allocated to SIU contracted com­ panies and were crewed up by the Galveston Agent. Five more ships will be allocated in the next 30 days to companies contracted to us. Most of the ships built at Houston go to Galveston to load cargo as Galveston is the main loading and discharging port be­ tween the two ports. The following letter and excerpt of ruling regarding Galveston is' closer to Texas Seamen's passports, which clarify the regulations have been City and Port Arthur than Hous­ ton. Beaumont, and Baytpwn are received by the Union: about the same distance from DEPARTMENT QF STATE "The Secretary of-St2rte has de­ Galveston as from Houston. Passport Agency cided that after six o'clock in the Under the present conditions Sub Treasury Building forenoon of August 15, 1944 .no the Union Hall at Galveston is Wall Street seaman "who is a citizen or na­ closed most of the time because J New York City (5) tional of the United States may the Agent has to be out on the ship on a vessel in this country beat in Galveston, Texas City, July 19, 1944 bound for a foreign port unless Baytown or Houston wherever Seafarers' Int'l Union he bears a valid American pass- the ships may be and if there are 2 Stone Street, . .port or evidence, usually referred several ships in, well everybody New York, 4 N. Y. to as a "receipt," that he has ap­ is out of luck because the :hall is plied for a' passport within the closed and ;only one slaip can be Dear Sirs: pr^eding six months. This pro­ boarded «t one time, "When this On the attached sheet of paper cedure will remain in effect until happens, if members that live in is, an excerpt from a. letter ad­ six o'clock in the forenoon of Houston travel 50-miles to regis­ dressed to the Commissioner of November 15, 1944, after which ter at the Galveston Hall apd find Customs, Washington, D. C., by no such seariian may ship on a it closed it is only natural for a Mrs. R. B. Shipley, Chief of the vessel in this country bound for Passport Division, Department of a foreign port unless he-bears a valid American passport. Should State, Washington, D.C. ' The excerpt is self-explana­ in the exigency of any situatipn, tory and is being forwarded to it seem desirable that any such you as the Department has urged seaman be permitted to sail from that we circulate the information the United States prior to Nov­ contained therein among seamen ember 15, next, without a valid Hon. Colin Gibson, Minister of arid those who are concerned passport or "receipt" or after the National Revenue, said in the Ca­ with matters relating to seamen date mentioned without a valid nadian House, of Commons re­ or' vessels plying between ports passport, I shall, upon being ad­ cently that Canadian merchant in the United States and ports in vised of the facts in his case, con­ navy seamen, held as prisoners of sider authorizing, on behalf of war, were liable to national de­ foreign countriies. the Secretary of State, his de­ fense tax arrears and income tax, Very truly yours, JAMES J. HUGHES. parture from the United States according to the New York Jour­ • Passport Agent without a valid passport." ' nal of Commerce. Passports For Merchant Seamen Compulsory By State Dept. Ruling Tax Ruling For Canadian Seamen % No. 22 member to blow his top because he has to travel 50 miles back to Houston, make another round trip or 100 miles before he gets on the shipping list. This same condition exists for our members that live in Texas City and other ports in the area, and it is not a healthy situation. REMEDY PROPOSED The remedy for this situation I think is to leave the Branch re­ main at Galveston as there is more traffic in that port, and to open a hall in Houston on a tem­ porary bases, for the cbnvience of the membership. However, if this is concured in, I recommend that a Patrolman be stationed (Continued on Page 4) 2 Stone Street New York, N. Y. Sirs: It gives me much pleasure to jreport to your organization the satisfaction with the crew ship­ ped from your hall last voyagei To the last man they proved themselves capable and willing in executing their duties and at aU times were on the job. Having expressed my apprecia­ tion to the members of the crew I wish to extend this to the Union Hall from which they shipped, it is with best regards, I remain. Yours truly, J,MORACCHINE. Master SS DELNORTE. New Bond Buying Plan Advanced For Merchant Seamen On Articles Merchant seamen on some ships will now have an op­ portunity, for the first time, to have War Bond allotments deducted from their pay in an overall plan taking in the entire ship's company, as the result of a system adopted following a series of conferences conducted recently among Union officers, ship line officials*and Treasury Department repre­ lines, would give all seamen tlie sentatives. This was announced opportunity to purchase bonds with as much ease as a war work­ last week. According to Harold L. Walker, er in an airplane factory, at a field representative of the Labor shipyard or in any other station­ Section, War Finance Division of ary industry. Washington, D. C., the plan, when Others participating in the final placed in operation will allow discussions and agreeing to the seamen to state the amount of plan were Captain H. Martin, first their bond allotment before ship­ vice president, Nationed Organi­ ping out, if they desire to buy zation of Masters, Mates & Pilots Bonds. On their return to a Unit­ of America; E. P. Trainer, busi­ ed States port, the seamen will ness manager, local No. 3, Marine then receive their bonds along Engineers Beneficial Association; with their wages at the time of M o r r i s Weisberger, New York pay-off, provided the run was for agent. Sailors Union of Pacific, longer than one-half month. and vice president. Seafarers In­ James L. Houghteling, director ternational Union, and Harold W. of National Organizations, War Falbee, New York representatfve. Finance Division, said- that this Radio Officers Union of CTU, method, if extended to all ship AF of L. '' ^ I I �If' I l^T- ' Page Two THE II 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 ------ 110 Market Stfetet, President Francisco^ Calif. JOHN HAWR - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 1th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK <4) IJOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA ... NORFOLK. NEW.ORUiANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28, P.R.. PUERTO RICO. . GALVESTON, ADDRESS PHONE 2StojioSt 330 Atlanltc Aye 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St 25 Convmerclal PI 339 Catartres St2l8EaitBaySt 423 East Piatt St 7SL MichaelSt. BOwIlng Green 9-3437 Liberty 4037 Calvert 4539 Loritbard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Cahal 3336 Savannah 3-1 728 Tarhpa MM-1323 DUI2-I392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 215, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwlittg Green '9-8 3 4d 267 The Tragedy Of Errors AAT EDITORIAL Looking backward. It is possible now to evaluate correctly the role and evolution of the ComnMinist political Club called the National Maritime Union and weigh it in the cold balance cif Judgtrient. We can now measure its real value, if any, in the maritime industry and to the sea­ man as an individual. For if it does not pro^t the individual it has no value whatever to the mass. The rank and file, maddened by long continued de­ pression which paralysed American shipping were led to believe that the fault lay in the old ISU type of craft Unionism. They were sold the idea of .industrial Unionism and Unity in the industry which were sound slogans in them­ selves but we see now were not meant to be carried out. They' were catch phrases to mislead the seamen. Thus the seamen, under the "leadership" of the Com­ munists trained in Foster s old Trade Union Unity League school of skullduggery, were beguiled into following them in building the NMU. The movement was nothing but the extension, tinder a new name with the same old leaders, of the Marine Workers Industrial Union which disbanded in ttrder to bore froiil within the ISU craft Unions. Yet, if tinity in the indiistry was ever their object, if their claims meant anything at all, they wotild have stayed within the ISU. llhe formation of the NMU by the dis­ sident group labeling itself the "ISU rank and file" was in itself art act of ANAK.CHY and a splitting movement within the industry. In this way their initial development was contrary to the practice of sound Union principles—tinity of the work­ ing class to ivin better working artd living conditions with a united front against John Shipowner. The tom-toms 6f "Industrial Unionism" were kept beating along with the magic symbols CIO—CIO until men lost the power of reason and analysis; It was the old cult theory—the mum bo jumbo practiced in the African jungles by tribal priests. ,.f. Fakery? Yes?—and hosv! The AF of L Unions are decadent shouted the high priests Hudson, Ray and their "Communist" followers. And the hungry and befuddled seamen tck)k them at their .tvord. They stopped thinking. So they set out to capture the world, using the poor seamen as tools. Their Constitution was so framed that it (Continued on Page 4) tv, SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 28, 1944 WHArs Domes Around the Ports beefs and are due a lot of credit bers and trip card men as moat for the good work that they have of the old timers know the score' on how to keep a crew unionAll four of the resolutions of done. The amount of money they minded and a credit to the Sea­ the coastwise referendum ballot have carried at a better than 16 have collected for our members farers. These old-timers are prcito 1 ratio. The comimttee finish­ in these disputes runs into thou­ gressively educating the younget! ed counting the votes up here this sands of d(dlars and represents a elements as to real, trade Union* real financial gain to the mem­ ism that has been brought about week. by the SIU. This is very good and .will bership. We are at the present time prove highly beneficial to the PAUL HALL, Agent growth and development of our working on six more of these dutOrganization. Within a very short Df-town disputes and Will have a while, we will be able to own a decision on them very shortly. Union iBtall in every Tort Of any Upon the settlement of the beefs importance. In carrying these the Ports and the men involved resolutions, the Seafarers took will be notified of the amount one of the biggest strides they due, and the details as to collec­ tion of the money. have made since their origin. BUSY WEEK NMU CLIMBS BANDWAGON We had an unusual week here I noticed in the last issue of wherein for two straight days not the Pilot, that the NMU commies The spirit of Brotherhood of a vessel jpaid off and then on the are climbing on the Seafarers' the Sea was shown last week by third day, no less than 15 of them band wagon in regards to fighting the SIU crew on the Cape Corpaid off, all within an hour or so the lowering of the launch rates. win, a C2 operated by the of one another. It really had the Nine days after we brought this Line, Two days before the vessel piecards here in super high gear beef to the fore and after making arrived in New York a Navy gun­ and some of the boys worked un­ a good start towards success, the ner fell from the bridge to the til midnight in getting everything Commies evidently felt that they boat deck, fracturing his skull. squared away. would like to grab a little glory The ship was permitted to leave We called for temporary Pa­ off for themselves and so Ham the convoy and race for New trolmen with the necessary quali­ Head himself has come out with a York in a desperate effort to save fications, to fill in for that day great big squawk about the rates. the man's life. He died in the and with their help, everything This is not the first time that hospital from the injuries the same was handled all right. However, the Commies have attempted to night of arrival day. His name if it is all the same with every­ cover themselves with a coat of as yet has not been disclosed by body concerned, we would ap­ glory for something that the Sea­ the Navy. preciate it very much if we could farers Has pioneered in fighting One of the other Navy men iri get these pay-offs staggered dur­ for, nor will it be the last time. the gun crew took up a collection ing the week rather than catch among his fellows to help the EDUCATION 30 to 35 ships in two days' time, Quite a few old timers have lad's family and defray burial ex* then not pay oft anything for the been coming through here re­ perises. The SIU crew heard of next few days. cently and it looks as though it and all chipped in. That's the way it goes, how­ some of them like the weather Patrolman James Sheehan do­ ever, and it all comes in for a lot here (or the beer) as they have nated $5.00 on behalf of the of grief in the life of a piecard. been around for several weeks. Patrloman Charles Starling Among Some of the boys drifting Union, while the merchant crew paid off the Robin Locks.ley re­ in here are many of the old time gave varying amounts. Mqst of the officers and engineers ais<> cently and according to his re­ faces from the Gulf. donated, some giving $5.00 each. port, this was one of the ...best It's always good to have a few Over $125.00 was added to the crews he has run into yet. They of these fellows around to ship collection made by the gun creW had all the ship's affairs in per­ with some of the younger mem­ among themselves. fect order and all hands lined up to a T." This, no doubt, was be­ cause most of the crew were real union men. You can certainly tell the dif­ ference in a ship paying off with book members and a ship paying The foliowihg letter has been of the men in question, together off with a full load of trip cards. received by the headquarters of­ with their home address and We can stand a lot of ships Uke fice of the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ amount of over-payments: the Locksley in this Port! trict and is printed herewith tor Edward Thorpe, Jr $25.00 CONVINCED the information of the members 512 N. David St., Our relations with the Steam­ involved: New Orleans, La. ship operators in this Port are Fred M. Easier $50,00 WATERMAN STEAMSHIP bettering; we have convinced Cliftonville, Miss. GORPORATION most of these people that we are Mobile 9, Alabania Junice A. Bo«Hrg : serious in our efforts for coopera­ July 17, 1944 438 (Constance St., tion in paying ships off in such a New Orleans, La ' manner so as to guariHrtee full Mr. John Hawk, representation for our members. Secretary-Treasurer James T. Piftman $100.00 We do not have near the trouble Seamen's International Union 1531 Carondelet St., here in settling disputes that we Room No. 213 New Orleans, La. 2 Stone Street have had in the past. G. W. Shows $100.00 This makes it much easier on New York, N. Y. 1333 4th Avenue, all hands involved and especially SS HOGER GRISWOLD Jackson, Miss. so for the members of the ships' Dear Sir: Ben J. Lawson $100.00 crews. By having smooth rela­ 1918 Philomene Avenue We enclose copy of letter dated tions, we are able to devote all of our time and thought in handling May 6th to the War Shipping Ad­ Lincoln Park, Mich. You may be sure we shall ap­ our inembers' beefs and as a re­ ministration, this district, con­ preciate very much any efforts cerning overpayment to 6 mem­ sult; it means more money for toward the collection of these bers of the crew of the above ves­ them and a lot less troubles for over-payments since we are ac­ sel. We had reply from the WSA union officers. in New Orleans in which they tually out of pocket the amount BEEFS SETTLED advised that they felt your good of $475.00 and thanking you in We have been spending quite offices would assist us in recover­ advance for your courtesy, we a bit of our time within the past ing such over-payments. We are are. ten days on out-of-port disputes completely aware of the fact that Yours very truly. and have managed to settle irtost your union does not countenance Waterman Steamship Corp. of them in favor of the" niember- such practices and with this in b. ORREN, ship. The Patrolmen in this Port mindj we" list below the names Chief Accountant have been doing a very good job All Agents In Branches Please Post On Bulletin Boards. in handling these out-of-port NEW YORK Union Members Help Burial Of Navy Gunner NOTICE! �THE Friday, July 28, 1944 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE RECENT REFERENDUM BALLOT WERE CARRIED BY A RATIO OF 10 VOTES FOR TO 1 OPPOSED AND BETTER THAN THAT UPON OTHER RESOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN AND GULF DISTRICT, A FACSIMILIE OF THE BALLOT FOLLOWS WITH ALL THE PROPOSITIONS THE MEMBERS VOTED UPON IN FULL: Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District Comtitidion Amendment and Resolution Ballot FOREWORD WStRUCtlONS TO VOTERS —Toie either YES or NO —mark a cross (X) in the square. Do not use a lead pencil in marking the ballot — ballots marked with lead pencil will not be counted. MARK YOUR BALLOT with PEN and INK or INDELIBLE PENCIL. DO NOT PUT ANY OTHER MARKINGS ON THIS BALLOT. THE ATLANTIC and GULF AGENTS ASSEMBLED at the RECENT ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT AGENTS CONFERENCE HELD IN NEW ORLEANS, LA., FROM APRIL 3, 1944 TO APRIL 5, 1944, DREW UP AND RECOMMENDED the ADOPTION of the FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS to the CONSTITUTION. CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS TO PURCHASE TAMPA HALL Page 9. Article 4, Section 1 shall be amended to read as follows: "Members upon joining the Union shall receive PROBATIONARY MEMBER­ SHIP CERTIFICATES which they shall hold for 12 months, having completed such probationary periods, paid 12 months dues, and taken the oath of obliga­ tion to the Union; they shall then be admitted to full membership." Pasle 42. Article 24, section 8 (a) shall be amended to read as follows: "Deceased members shall; if in good standing, upon entering hospital or at the time of death, be buried or cremated by the Union: provided death occurs at headquarters or any branch, or in the immediate vicinity thereof: The mode of funeral — whether burial or cremation — shall be left to the discretion of the Secretary-Treasurer or Branch agent unless the Union has been duly notified of a preference previously expressed by the deceased or his immediate relatives." Page 43, Article 24, Section 8 shall have a new sub-section added to be known as (d) and shall read as follows: "Under no circumstances ^hall dues be collected from any members entering hospitals in bad standing during their period of hospitalization. This clause shall also apply to members in bad standing being transferred from one hospi­ tal to another," WHEREAS:—It should be the policy of this organization to buy*its own property when opportunity presents itself, and we are financially able; and WHEREAS:—^Tampa is an important port in time of strike or lockout due to itsf geographical location; and WHEREAS:—^We now have the opportunity to buy the building, the hall we are now in, for a very reasonable figure; and WHEREAS:—^This building in comparison to the prices of buildings we are buying in other ports is a bargain; and WHEREAS:—^This property is in good shape and requires no improvements or al­ teration; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:—That this Agents' Conference go on record to purchase this proper^ in Tampa; and BE IT FINALLY, RESOLVED:—That this Conference go on record to recommend that the member­ ship instruct the Tampa Agent to elect a Committee, and along witb the Secretary-Treasurer, John Hawk, negotiate for this property. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE RESOLUTION ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE AMENDMENTS YES • YES NO • • NO TO PURCHASE NEW YORK HALL • FOREWORD TO RESOLUTIONS THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS ARE HEREBY SUBMITTED, THROUGH A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BRANCHES. TO THE MEMBERSHIP. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORDING OF THE RESOLUTION. IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTIONS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A REFERENDUM VOTE; BUILDING FUND ASSESSMENT I^ENEAS:—^Various branches of our Union having considerable difficulty renew­ ing leases and are being compelled to move due to this, and this situ• ation is very unhealthy and jeopardizes the very existence of our or­ ganization, and WHEREAS:—^The only solution to this problem is to own and control our own Union Halls which would afford maximum security to our Union and its membership, and WHEREAS:—^As the Agents' Conference recommend this procedure as the only practical method of corn-bating hostile landlords actions, therefore be it RESOLVED:—^That each member be assessed $10.00 for the purpose of creating a building fund, said fund to be used for tiie purpose of acquiring real estate wherein our halls can be maintained without any interference from outside sources. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE RESOLUTION WHEREAS:—It should be the policy of the Seafarers' International Union of North America to own its own property, in-so-far as the Union is able which is stated in the articles of the SEAFARERS' HALL ASSOCIATION,. INC., (a non-profit corporation owned by the membership of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict), in order to provide assembly halls, recreation rooms, hiring halls and dispatch halls, etc., for merchant seamen, and WHEREAS:—^It is better for the Union to own and operate its own halls to prevent the actions of hostile landlords, who are often swayed by the monied interests and the shipowners in attempts to embarrass the Union, and WHEREAS:—^Properties are available noW that will not be available after the war when realty speculators return to private business and will cause real estate'prices to skyrocket, and WHEREAS:—Such properties will become undeniable assets to the Union and form an admirable back-log to the Union's finances in the post-war period, through the Union not needing to pay high rents, and WHEREAS:—^The port of New York is the largest port in the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Uhion and accommodates large proportions of the mem­ bership at all times by virtue of its being the largest port as well as the District Headquarters', and WHEREAS:—The purchase of a hall for the port of New York will aid the Unioa and give impetus to the organizing drives that the Union is condmding now and will conduct in the future, now, therefore be it RESOLVED:—^That the branch memberships of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union of North America go on record for the purchase of a hall in the port of New York, and be it further RESOLVED:—That this question be placed on the next available membership referendum ballot for the decision of the membership, and be it still further RESOLVED:—That this resolution be affective and contingent upon the passage of a building assessment by membership referendum ballot, and be it finally RESOLVED:—That all members of the Seafarers International Union of North America work to heighten the efficiency of the organization by fur­ thering its aims, interests and purposes and advancing its cause in every way possible. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ABOVE RESOLUTION YES NO YES NO • • • • ! "via ''''M ' ml ii i"lVi''' iirii" I "ii III I ""i "i7ii i" I "'"i i'l ii iPii " f r I " �Page F»ur THE John Hawk Recommends Opening New Halls In Charleston And Houston (Continmd from Page i) there and that he turn in his in­ come to the Galveston Agent and that the Patrolman be account­ able to him. Under an arrangement like this members will be able to register at Houston and won't have to go all the way to Galveston, also a Union Hall will be open at all times in this area and there will always be a Union Representa­ tive available at one or the other union halls to receive telephone calls from the members, ship's delegates or other Union business. PROGRESS "it is important that we have a man in Houston all the. time as well as Galveston, because, infor­ mation regards all ship move­ ments is easier to get at Houston and we might be able to make more progress. .. At the present time we ha^'e 3 Patrolmen and an Agent at New Orleans. I spoke to our New Or­ leans Agent and he is of the opin­ ion that they can manage the business in New Orleans with 2 Patrolmen. It is also agreeable with Patrol­ man Clark to transfer to Houston as Patrolman. Under this arrange­ ment it will be very little added expenses to the Union'and more eonyiences to the membership, therefore, I recornmend that Brother Clark be transfered to Houston «s Patrolman.. Correction (Last week, through a copy reader's error the vessel below was termed as belonging to the Robin Line, instead of Smith and Johnson.) « » If SS MATT W. RANSOM: Each man can collect $125 attack bonus payable at the Smith & Johnson company's office. SEAEAREKS LOG NOTICE Will the holder of receipt No. 34464 and the holder of receipt No. 34465 please call at headquar­ ters office, or write in and state what dues and assessments were piaict. * These receipts were issued by C. Raymond aboeurd the SS Finley P. Dunn, Waterman Line. which paid off in Norfolk, Va. • • * John S. Bryant will you please communicate with your mother at 300 Brannan Street, San Fran­ cisco 7, c/o J. Theo. Erlin Co. She Is extremely worried. Union Pennants The banners of the SUP Are seen on every global sea The banners of the SIU In brotherhood will see you through! In every harbor of the world We see our Union flags unfurled! \ So flaunt your Unions to the breese The toast of men on seven seas Progress and Strength go htmd in hand The proudest seamen of our Land! There go the ships of the SUP Manned by Americans proud and free There go the convoys of the SIU The cargoes which our strength renew All honors to these glalant men By whose deeds Mankind lives again! So flaunt the banners to the breeze Salute these Unions on the seas Progress and Truth walk hand in hand With conscious worth on every strand! Top'n Lift. FHdtiy, July 28, 1944 War Aid Wins Dockmen Merit Award PHILADELPHIA —The Navy awarded a Certificate of Merit here to Joseph P. Ryan, interna­ tional president of the Long­ shoremen's Association. The award was made during special ceremonies h e 1 d i n the Adelphia Hotel at a dinner high­ lighting a two-day session of the executive board of the ILA, which was attended by more than 200 men representing shipping in­ terests along the Atlantic sea­ board, as well as high ranking Army and Navy personnel. Commander S. E. Mittler, of Washington, D. C., representing Admiral Ben Morell, chief of the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, made the award to Mr. Ryan. Commander Mittler praised the work of Ml". Ryan in helping to organize the Navy Seabees by recruiting specialists in dock instlalations and other mechanical fields. Paul Baker, vice president of the ILA in charge of the Atlantic Coast District, praised the work of the organization in furnishing statistical material in the found­ ing of the Seabees. Naval and military authorities agreed that the union has done a magnificent job in loading the thousands of ships that have em­ barked for the war zones from East Coast ports. They said the union has given the government full cooperation and has relig­ iously refrained from strikes. SIU Man Awarded Medal , (Conthmed f rom Page 1) Both men were picked up by a merchant vessel and taken to the port of New Orleans. Santina was awarded the Distinguished Ser­ vice Medal by Admiral E. S. Land for saving the life of Gonska. The presentation last Friday was made by Lieutenant Com­ mander J. M. Wellener, officerin-charge of the United States Maritime Service Upgrade school here. Lieutenant (j.g.) F. L. Dwinnell told of the meaning of the medal, which was authorized by Congress in September, 1943, and said that Mr. Gonska was eligible for the Combat and Atlantic Rib-. bons, which will be awarded at some future time. W. W. Carre, general manager of the local com­ pany, introduced the speakers, • Gonska, 31 years old, was born in Allenstein, Germany. He has sailed on ships of the chemical company for eight years, and is now employed as captain of the plant guards, coming back to work after seven months spent in the Marine hospital here. He and his wife, Essie, live at 1428 Cleve­ land avenue. New Orleans, La. Attention! Will Rufut O'Neal and Bamwell Petermann, No. 31154, pleaM come to headquarters oMtH, Room 213. 2 Stone Street, Hew York, N. Y. The Tragedy Of Errors AN il.. m. EDITORIAL '• {Continued from page 2)\ Great Lakes and rejected by Lakes seamen for ;did not deiine the limits of or the nature of their the same reasons. After six years of effort on the enterprise and even the word seamen were left Lakes their gains are negligahle. The drain on put. They substituted the word "workers." the treasury is a white elephant of no small pro­ Their jurisdiction, Licensed or Unlicensed, was portion, yet to retire from the Lakes would mean not mentioned. All bars were down. They recognition of the fact that they have long since .would organize everything that floats into the reacloed their apex and limits and are being driv­ en back to their fundamental area of operations NMU, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Lo and behold! the old derelict Unions of the on the East Coast with jurisdiction over UN­ AF of L which they had declared dead and LICENSED SEAMEN ONLY. The restriction must force a revision of their •buried proved to be very much alive. The Li­ censed Officers organizations resented the NMU Constitution in line with their actual dimenattempt to smash or capture them. The West .sions and the facts of life. Their failure, based Goast Unions of the Unlicensed resented NMU upon full recognition of these facts by all sea­ men, are slowly but surely constricting them in raids on already organized territories. ever diminishing circles. Their fall is certain! ^ The harbormen rejected the NMU after vast •«ums of money had been expended by the Com­ Only the war and the influx of thousands of munists. All they could show was fat livings as newcomers pouring their hard earned money in­ long as the money pumped in by the treasury of to their coffers keeps the NMU-CP afloat today. the UMW held out. It has never been repaid and Their wealth derived from these sources is a the Communist payroll parasites never had any mirage for the NMU-CP has already failed dis­ intention of repaying these loans. mally in all its efforts. It is organizationally and ' They moved in on shipyard workers and cash- morally bankrupted by their failure to seize con­ «d as Usual and later were forced to disgorge. trol of the industry. But, they kept the momy. Today their only safety lies in Labor f rontis^m and foisting a Covernment-Employer-CT-NMU - They moved in on the West Coast Unions, f>3ring from within, were defeated and kicked leadership combinationupon their members: put even by the sister CIO Unions, the,Marine The operators are called in by these labor fa­ Cooks & Stewards who correctly wanted to keep kers turned politician and offered control of the their own identity and jurisdiction. shipping halls to make the "industry work." They have been dramatically defeated on the They insist upon Government officials and ship­ I - owners' cooperation with them "In the interest of the war effort" and cover their sinister ariti-« Labor actions by flag waving. Yet, they cleverly dodge the ships by all the means in their power. They are on the high f<wd to a Totalitarian system in which they hope to sustain themselves over the NMU membershifi and the seamen as a whole. Thus a pseudo "progressive" movement Iwbelling itself "Industrial Unionism" has evolved in a few short years into Labor frontism a la Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germnay — or so they hope. They have become ultra reactionary tools of the employers and the Government. They are a menace to honest American Trade Union­ ism and to all seamen and our way of . life. They have become bitterly reactionary against any or all democratic expressions within the NMU itself which may threaten their-despotism and dictatorship. They have usurped the power of the rank and file. .. Nepotism rules the roost with the payroll ««der control of the Party through these CP lead­ ers. And with the payroll control . goes the power to hatchet. 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Title A name given to the resource July 28, 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. 22 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU MAN AWARDED MEDAL JOHN HAWK RECOMMENDS OPENING NEW HALLS IN CHARLESTION AND HUSTON SIU CREW SATISFIES SKIPPER PASSPORTS FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN COMPULSORY BY STATE DEPT. RULING NEW BOND BUYING PLAN ADVANCED FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN ON ARTICLES TAX RULING FOR CANADIAN SEAMEN UNION MEMBERS HELP BURIAL OF NAVY GUNNER THE TRAGEDY OF ERRORS RESULTS OF COASTWISE BALLOT WAR AID WINS DOCKMEN MERIT AWARD UNION PENNANTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/28/1944 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/bbdfdc936816ebddbb1eacec7bb9bfc5.PDF eb725d6845e54aa8c1ddcb663431c8ce PDF Text Text • - ohma 07 THE ASKiano AND croir mamieT, ' IK$fflSAEIuSAA UMiOHf 07 «vS3!S ASEBIwA VOL VX. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 1944 No. 23 Corporation Profits Double AFL Wins Japs' Murder Of US In War While Wages Shipyard Seamen In Far East Is Reported By Newsman Lag, AFL Survey Finds Election )/ WASHINGTON, D. C.—Corporations are making the big money out of the war and the workers are paying for it "by the dollar bills left out of their pay checks," the AFL charges in its current Labor's Monthly Review. In the case of corporations it was possible to obtain figures after taxes, and these show that net earnings of corporations were still 101 percent higher than their pre-war earnings. In other words during the war years, 1939-43 corporations show­ ed a greater increase in earnings after payment of taxes than workers and, businessmen were able to show'before paying their taxes. The article charged that the Administration's wage policy dis­ criminates against wage earners by holding workers' pay down while the incomes of other groups were permitted to rise without restrictions. As a result, said the study, only 6 percent of American workers today receive a straight time wage rate high enough to provide their families a health and effi­ ciency standard of living once the war ends and industry is com­ pelled (to spread employment) to return to a 40-hour week. In ad­ dition, millions of workers will have to shift from relatively high paid war production jobs to low­ er paid civilian work. Despite the fact that farmers' average income has increased during the war by 204 percent, the study does not charge that farmers are making too much money. Pointing out that the farmers' average income has gone up from $691 to $2103, the study said: "the war has brought a much-needed increase for mil­ lions of farmers who were des­ perately poor." Nor does the study complain (Continued on Page 4) 14 AFL Members Die In Navy Depot Explosion SAN FRANCISCO. — Eleven members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and 3 of the National Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (both AFL) are listed among the dead in the explosion at the Port Chicago naval am­ munition depot. They include the chief mate, third mate and boat­ swain of the Liberty ship E. A. BRYAN, which was completely destroyed. Lifeboat Scale Cut To 10 Cu. Ft. Per Man On Libertys NEW YORK CITY—An impor­ tant and significant election vic­ tory was scored by the AFL Metal Trades Council at the Wheeler shipyard at Whitestone, L. I. The AFL unions won by a landslide majority of 1,250 to 472. William J. Daly, secretary of the metal trades group predicted that this triumph will serve as an opening wedge toward organiz­ ing many other non-union ship repair yards in the New York area. He reported to AFL Presi­ dent Green that conditions now look favorable for unionization of several other yards, where Na­ tional Labor Relations Board elections will be held in due course. • He praised the organizing work of President McVarish of the council and Sam Sutherland of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters. The work of the rep­ resentatives of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers also played an important part in the victory. The CIO had made an abortive effort to organize the employes of the Wheeler shipyards but gave up prior to the election and decided not to enter its name on the ballot. War Landing Craft Seen As Future River Cargo Boats War landing craft will "invade" the Great Lakes, Mississippi, and other inland water­ The number of lifeboats carried by all Liberty ships Hudson ways, 1 owe ring transportation which received their first inspection certificates during the costs and increasing postwar past year and a half may henceforth be reduced from six shipping, according to Joseph W. to four provided each vessel making this reduction carries Frazer, president of the Warren at least two new type life rafts, under terms of an order City Manufacturing Co., at War­ issued at the request of the War*four lifeboats, each having a cu­ ren, Ohio. "Low-draft, high - speed inva­ Shipping Administration by Vice bic-carrying capacity calculated sion barges will require only a Admiral R. .R. Waesche, com­ on the basis of 10 cubic feet per few changes and improvements mandant, United States Coast person: Provided, that at least for practical shipping purposes on Guard. two of the life rafts required by rivers, lakes, canals and intraAdmiral W a e s c h e's order, Section 153.2 (b), subchapter 0, on coastal waterways," Frazer said, which was issued after WSA such vessels shall be of the im­ "and their economical, operation complained that its operation of proved type which shall be car­ will reduce costs." Liberty ships was being impeded ried so that one improved type As an example of improved by safety laws requiring 15 cubic lifecraft shall be stowed on one ship design, Frazer cited war feet of lifeboat space per man on side of the vessel forward and the methods of unloading boats under all these vessels, reduces the min­ other improved type raft is stow­ fire on a beachhead and predicted imum requirement by one-third ed on the opposite side of the that landing-ramp and bow-door to 10 cubic feet per man. vessel aft. procedures will prove more effi­ Acting under special wartime The waiver of existing safety cient than the "old-fashioned" regulations. Admiral Waesche laws was authorized under an or­ crane-and-net method, saving tvaived existing maritime inspec­ der of the Acting Secretary of the time in loading and unloading tion and navigation laws "to the Navy, dated October 1, 1942, au­ .commercial shipments. LCM-3's, fextent that ocean and coastwise thorizing such waivers in the dis­ produced by Frazer in an Ohio vessels of the BC-2 (Liberty type) cretion of the commandant, inland shipyard, will prove valureceiving their first certificates of usee, in the case of vessels en­ ab 1 e as automobile ferryboats, inspection after January 1, 1943, gaged in business, connected with short-haul barges and tugs, he Shajl be permitted to operate with the conduct of the war. predicter' •'t NEW YORK—Roy Porter of the National Broad­ casting Company broadcast Monday from Chengtu, China, the story of the murder of about three-quarters of the crew; of a United States Liberty ship in the Indian Ocean in midJune by seamen of a Japanese submarine, according to ai United Press announcement on* John Gussack of Brooklyn and July 31. the ship's first engineer, Charles Mr. Porter said the story was Pyle of Lodj, Calif. substantiated by an American According to the story, Mr. who had recently arrived in Porter said, the American ship China. Of about 100 crew mem­ was first torpedoed, the crew bers of the ship, only twenty- members taking to lifeboats. three were saved. Then the enemy submarine sur­ They are now hospitalized af­ faced and ordered all the Ameri­ ter having been rescued by an cans to the foredeck, where they American plane. Among the sur­ were beaten and tortured, with vivors, Mr. Porter said, are Capt. their hands tied behind their backs. Many were killed during the orgy and their bodies kicked overboard, Mr. Porter added. The (Continued on Page 4) Distribution Of Ballots For Merchant Seamen Set Up By WSA Kin Thanks All Merchant Marine personnel is being given the means and op­ Seamen portunity to vote in the 1944 elec­ tions, unless the military situa­ For Flowers tion prevents, the War Shipping Administration said lately. Plans formulated under provisions of Public Law 277 — 78th Congress are intended to enable every elig­ ible merchant seaman, whether afloat or ashore on a far mission, to exercise his franchise. WSA is distributing 400,000 Federal War Ballots for use of the seamen outside of continental United States. With these, mer­ chant seamen who qualify under the Federal and State law, and whose home States permit, may vote in the general election Nov­ ember 7 for President, Vice Presi­ dent, Senator and Representative in Congress. Voting by Federal ballot will take place after Octo­ ber 1. To meet the earlier election dates in primaries and special (Continued on Page 4) D S M Awards To Merchant Seamen More than seventy Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medals, authorized by Act of Congress and presented in the name of the President, have been awarded officers and seamen of the Victory Fleet, the War Ship­ ping Administration has announ­ ced. Fifteen of the awards, which are given for heroism or other outstanding conduct or service beyond the line of duty, have been made posthumously. Shipmates of the late Brother Harry Knucky, Book No. 32215, who sailed with him on the SS DYNASTIC are thanked by the departed Brother's next-of-kin in a letter she requested posted on bulletin boards in the Union's halls. Brother Knuckey died in Brooklyn after being taken ill aboard ship at sea. The text of the letter follows: "July 27th, 1944 "To the shipmates of the late Harry Knuckey, Steward of the SS DYNASTIC: "I wish to express my thanks to the engine department, deck department and also the Armed Guard, for their beautiful floral pieces and kind expressions. "It's not possible for me to thank each one of you individu­ ally, as I would not know where to reach you. "So I say to you as Harry would have said: 'Good luck boys!' ';Very truly, "(Mrs.) Elsie R. Benson, "Dean Street, Brooklyn, N. Y." 51 Ships in Month of July From East Coast Yaids PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1—East Coast merchant shipyards main­ taining their production schedule, delivered fifty-one ships during July, including twenty-seven Lib­ erty ships, nine tankers, nine mil­ itary and six long-range cargo ships, according to the Associated Press. -J'.'I �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONA^L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of LaboK HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco^ Calif. JOHN HAW, - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK. NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28. P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 2 Stona St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St. 2 16 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOwHng Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7653 Norfolk 4-1083 C^anal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwiing Green 9-834< 267 When The Devil Was Sick! AN EDITORIAL "When the devil was sick, the devil a saint would be," is a wise old saw handed down from our forefathers. And it is precisely this sickness unto death that is now prompt­ ing the NMU officials to turn the so-called Union over to the employers IN FACT if not in name. Never a week passes but some new proposal is made by these Stalinist magicians which threatens the G(X)d and Welfare of the American seamen. Our task therefore, if we are to remain true to the Principles of Unionism an,d honest with our members and the seamen as a whole must be one of constant Vigilance and EXPOSURE of these fancy worded totalitarian schemes promulgated by the Stalinist braintrust which controls the NMU body and soul. Having met defeat on the Lakes and disaster at the hands of the National War Labor Board which refused to grant the NMU leaders the Checkoff for the m^arine industry, they have now come forth with a new proposition fully as ominous to the Liberty and Freedom of the individual. They labelled the Checkoff a "Dues Deduction Plan" in their efforts to delude the American seamen and the War Labor Board. Th^ new Plan is labelled a "Set Yearly Wage for Stable Industry." Again we hear the cry of "Stabilization" even though the same officials averred that the recent decisions of the NWLB had "stabilized the marine industry" and exclaim that "this is the finest contract the NMU has ever had" in an effort to conceal the patent fact that the NMU received nothing. This was pointed out by the SIU LOG. Evidently "stabilization" is elusive and evasive and hard to define for new stabilization demands follow within a week of the declaration that they had "stablized the in­ dustry." We read in the Pilot writeup on Page 1, July 21st, re: this demand "for a stable income—at minimum levels of security—during the WAR PERIOD." This is indeed strange in the face of the NMU position of the Bonus cut which reacted against the AMERICAN SEAMEN AS A WAGE CUT. This demand follows hard on the heels of the NWLB decision granting the NMU the "greatest contract the NMU has ever had" in their own words. That there is an Ethopian in the woodpile in the face of these NMU "victories" is not hard to see. Let us examine (Continued on Page 4) SEAFARERS LOG Friday, August 4, 1944 WHArS DOING Around the Ports NEW YORK Collect at Bull Line Office. resentation and all hands will The crew of the SS DANIEL know how they stand aU aroimd. WILLARD which paid oft here COAST GUARD HEARINGS recently, each have $5.00 area We are still defending the bonus due them which was not membership here in the Coast paid at pay-oft time and is now .Guard cases and we want to ad* collectable at the company office. vise all hands not to go up to the The fellows who made the trip Coast Guard Hearing without can receive that money by apply­ first notifying the hall. We had a ing there or writing the company. man in the other day who made All of the other men who have the mistake of not coming by for had disputes sent into New York representation and as a result, hia from out-of-port, please look in papers were suspended for 90 the Money Due List in this week's days. LOG and you can find the amount To have this suspension lifted, due and details as to how to col­ which we managed to do, it re­ lect it. quired 4 days of work by one of Any time a beef is settled in the Branch Officials going be­ this Port to the members satis­ tween the Coast Guard Hearing faction and the amount listed as Unit, the Union, the Shipping due him does not tally with what Commissioner, the Steamship he is supposed to have, then I ad­ Company and the vessel that the vise the man involved to contact man came off of. All of this work New York Branch as soon as pos­ could have been easily avoided sible by letter or in person. In had the man applied at the union this manner, we will Jbe able to hall here before he went up for give the membership beter rep­ (Continued on Page 3) We had a beef recently which is of more than causal interest to our members. A crew signed ar­ ticles in this Port and due to en­ gine trouble, laid in port for 6 weeks. Most all of these men had families and naturally had allot­ ments made out to them. The company, however, due to the fact that the ship had not left port after signing articles, re­ fused to mail out the aUdtment checks on time or to give the crew sufficient draws to send to their dependents. This beef was taken up and the Commissioner made the ruling that in a case of this kind, the al­ lotments should not be mailed out but the men can draw up to the total amount earned and in this manner the men will be able to take care of their family re­ sponsibilities by sending money home. BEEF SETTLED We are still working on dis­ putes around here and among those settled were the SS FRANK C. EMERSON which is finally paying off and the vouch­ ers for the amounts listed below have been sent to the Smith and Johnson Agents in San Francisco, due to the fact that most of the SS RICHARD PEARSON: SS HOWARD H. PROCTOR, men are from the Coast. These Stephen V. Lutz, 14 hours for paid off in New York. Second men and the listed amounts are doing galleyman's work for four Cook, half each day for the voy­ as follows: days, 5 hours for stuling fires. age coming. See Mr. Gillan, 17 Pick up money at Mississippi Battery Place, New York, So. At­ SS FRANK C. EMERSON: Steamship Company. lantic Office. Henry Naeole. Jr.. $93.14; W. A. * » » » » » Lim, $93.14; D. R. Templeton, SS JOHN ABEL; J. Arneach, 2 $93.14; E. Moss, $68,97; E. GoldSS WINFIELD SCOTT: 403 slrom, $68.97; J. Samaroff, $68.97; extra meals divided among the hrs.; F. C. Murry. 6 hrs.; W. Ackson, 6 hrs. Collect at Calmar Line B. Selond, $68.97; R. Scales, $48.- following men: 35; L. Rodrigues, $48.35; W. L. Kay, Chief Cook; J. Kenisco. offices. » • • Young, $48.35; R. Manning, $48.35. 2nd Cook; J. Williams, Mess; E. SS E. C. GARDNER: L. C. DuThe above may be colleclod at Wright, Utility; J. Freeman, Util­ the Smith & Johnson Company ity. Collect at the Bull Line com­ cote". Oiler, 3 hrs.; F. Peredne, Agent's office in San Francisco as pany office, 115 Broad Street, FWT, 3 hrs. Collect at Overtakes Freighting Corp. offices. New soon as the vouchers arrive. New York, N. Y. York. Among other disputes sent to * * » * * » this Port was one from the SS SS DELSUD: Irving Springer. SS DANIEL WILLARD; The SCOTCH CAP, Moran Towing $5.45," Lloyd Butler, $ .71; John Company, which paid off in New B. Beniieward. $ .71; George S. entire crew has $5.00 area bonus Orleans. We maijaged to settle Dimass, $2.13; Lance B. Reese, due them: most of this with the exception $2.13; Chester Laudermilk, $2.13; J. O'Connor, AB, $4.74; R. Troy, of time involving E. C. Baer Victor Zane, $2.84. Collect at AB, $4.74; G. Gieaczic, OS, $4.74; whose overtime has been sent Mississippi Line offices, 17 Bat­ for security watches. Collect at Calmar Line oRices, back to him for more details and tery Place, New York. » • • upon receipt of this from him, we • » • SS FRANK C. EMERSON: will be able to settle his dispute. Henry Naeole, Jr., $93.14; W. A. The men from that vessel and SS DANIEL WILLARD, Lim, $93.14; D. R. Templeton, the amounts due them are listed STEWARD DEPT: J. Brandon, Ch. Cook, $1,134; $93.14; E. Moss, $68,97; E. Goldbelow;. SS SCOTCH CAP, paid off in J. Joseph, 2nd Cook, $1.34; R. strom, $68.97; J. Samaroff, $88.97; Yaiiy, Mess., $ .67; H. Lyday, B. Selond, $68.97; R. Scales, $48.New Orleans: Mess., $1.34; P. Sudal, Utility. 35; L. Rodrigues, $48.35; W. G. Pacanoyski, $51.12; J. E. $2.36; R. Young, Utility, $6.39; R. I Young, $48.35; R. Manning, $48.35. Kane, $71.67; H. J. Tilden, $126.00; Usher, Utility, $3.03; J. Sweeney The above may be collected at Bjarne Strommen, $52.72; Walter Utility, $ .67; J. Marvin, Utility, the Smith 8c Johnson Company Snow, $33.00; N. G. B a r 11 e 11, $36.42; Edward Clifton, $19.10. $1.34; G. Berkimer, Baker, $2.69. Agenf's office in San Francisco as Collect at Calmar Line offices. soon as the vouchers arrive. The above-mentioned men in­ • • » quire of Agent, 2 Stone St., N.Y.C. SS SCOTCH CAP, paid off in SS ROBIN LOCKSLEY, Paid That perennial fugitive from New Orleans: off July 21, 1944: Paul Osborne, the Seafarers, the SS JAMES G. Pacanoyski, $51.12; J. E. MILLER, Bull Line, is still com­ Utility Man, has overtime com­ ing and going so fast in and out ing for carrying garbage ashore. Kane, $71.67; H. J. Tilden, $126.00; Bjarne Strommen, $52.72; Walter of ports that we have hardly had Pick up at Robin Line Office. • • • Snow, $33.00; N. G. Bartlelt, time to contact her. It seems as though every time SS ALCOA POINTER: Kerr. $36.42; Edward Clifton, $19.10. a man quits her in some outport, AB, 7 hrs.; Brown, AB, 15 hrs.; The above-mentioned men in­ he comes into New York with Collier, AB, 8 hrs. for Gangway quire of Agent, 2 Stone St., N.Y.C. • • • some disputes from her. Among watches. Collect at Pier K, WeeSS BUTTON GWINNET: Joy. hawken, N. J. the last few fellows- coming up • • • $4.00; Chief Cook, 21 hrs.; 2nd and the amounts they can collect Cook, 21 hrs.; Gun Crew Mess, SS JAMES MILLER: at the Bull Line offices are: Clyde Finney, Utility, 1 hr.; 144 hrs'.; Crew's utility, 144 hrs.y SS JAMES MILLER: Clyde Finney, Utility. 1 hr.; Goldman, Utility, 28 hrs.; Carrol Crew's mess, 21 hrs. Collect at South Atlantic Office, 17 Battery Goldman, Utility, 28 hxs.; Carrol Ouint, AB, 31 hrs. Place, N. Y. Collect at Bull Line Office. Quint, AB, 31 hrs- Disputes Settled By New York Branch *»• �Tpt'V'ir-: Friday. August 4. 1944 (Continued from Page 2) trial, and asked for someone to represent him. FREELOADERS THE SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Around the Ports We had a very good meeting Union affiliation. here this past Monday evening On the surface this looks pretty and all hands blew their top in neutral, but an item appearing in fine style. Among the many sub­ the NMU mokus sheet, the Pile-It jects taken up was the one re­ gives the lie to this so-called neu­ garding the best procedure to tral position assumed by the follow to eliminate the freeload­ RMO. This article in the Pilot asserts that the Great Political ers from union ships. All hands realize that this type Boss, Joseph HAM HEAD Curof character is strictly out for anski, heard there was an accute himself and not interested in shortage of ABs out on the West maintaining union conditions but Coast. HAM HEAD hied to his inner only in grabbing what he can for himself at no expense. It is a sanctum and procured four of his fact recognized by all seamen rusty ABs, took them enmass to that mose of these leeches are the RMO and asked to have his going to leave the industry as huge army of ABs sent out to the soon as this war is over and when Coast as a solution to the short­ they don't have to worry about age problem. Needless to state his wishes the arm, and are only in the busi­ were granted, and his dearly be­ ness for what they can get out loved USSR was saved for the of it. We had another one of our fa­ nonce. These ABs were actually mous question and answer pro­ assigned to an SUP ship even be­ grams at the same meeting and fore they had left New York, this worked to the benefit of lots without the knowledge of the ^ of the younger members who had the SUP. points cleared for them as to TAXPAYERS' MONEY what are good beefs and what However, when they arrived at are bad beefs and the proper way the Coast they changed their of submitting overtime, and how minds about taking said ship, and to keep a ship's crew union- HAM HEAD again had shipped minded. four of his Commie organizers to Shipping and business is still the Coast at the expense of the below normal, although we had American Peoples' money with a little bit of a spurt last week the cooperation of the RMO. which didn't last long. A guy can This is nothing new as far as still ship out of here in a reason­ the NMU is concerned as they able length of time, but shipping have been getting this service for is not near as fast as it was a quite some time now, and quite a while back. large number of the men they Even though shipping is below had up on the Lakes during their normal, the 6th floor dispatchers organizing drive there, were are still managing to ship on an shipped up there in just that average of 600 men each week, manner, and for just that purpose so as I said, you can still make a with the RMO being fully aware * job here. of the whole set-up. In contrast to the above the LINEN BEEFS SIU and SUP have never been We have been having quite a few beefs recently on the type of able to get one single man sent linen they are putting on board from the Gulf or Coast at their the ships. It looks like a mix be­ request regardless of how many tween canvass and burlap. The shortages Existed on ships we stuff is really no good and if a were contracted for. guy is using this to ride into the MISREPRESENTATION tropics he would be in for a hell The people of this Country pf a bad trip. We have taken this should demand the disolution of beef up with the various opera­ the War Shipping Administration tors and we think we have found from top to bottom, as it is in­ the solution in their agreeing to fested with elements whom would have this stuff double bleached destroy this Government at the before putting this on board a first opportunity while at the ship for use. same time they are obtaining This makes it a lot better be­ their easy earned taxpayers' cause after the second time the money. Another article in this Scab stuff is laundered and bleached well, it is o.k. Only one more Sheet, the Pilot, also this week's case of somebody along the long, issue, is very enlightening, and long line of bureaus slipping up should be particularly so to the and not having this matter at­ NMU rank and file. None other tended to before it was ever is­ than Political Boss of the Great sued by the Steamship Compan­ Lakes, Soap Box Lawrenson, or­ ganizer passe wrote this master­ ies for the crews' use. I would like to add in closing piece of misrepresentation. Believe it or not you members that our fight for launch fees has just paid off the first dividends. of the NMU have finally been The rates have been lowered for given the OK through the untir­ this Port to some extent but, iri ing p o 1 i t i c al efforts of Curran our opinion, it is still exhorbit- and his cohorts to petition the antly high and we have still got War Labor Board for addendum a good beef with these people for to your agreement which will even a lower rate than we now give you some of the overtime, and working conditions clauses have. Yours for still lower launch which the SIU and SUP member­ ship have been getting for the PAUL HALL. Agent past ten years, and which you NMUers could have gotten long ago if you didn't have the phoney BALTIMORE leadership you have. NMUERS CHEATED The HMO is yp to its phoney Yes, you NMU members have tricks again. This time it pertains to the new practice of shipping been actually cheated out of ABs out to the West Coast. The thousands of dollars of ligitimate stipulations for candidates are overtinie due to the political mathat they do not belong to any larky Curran and Co. has been Union, and that they accept any peddeling you. It is high time assignment regardless of flag, or you woke up out of your confused lethargy and throw the - entire bimch of phoneys out, and align your selves with a real fighting organization whom gets results and don't go around patting themselves on the back as Curan and the rest of his ilk do with a lot of phoney paper talk. We are glad that you members of the NMU are finally getting these monies which you were delibarately being cheated out of by your leaders. However, we would like to inform you that we are far from satisfied with this, and intend to get something far better, so if you don't want to get cheated again get rid of those phoney Communist Politicians, and become real Union men, for if we fight together we can gain conditions and wages beyond your fondest dreams. JOSEPH FLANAGAN. Agent NORFOLK Shipping has slowed down somewhat in the past week or ten days, but we are going to take our track suit and roller skates out of the barn again, as it looks like we are going to get our share of the RUST-BUCKETS or Iron-Maiden Libertys. We are unofficially informed that the famous tugboats of the Eastern Transportation Company are going to run out of New York and Boston. We Pie-cards in Nor­ folk will gladly make up a tar­ paulin muster to buy plenty of aspirin and adrenalin for the Piecards in New York and Boston, as they will need both of the medicines when they make those tugs, as coalburning firemen are plenty easy to find these days??? TRANSPORTATION On account of poor transpor­ tation, I was forced to put a down payment on an automobile, and upon delivery of same, I foimd that there were 8 tires of the pre­ war variety, but painted up like a million dollars, and each tire had another tire inside of it. I parked it in front of the Union Hall, and when I started to go home, lo and behold, if there wasn't a large sign painted on the starboard side of same, reading: THE 8 TIRED SIU BUS COR­ PORATION. No one has, as of yet, taken credit for the paint job, yet quite a few of the guys find it very nice to ride in said bus. In this Port, we were barred from entering the Army Base, to cover SIU and SUP ships. We had been allowed to go on ships in the said Army Bases up to a few weeks past, and then this sudden order barring all Union Representatives from Army Bases. Yet, the Representatives of the Steamship Companies are The CP-NMLJ Proposal To John Shipowner All we're asking Johnnie sweetheart Will you make our name secure For you took us in the alley John When we were young and pure! We're sitting on your doorstep John Your brats around our knee Your latest is the "grand" award From your own NWLB. We asked you for the "Checkoff." John We vowed to be your spouse There's no love like an old love. John Though seamen call us louse! And so we sit and mourn. John And dote on your every word We promised Browder to marry you And Washington has heard. So all we're asking Johnnie, sweetheart Will you make our name secure! We don't mind the shotgun wedding Though the seamen call us wh We're sitting on your doorstep. John With lovelight in our eye For without you we are destitute You've taught us to love pie. We built for you a mansion, John A lovenest by the tide We planned a lovely future. John When we would be your bride And now you'd like to leave us John And go your fickle way To look for another light o' love Ah! Woe and lack—a—day! We made you what you cure John We put you on your feet With contracts made to order To make our love full sweet! We cooked for you and slaved. John We mended, patched and sewed And we would share your blanket In marriage a la mode. Le Envoi: All we're asking Johnnie. Swfetheart Will you make our name secure For you took us up the Alley John And the seamen call us wh Top'a Lifl. allowed to visit ships in the Army Bases any time and anywhere, WHY? WHITEWASHED Incidentally: why was the mur­ der of H. H. Gurkin, a Merchant Seaman, who was kiHed at the USS Hotel Fairfax on or about May 18th, 1944, whitewashed^ or hushed? The supposed to be kill­ er was brought back to Norfolk from Philadelphia, but when it came time for the trial, it seema that no witnesses were available, so the man was released. He then shipped out. Most of our members are being ^ accommodated at other hotels, where they can close both of their eyes when they sleep. It would still be in order for some old-timers to show up here in thi.s port of Norfolk, CARL M. ROGERS. Agent WSA Sets New Procedure On War Souvenirs Conditions imder which sea­ men on American flag ships wiU be permitted to bring or mail in­ to this country various "souvenir" items from the war fronts were outlined over the week-end by the War Shipping Administra­ tion. Crewmen of merchant vessels desiring to bring back enemy equipment must obtain certific­ ates in duplicate from United States Army or Navy port officers or other officer designated by the commander of the ai'ea. These certificates will contain a state­ ment by the seamen that the ar­ ticles described are not being taken to the United States for purposes of sale. Certificates will not be issued for any items that could be used for training troops, enemy mili­ tary weapons, objects containing explosives, inflammables, f i r e arms capable of being concealed on the person, name-plates re­ moved from captured enemy equipment, or articles other than items of military equipment re­ moved from the bodies of enemy dead, or other articles whose value as critical scrap material outweigh their value as trophies as determined by military theatre commanders. All souvenirs im­ ported will be subject to duty as determined by the Bureau of Cus­ toms, of the Treasury Depart­ ment. Money Due Jones and Camderlier. Messmen on the SS DAVID A. CURRY: Your overtime has been settled and the Company will mail the vouchers to your home addresses in the next few days. If you don't receive these vouch­ ers in a few days get in touch with the South Atlantic Steam­ ship Company in Savannah. Ga. CHARLES WAID. Savannah Agent » • • The following men who paid off the SS WILLIAM R. DAVIES in Norfolk have 3 hours' over­ time coming which they can col­ lect by geting in touch with the South Atlantic Steamship Line in Savannah. Georgia: John Trieste, Messman; M. D. England. Messman; S. L. Beach. Utility Messman. CHARLES WAID. Agent Savannah Brandi �Japs Murder US Seamen In Far East (Continued from Page 1) massacre ended only when • a scout plane approached and the Japanese vessel submerged, leav­ ing the surviving sea'men thresh­ ing in the water, their hands stiU tied. They were rescued after they had spent fifteen hours in the water. Captain Gussak is a member of the military police of the Army. Recently Captain Gussak's fam­ ily received a leter from him say­ ing that he had arrived safely at his destination after having un­ dergone severe hardships. He said that he was suffering from a bad sunburn. NOTICES DEANNE D. BRUMMUND Your mother. Mrs. Ruth Brummund. has moved to New York and is now living at 221 East 30th Street. « * * HENRY PAUL JANDRYS Your duplicate draft papers have been found. Apply at agent's office. SIU, 2 Stone Street. New York. • • • Max Katz. James Sawyer. John Rodriguez. John Miller. Nicolas L. Fiola. Wayne Adamson. Floyd Cunningham. Harry Chiselka. These men took out books on SS BIENVILLE. Please pick up re­ ceipts at 2 Stone St.. Room 502. Unclaimed Wages BULL LINE Wayne Pearson, FM-WT, 13 hours' overtime. E. D. Jones, 2d Cook, 3 days' pay and 8 hours' overtime. S. V. Leske, FM-WT. 2 hours' overtime. Jos. A. O'Neill, AB, 8 hours' overtime. A. A. Waichekauskas, FM-WT, 4 hours' overtime. Alfred V. Wilk. AB, 2 days' pay. R. A. Hunter, Oiler, 2V2 hours' overtime. J. B. Heine, FM-WT. 12 hours' overtime; Edward Ford, AB, 8 hours oyertime. Luke Cassidy, OS. 2 hours' overtime; William Thompson. AB, 2 hours' overtime: Eugene Fleshman. AB, 181/2 hours' over­ time; Robert Johnson, OS, 1 hour overtime. Orpha Johnson, Messman, 29 hours' overtime; Lawrence W. Keith, Utility, 29 hours' overtime. Richard Burns, Bos'n. 1 hour overtime; Hugo Maccoline, AB, 1 hour overtime; Earl Shepard, 1 hour overtime; H. A. Mcllveny. FM-WT. 1 day's pay; Edward Belkofsky. AB, 1 hour's overtime. P, G. Van Veith, Utility, 73 hours' overtime; Yu Quay. Nt. Ck. & Bkr.. adjustment of salary ($55.01). Edward Tremblay, Wiper. 11 days', pay; P. J. Walker, Mess­ man, 7 days' pay. The following is a list of un­ claimed wages and monies due to members,of the SIU from the Bull Line. All members are urged to pick up their money at the earliest opportunity: M. L. Wheeler. Oiler, 1 day's pay; Fred Hohenberger, Fireman, 1 day's pay. Rafael Ortiz, AB, 2 days' pay. Soto Acabeo, OS, 2 hours' over­ time; G. C. La France, Fireman. 3 hours' overtime; Eugenio Nun­ ez. AB. 2 hours' overtime;. John Brake, Chief Cook, 1 hour Over­ time; J. L. Rouse, Messman, 1 hour overtime. L. F. Doyle, AB, diff. in pay ($94.50); D. Traiano. AB, diff. in pay ($94.50). F. Infante, Oiler, 8 days' pay. Albert Galza, Bos'n, 3 hours' overtime; James E. Golden. Car­ penter, 2 hours' overtime; J. E. Monamayer, OS, 2 hours over­ time; W. R. Callis, Actg. AB, 2 hours' overtime. j. T. Brady, Bos'n, 8 days' pay. J. C. White. FM-WT. 33 hours' overtime. L. C. Freebody, Messman. 2 days' pay and subsistence; A. E. Korhonen. Bos'n. 7 days' pay. Oliver Thompson, Ch. Cook, 4 hours' overtime; Cornelius Lyons. OS. 3 days' pay; Gilbert Duncan. Utility. 12 hours' overtime; John Dunlop, Messman, 11 hours' over­ CLAUDE H. RANDOLP:— Write your Sister in Galveston. time. Joseph Halas, FM-WT, 3 days' Tex., at once. I am divorced and wish to hear from you.—Marie. pay. NOTICE Distribution Of Bailots Set Up By WSA (Continued from Page 1) elections, distribution of 500,000 post card applications for State absentee ballots was started by WSA on April 27th. AU eligible seamen receiving State ballots will thus be able to participate in elections for Federal, State and local offices in their respective states, WSA said. Seamen can now secure all necessary voting information and assistance through designated voting officers on all merchant ships, and in all ports outside the United States wherever practic­ able, through the United Sea­ men's Service centers, hospitals, consular offices and WSA offices all over the world. These voting officers have been instructed to see that each vote is cast in se­ cret and that no influence is ex­ erted for or against any particu­ lar candidate. Attention! Will Ihe holder of receipt No. 34484 and the holder of receipt No. 34485 please call at headquar­ ters office, or write in and state wheit dues and assessments were paid. These receipts were issued by C. Haymond aboard the SS Finley P. Dunn, Waterman Line, which paid off in Norfolk, Va. NOTICE Will Ernest Benton, forms; A.B. on the SS WILUAM JOHNSON, please communi­ cate with the undersigned promptly. S. C. Berenholtz 1102 Court Square Bldg. (2) Baltimore 2, Md. Corp. Profits Up While Wages Lag, AFL Survey Finds (Continued from Page 1) of the 94 percent increase in in­ comes that the war has brought to business men, since this group is made up largely of small busi­ nesses whose average income be­ fore the war was comparatively low. Corporations, the study shows, are the ones that have been mak­ ing the big money out of the war. That is especially true of some 1400 large corporations, including 95 percent of the nation's largest companies, which earned (after payment of taxes) 7.9 percent on net worth in 1939 and 10.4 per­ cent in 1943. John S. Bryant will you ple^e communicate with your mother at 300 Brannan Street, San Fran­ cisco 7, c/o J, Theo. Erlin Co. She is extremely worried. Protect Both America and Your Money by Investing It in War Bonds. When The Devil Was Sick! AN EDITORIAL (Continued from page 2) the proposal that the shipowners establish a set yearly wage as it effects the life and liberty of John Q. Sailor, the man who sails the ships and pays "Union" dues to these political racketeers. What will it mean to. the individual? The NMU as usual gives NO DETAILS AS TO HOW SUCH A PLAN WOULD BE PUT INTO EFFECT NOR THE IMPACT UPON THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN PARTICULAR. To guarantee a set yearly wage the ship­ owner must have guarantees of the services of seamen for one year. It means freezing each and every seaman to his job for that period. This is industrial PEON AGE and serfdom] It would establish BY CONTPvACT WITH THE SHIPOWNERS THE VERY THING THE NMU FAILED TO GET BY LEGAL MEANS THROUGH THE NWLB — THE CHECKOFF. For the shipowners must coop­ erate with the NMU officials under the "con­ tract" and procure their replacements from the "Union." Seamen who quit the ship before their yearly term was up would find that they had lost their rights to "a guaranteed yearly wage." (By the same token any seaman who now works a year, on ONE or a dozen ships, has earned a yearly wage, guaranteed by the fact that he was em­ ployed during that period). ' Operating under a free competitive economy and the capitalist system NO SHIPOWNER CAN PAY CREWS IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING AND PRODUCING PROFITS FOR THE SHIPOWNER. That is their fun­ damental business axiom. The NMU proposal means slavery for the in­ dividual in an attempt to stabilize the dying NMU. Under such a slave system the seamen would be chained to the ship and the shipowner, who would in turn uphold the "Union leader­ ship" to which the slave belonged. To this Hell's Brew being concocted in the NMU headquarters we must add the operation of the Ship's Commissars despatched from the CP through the NMU headquarters. Is this the "New World" that the CP-NMU "leaders" in­ sist the American seamen are fighting to win? Is stabilization of the Communist leadership to crush the Life and Soul—the Liberties and Rights of the American seamen—of Unionism —in the post war period? Is the Constitution of the United States to be subverted and sabotaged by these sinister forces under a mask of "Unionism?" These are the issues at stake and every Am­ erican seamen is involved. We see the collapse of the NMU dead ahead. The outraged American seamen will deal with the Slavery Trust as soon as they are through lickinjg the daylights-out of the Axis. Fearful <|f the future the Stalinist leaders of the NMU are assuring the shipowners that "there will be f.. lic' no Strikes after the War" and that there will be a post-war continuation of the No Strike Pledge. They phrase the shipowner peace time con­ trol of the NMU (at a price of upholding the leadership) as "cooperation between employers and Unions." (God save the term. The NMU today is not a Union but a Political Club which must save its political neck at any price). THIS IS THE XYPE OF "COOPERA­ TION" AND CONTROL THAT IS ENVIS­ AGED. AND THAT THE NMU LEADER­ SHIP DEMAND FROM THE SHIPOWN­ ER^. AN INDUSTRY OF SLAVES PAYING DUES TO A POLITICAL MAFIA. We believe that the American shipowners have enough sense to know that the TYPE OF MEN WHO WOULD WORK UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS WOULD BE OF NO VALUE TO THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE. WE BELIEVE THE AMERICAN SEAMEN WILL SEE THROUGH THIS SWEETLY WORDED CATCH PHRASE "ANNUAL YEARLY WAGE" and realize what it will mean to them in Life, Liberty, Loss of Constitu­ tional Rights, as well as dollars and cents. We will have won the war against the Axis to lose it at home. Slavery aboad will have been crushed at tremendous costs and established here in our absence by the same totalitarian Coterie. OUR WAY OF LIFE WILL HAVE PER­ ISHED! • ,y.. • '/it# •Lm. • ''' • , ., : • , 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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WSA SETS NEW PROCEDURE ON WAR SOUVENIRS THE CP-NMU PROPOSAL-TO JOHN SHIPOWNER UNCLAIMED WAGES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/04/1944 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/dd63fffa1b51e8d9063c69c316c16feb.PDF 3512c8ae6c9519387548256c40b834c7 PDF Text Text r^.:. orFxeoAL (moAis OF THE Ai^aama AHD QHLF DISTBIOT, aB4FABiaaar' nxTMBitAaaasAL imss^ GF NCBTB ASSSZISA NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. 1944 No. 24 Master Lauds Seamen's Union Appears Before NWLB On Unlicensed Part In D-Day Invasion Of France Junior Engineers Dispute Ij' WASHINGTON, D. C.—"Every ship in the world seems to be there and even so I am telling myself that I never realized how many ships there are in this world," is the description given by a veteran skipper of the American Merchant Marine of the stupendous naval and merchant tonnage taking part in the Normandy invasion. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10—^Representatives of the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, appeared before the National War Labor Board here, today, on a dispute with the steamship operators concerning the wages and work­ ing rules covering the employment of seamen sailing with endorsements as "Junior En­ gineers." The Union was represented by Brother John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the —•District and Brother Joe Volpian,* should be paid at a rate com­ engine patrolman of New York. The letter, made public this* Matthew Dushane, Washington mensurate." week by the War Shipping Ad­ plain language what is going on. Representative for the SIU-SUP, The briefs also point out that ministration, was written by Capt. The vocabulary, at least my vo­ is a labor member of the War where wages lower than those Heinrich H. Kronke, of Salt Lake cabulary, does not include words Shipping Panel of the National paid to Licensed Junior Engineers City, master of the SS CYRUS H. that can adequately draw a word are in effect in some agreements War Labor Board. McCORMICK, on return of his picture of the operation now in In the briefs submitted before of the other Unions, the working ship to England after participa­ progress on France's coast. Every the NWLB, the Union took a rules strictly confine the work of tion in the early landings. The ship in the world seems to be the unlicensed Junior Engineer to. vessel is operated by W. R. there and even so, I am telling WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Con­ stand against low wage rates and work only in the fireroom. Chamberlin & Co., San Fraricisco. myself that I never realized how struction of merchant ships de­ pointed out that these unlicensed Decision of the NLWB will be This company is under contract many ships there are in this clined in July, the Maritime Com­ Junior Engineers are sometimes returned after that body has stud­ mission said today in announcing required to do the same work as ied the testimony and the briefs to the Sailors Union of the Pa­ world. "There can be no doubt that the delivery of 126 vessels during the Licensed Junior Engineers in the in both sides of the dispute. cific. "I am confident," Captain English Channel today is the month as compared with 145 in companies in dispute. Krcnke's letter says in part, "that busiest thoroughfare in the world. June, according to the Associated Therefore, the Union held, they should be paid at a considerably I speak for every man aboard Craft of every description are Press. Concentration on types of ships higher rate when the working when I say that we are all proud (Continued from Page 2) needed to meet military require­ rules are comparable. to take part in the operations now The briefs read in part, as fol­ ments was the principal cause of going on. Many of the men, .es­ lows: There are now 5,820 labor or­ the decline, the commission said, pecially the Deck Department, "The Union contends ^hat ganizations in China with a total explaining that more tijne is have had to work long hours. when an unlicensed Junior En­ membership of more than 2,000,needed to build these ships. It During daylight hours they dis­ gineer is required to perform 000, the Chinese News Service added, however, that contributing charged the ship's cargo and at similar duties to those of a Li­ reports. China has ten different factors were shortages of man­ night, numberless alarms kept censed Junior Engineer, he •' kinds of labor organizations. power in some yards and work them awake, if not actually as­ stoppages. sisting the gunners. And the nights are short in this latitude; July's production brought the yet not one complaint was made. A new regulation just issued by year's construction to 990 ships of They all took it like good sol­ Vice Admiral R. R. Waesche, 9,901,984 deadweight tons. In the commandant of the United States corresponding seven months of diers. Coast Guard, requires that, effec­ 1943, the yards delivered 1,307 BIGGEST JOB EVER • "The realization of taking part tive January 1, 1945, and for the vessels of 1,483,331 tons, but these in the biggest job ever undertak­ duration of the war, licensed deck were "of generally simpler de­ en by man made them forget per­ officers shall be declared to be sign," the commission said. sonal discomfort, lack of sleep proficient in wartime merchant MIAMI BEACH.—^AFL Metal Trades Union, repre­ and the hard work demanded of ship communication. Endorse­ senting workers in Gulf Coast shipyards, won "a substantial ment of this qualification must be them. . victory in their battle for wage rate adjustments on ship included on all licenses. "It is difficult to describe in repair jobs. The gain was scored at a 10-day conference of labor, management and government representatives here For Want of Prosecution; under the auspices of the Ship-* building Stabilization Committee. shifts by the procurement agen­ An agreement was reached un­ cies—army, navy and Maritime der which all overtime work on Commission. Hereafter, when the Suggestions that disappearing repair of old ships in Gulf yards agencies plan a shift revision at beds be installed in staterooms of will be paid for at double time any particular yard or city, they the 6,000-ton liners the Canadian rates. Heretofore this premium will first consult unions and man­ Pacific Co. intends to build after rate was allowed only where la­ agements in other shipbuilding the war for coastal services in bor costs on a repair job were less centers to obtain their "okay." British Columbia are currently than $112,000. This plan, it was explained, the subject of considerable dis­ The $112,000 had also been the will go far toward assuring a uni­ Reprinted from the Times Herald (Washington, D.C.), of July 30. 1944 cussion in Canadian shipping cir­ "ceiling" for payment of double formity of shifts in the Gulf re­ cles, according to the Liverpool time in cases of reconversion of gion. NORFOLK, Va., July 29.—Ber­ a fracture of the skull. The bar was filled with mer­ Journal of Commerce. newly-built ships. Under the Over 75 labor delegates attend­ nard L. Lipton, 20, of Forest Hills, One plan is to fit staterooms agreement, that ceiling is now ed the parley, which was presided N. Y., accused 6f causing the chant seamen at the time, but death of Herman H. Gurkin, 50, the WSA objected to any of them with disappearing beds so that raised to $200,000, which will over by Paul R. Porter, chairman in a fight last May 18, was re­ being detained as witnesses, be­ the sleeping cabins may be con­ make it possible for the workers of the Shipbuilding Stabilization leased from custody because wit- cause their services were needed verted into attractive sitting to earn considerably more in dou­ Committee. President John P. in manning ships. Lipton, how­ rooms during the day. Pointing ble rates for overtime. nesses had gone to sea. Frey and Secretary-Treasurer J. ever, was held in jail, but when out that passenger traffic is af­ Under another accord reached E. McEntee of the AFL Metal Lipton and Gurkin were mer­ chant seamen and they got in a his-case was called there were no fected strongly by the kind of at the parley, workers who report Trades Department attended, and fight at the Fairfax Hotel, a U.S.S. witnesses present and the accused stateroom accommodation offer­ on second or third shifts, but who union spokesmen at the confer­ establishment. They had been was released. ed, the British paper said, "it will are sent home before completion ence included Vice President Jo­ He can be tried on the charge be interesting to note whether the of the shifts will, nonetheless, be seph P. McCollum of the Boiler­ drinking. paid the regular "bonus" for makers; Holt Ross, international Lipton was accused of knocking later, if, and when, the witnesses Gurkin down with his fist. The to the encounter return here. In suggestion is adopted for ocean­ these late "tricks." representative. Laborers' Union, man's head struck the brass rail the meantime Lipton is free to go going ships and how it is re­ The unions also won a curb and W. C. Reed, secretary-treas­ ceived." against any arbitrary changes in urer, Gulf Metal Trades Council. around the bar, and he died from back to sea. Merchant Ship Output Is Lower During July ChinaHas2,000,000 Union Members New Coast Guard Regulation On Communications Murder, Case Flops When All Witnesses Return To Sea Duty |5 •"•.•I • Metal Trades Win Wage Adjustments For Gulf Coast Shipyard Workers CP Considers Folding Beds In Postwar Ships �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS Friday, August 11, 1944 LOG WHUrS DOING Around NEW YORK Ports has been settled in favor of the crew and the Steward Dept. on that ship have had 351 hours set­ tled in their favor. Look at the Money Due List in this ^week's LOG for the names and amounts due. The FRANK C. EMERSON is still paying off overtime and in addition to the amount listed last week, there is $540 due the three, firemen who made that voyage on her; Fleishman, Orfano and Jacobs can each collect $180 apiece from Smith and Johnson on this beef. It seems as though we have been getting more than our usual share of shipboard beefs here this past week. We had a couple of Patrolmen busy all week hitting the waterfront on various beefs. We have at all times an average of 35 SIU ships laying here in the harbor and some times it seems as though that when one of them goes haywire, all of them go hay­ wire together, as a result, we have some of the piecards flying around here like motorcycles so as to get on board them to straighten beefs out. DISPUTES BEFORE CG It is better when a crew has trouble on board ship, with the Coast Guard or other Shore Auth­ orities involved, as they are in some cases, to notify the., union hall so as to have a representa­ tive on board for anything that may break; rather then the crew butt heads with them. We have had cases where there was not a union representative on board a ship during a big beef and it all wound up with a few of our members in a hell of a bad spot. It seems that on some dis­ putes that if the crew doesn't have proper representation aboard,'then they will get a lot of shoving aTound. On the other hand, the guys who usually do the shoving around, when confronted with one of the local Patrolmen usual­ We have had better luck here recently in getting our members' attack bonuses paid sooner than HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - .- - - President ever before. Some of the oper­ ators cooperated very well on this 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. issue and six straight crews were able to collect $125 bopus prac­ JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, tically at the same time they paid P. O. Box 2 y. Station P., New York Qty off of the Vessel. This was done by contacting MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. Washington by phone at pay-off 424 5 th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. time and receiving the approval from there and then in turn pay­ ing the dough on the line. This is highly beneficial to our mem­ Directory of Branches bers, especially to those who live PHONE ADDRESS BRANCH out of the port and want to get home as soon as possible. NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwUng Green 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 In the past, we have had some BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 of these attack bonuses held up NORFOLK J 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 for as long as 6 weeks, even after NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 2l8Ea8tBaySt Savannah 3-1728 verification. Here's hoping that TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-I323 we can continue these good re­ MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 SAN JUAN. 28, P.R.. sults in getting this money paid PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 GALVESTON 219 20th Street C^alveston 2-8043 on the spot. SHIPPING AND BUSINESS Shipping and business is still PUBLICATION OH^ICE; slow around here and it looks like ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET there is going to be no relief-in sight. From all indications, ship­ New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-8346 ping has slumped all the way down the East Coast, uite a few of the fellows are pouring in here now fi-om outports to shipout; some of them coming from as far south as Tampa and all the way up to Boston. They are all managing to get AN EDITORIAL out of here in a fairly reasonable The Stalinist drive to collect hard earned dough from length of time; but they cannot NMU members to float their so-called Political Action be too choosy with such few jobs Committee is in full swing, accompanied by the usual as there are, or they rhight be visionary trimmings and propaganda. Curran as stooge, here a good while. It's bad when shipping is slow like this betiause works overtime to force the membership to disgorge. we know that when it breaks, it The Stalinist NMU "leadership" is all out for President will go to the opposite extreme. Then instead of having too Roosevelt and Senator Truman. Being opportunists they many men for the jobs, we will did not stop to mourn the defeat of Henry Wallace but have about 50 jobs for each man. swung aboard the Truman bandwagon. (For parasites must MOVING find a body to cling to.) Such is the Stalinist political role We had an agreeable surprise in American politics today. today! Forgotten are the days when the same Stalinist-NMU The man whom we have con­ "leadership" supported Wendell Wilkie against President tracted to move our gear from Roosevelt and was forced by the then awake and militant our old hall into the new place membership to retract and reverse their published position was up this morning and sized up all of the material to be moved —PUBLISHED BY THE NMU 'LEADERSHIP" WITH­ and he said that it looked as OUT THE SANCTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP, as though he will start putting the usual. stuff over there within a very Forgotten are the days when they fulminated against few days. This is really good Euseho Andaya can collect President Roosevelt and branded him a "war monger" in news for us here and is some­ $275.87 covering overtime on the thing that we have been Waiting SS DAVID G. BURNET, Voyage the NMU Pilot. (The Pilot of the era of the Stalin-Hitler for quite a while. No. 3, Ed the Waferman SS Office Non-Agression Pact makes excellent reading and is re­ V It looks now as though we will in Baltimore. freshing indeed to minds which may be inclined to place be able to hold a meeting there * * * either next Monday night or the SS MONROE; B. Pow, Saloon some faith in their words today.) Forgotten are the days when they screamed in wrath week following. It is going to be Mess; R. Ortiz, Gun Crev^ Mess; quite a change over this place we have extra mealS money payable at the "Jersey Fuhrer" Frank Hague. A blessed peace has are in now as we will have suf­ at Bull Line Office. descended upon the relations between the Stalinists and the ficient room to seat the members • • • Hague machine in Jersey City. Yet men who know any­ rather than have them stand up SS ALCOA CUTTER: All mem­ and down the passageways and bers of the Steward Dept. paid thing, know that Mayor Hague hasn't changed one iota. We can remember when he bounced the Stalinist rabble pack in the hall like sardines as off recently have 3'A hours they do here at 2 Stone Street. payable at 17 Battery Place. rousers out of Jersey City. We can remember the screams • » » BEEFS SETTLED of Joseph Curran and the "Daily Jerker," who, as usual, We have had our usual quota SS FRANK EMERSON: W. were safe and secure far, far, from the scenes of "Carnage." of beefs here this week—^local as Fleischman, $180; A. O r f a n o, (A Commie had his nose broken or some such trifle.) well as out-of-port. Our rabbit's $180; J. Jacobs, $180. Money foot is still working and we man­ payable cit Smith & Johnson SS Yes, we can recall hundreds of incidents of Stalinist aged in our usual lucky fashion Co.'s Office. skullduggery and perfidy during the past decade. They • « • to handle most of them for wins. have plumbed the depths of duplicity and deceit. Among some of the beefs settled SS BABCOCK: 529 extra meals We can remember the days when the late Senator were on the SS ALCOA CUTTER served on voyage 18 to be divided Lundeen was the white haired boy and pet of the Stalinist where all hands in the Steward to the following men: E. Battles, social and political climbers. It was Senator Lundeen's iso­ Dept. have 3% hous each coming steward, 75 hrs; Chappel, chief lationist policies which were dear to their Moscow hearts. to them which can be collected at cook, 69 hrs; D. Gibbs, 2nd cook, 60 hrs; Kenneth Phipp>'. .Saloon Alcoa. It was Lundeen who sat at the NMU meetings in Madison Another dispute sent down mess, 69 hrs; Harley Collins, sa{Continued on Page 4)" from Bqston on the SS BABOCK 1 loon utility, 69 hrs. ^ Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Can You Spare A Ruble? ly fold up like a second-hand ac­ cordion and that's the end of it. So all of you guys bemember this: ANY TIME YOU ARE LAY­ ING IN NEW YORK AND YOU HAVE ANY BEEF ON BOARD THAT THE CREW CAN'T HANDLE, DON'T GET INTO ANY BEEFS OR BRAWLS WITH ANYONE, UNTIL YOU HAVE . NOTIFIED THE UNION HALL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PATROLMAN COME ON BOARD AS SOON AS POS­ SIBLE. Yours for crews that will notify the Union when there's trouble aboard. PAUL HALL. Agent Skipper Lauds Seamen's Part In D-Day Invasion (Continued from Page 1) traversing it day and night and often there does not seem to be room enough to squeeze another ship through. There have ' been wide, brightly lit avenues across from the very first day on. Even a landlubber would find his way across. He could not miss. Docks, and breakwaters are being built, and rumor has it that the first American bar has opened up ninC miles inland. NEWSREELS "Some of the bombs are duds and don't even explode. Some day we shall probably drop our anchor on one of them and lose the anchor. "Most of the things you will certainly see in the newsreels, for we carried some of the men. Whether they can reproduce the sounds and sights of a hundred thousand guns firing tracer am­ munition into the night sky, I don't know." MONEY DUE SS ALCOA LEADER— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. • • « SS BENJAMIN CONTI— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. » • » SS MATT RANSOM— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. » » » SS HOFRESI All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. • • » SS ROBIN GREY— All members of the crew of this vessel have $125.00 attack bonus due them. Collect at company's office. 14 �• •';7.ri:^^i%A'm^r'^W, Friday, August 11, 1944 THE SEAFARERS Page Threa LOG Nortli Atlstntic By L. S. JOHNSTON U. S. Merchant Seaman As the last gray light of dawn spread over the lower Mississippi, the good ship SS (Censored) cast off her lines from the ammunition docks. Silently, without farewell from ship or tugboat whistle, she Slowly moved down the river, loaded with thousands of tons of bombs and other war supplies. This 10,000 ton Liberty ship, just off the ways a few days before, was starting on her maiden voy­ age. Early the next morning found her sneaking out into the Gulf, hands at stations, lookouts Sweeping the sea with powerful glasses. All guns were manned and fired a few rounds to make sure that they were ready for ac­ tion if needed. After six uneventful days she arrived at the outer harbor of New York, to be greeted by a raging blizzard and zero temper­ ature. Every man of the crew hned the rail to gaze at the vast collection of vessels lying so se­ curely behind the submarine nets and Navy patrol protection. SAILING DAY Ship after ship arrived from different ports, troopships, tank­ ers, colliers and cargo vessels. Deckloads of tanks, landing barges, mosquito boats and planes were visible on the cargo carriers. At last came the day of depar­ Above is a line scale map of the relative positions of the New York Headquarters of the district and the New York Branch which are presently located at 2 Stone St. The new Union Hall in which the members will have better hiring halls and better business offices is also shown with the new address of 51 BEAVER STREET. The new hall to which ture. The ships started steaming slowly out to sea, each falling in­ to its designated place in the designated column. Fleet cor­ vettes and destroyers sped around the ships as the commodore, with one signal hoisted after another, formed his convoy of eighty ships for the Atlantic crossing. The sky overhead was alive with bombers and scouting planes and far up ahead hanging like a low fleecy cloud, was a Navy blimp, scout­ ing for submarines. After a few days the weather cleared and good time was made as the ships ploughed through the light swells. Now and then one of the es­ corts out on the flank of the con­ € ing: "Change course to dua north." We were trying to avoid a meeting with the enemy. This steady steaming ncrth« ward brought us into snow, sleet and ice. For two days we cruised at slow speed through the ice fields. The cracking, grinding and thudding of the ice as the ship pushed ahead sounded like a thousand demons pounding on the hull. But at night there was a sight never to be forgotten. Long columns of blacked-out vessels sliding over the endless fields of white; a large yellow moon and a million briUiant stars lighting the heavens above. Then to make the scenes the dream of any movie director, the aurora borealis would shoot up its long streamers of many colored lights far to the northward. Although every sailor as the saying is, "signs on for good weather and a smooth passage," our luck finally ran out. It was on the mate's watch on a Sunday morning when the barometer started skidding downhill like a bobsled on a cresta run. AGE OLD ENEMY In a short time the bottom had dropped completely out, and as day broke, gray and dreary, wind and sea began to mount rapidly. It seemed as if every possible element was trying to defeat us. Wind, rain, sleet and mountanious seas caught us on our star­ board beam before we could change course. Now the convoy was fighting, an age old enemy, as dangerous as any sub — a North Atlantic storm. The SS (Censored) started to pitch and roll as tons of water broke over her starboard side. All ha:'is were called on deck to swing inboard and secure the lifeboats, all of which had been swung overside ready for instant launching in case the ship was torpedoed and had to be abcindoned. We climbed to the boatdeck just in time to see a giant roller sweep two of the boats from their davits. The motor launch was picked up like a feather in the wind and smashed back aboard ship. The sea twist­ ed davits and carried away reels and ventilators, thus ripping holes in the deck through which water poured into the crew's quarters and passageways below. The motor launch lay there, a broken, useles wreck, sliding and scrapping back and forth across the deck with every roll of the ship. BOATS SAVED The other boat was even less fortunate as it hung by one fall, swinging and banging against the ship's side and with its contents floating far astern. There was no chance of saving it, so it was cut loose and we watched it rapidly drift aft in the fog and rain. Chill­ ed through and through with sea and rain, the crew worked on, striving to save what boats they could, spurred on bj' the knowl­ edge that these were their only hope if anything should happen to the ship. Man after man had to be sent below, with smashed, bleeding fingers, rope burns and severe bruises that made them useless "topside." By late afternoon we had the remaining boats secure. It had been a tough battle and no short one; but we ended with the (Continued on Page 4) voy, or one of those which were crisscrossing up ahead, would be­ gin circling. The sea would boil up astern .of it and there, would come the muffled roar and vibra­ tion as the depth charges were let go. These alerts caused no change of routine aboard ship, as no enemy had been actually seen. But, finally, the real warning came. ENEMY SUBMARINES Enemy submarines were sight­ ed by our aircraft. Group after group, traveling in what are known as "wolf packs," were heading across our course far up ahead, hoping to intercept the convoy. Signal flags from the commodore's ship sent the warn- the Union plans to move later this month is only a few blocks from the present location, as can be seen from the map. Its location is still as convenient to all transportation and docks as is the old hall. All Branch Agents are asked to please post this map and caption on their Branch Bul­ letin Boards. �m m •' THE Page Four l-° — Charleston Union Hall Now Open CHARLESTON, S. 0.—A new Seafarers International Union hall was opened here last week ta 68 Society Street under James L. Tucker, Agent. The new hall is only one block from the bus station and is cen­ trally located, being near the Shipping Commissioner's office, while not being far from the docks and harbor facilities. It was pointed out that prior to the opening of this new hall that the NMU and the WSA in the port had been having a picnic and trying to pack SIU ships with NMU members. Telephone is Charleston 3-2930 at the new hall. Regular regis­ tration of SIU members will be carried out by Agent Tucker and meetings will be held weekly. NOTICES PHILIP N. O'CONNOR— Formerly messman aboard the SS DYNASTIC. Your gear and Union book have been left at the New York Branch Hall for you to pick up. • • • HENRY PAUL JANDRY3 Your duplicate draft papers have been found. Apply at agent's office, SIU, 2 Stone Street, New York. SEAt ARE US UNCLAIMED WISA Reveals Ship Sinking WAGES Under Action Smith & Johnson The following is a list of sea­ men who have had vouchers for money due to them, forwarded to them at the addresses they left with the Smith and Johnson Co., 80 Broad St., New York City. Thus far these vouchers have not been cashed and the wages due them are classified as "claimed." All members named below are urged to contact this company at their earliest opportunity and col­ lect what is due them. W. Callahan, F-W-T; T. J. Har­ vey, Utility; F. L. Leavitt, Mess: R. W. Stanford, Utility. C. C. Burkett, Deck Maint; A. De Costa, AB. James Akers, F-W-T; Adam Harting, Bos'n; Harry Justice, AB; Edward O'Connell, AB; Arkadi Rauk, Dk. Eng. John E. Condry, Oiler; E. B. Cowart, Oiler; E. A. Groombridge, Night Cook; John Hodakossely, AB; John Komisak, Mess; James J. Murphy, Mess; Bassil Wilson, Utility. Phillip De Paz, F-W-T; John D. McMurry, Ch. Cook. Jesse C. Bentley, OS; James Carr, AB; T. P. Hansson, Stew­ ard; Francis P. Ressler, OS. Protect Both America and Your Money by In­ vesting It in War Bonds, Friday, August 11, 1944 LOG WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7— Seamen and cargo wfere literally blown from the decks of the SS SAMUEL HUNTINGTON when that military supply vessel was destroyed while aiding the Anzio invasion, the War Shipping Ad­ ministration disclosed today. After doing shuttle service in the Mediterranean, the Liberty ship had arrived off the new beachhead when German planes come over. The concussion of two near bomb misses hurled a jeep from a hatch cover to the flying bridge. Fire started aboard the ship and abandonment was nec­ essary. The lifeboats were launched and most of the merchant seamen and Navy armed guard were sav­ ed. When the final check was made three were dead, one was missing and eight men had been hospitalized. The master of the SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, which had com­ pleted nearly two years of war service, was Capt. Richard Stedman, San Francisco, Calif. The deck crew were SUP members. The vessel was operated for the War Shipping Administration by Oliver J. Olson & Co., Inc., San Francisco, which is under con­ tract to the Sailors Union of the Pacific. North Atlantic Convoy Crossing (Continued from Page 3) score "plus four to one" four boats sound and secure and one damaged but temporarily secure versus one gone to Davy Jone's Locker. Then we went below to seek some much needed rest, only to find our quarters half full of water that sloshed back and forth with every movement of the vessel. To make it worse, contents of the clothes lockers had been spilled all over the deck, no change into warm, dry gar­ ments for us. It was a wet, tired, cold, shiver­ ing and disgusted crew that turn­ ed in that watch, hoping the mor­ row would bring better weather conditions. It didn't and for three days the ships took a hard beat­ ing from wind and sea, with plenty of wreckage from deckloads and ship's equipment left in the convoy's wake. This steady pounding and pitching frequently causes engine trouble that makes it impossible for the hardest hit ships to main­ tain the speed of the convoy. Then they must drop behind, make such emergency repairs as possible, and then run at full speed with the hope of overtaking the convoy and once again tak­ ing up their proper positions. After this particular storm, ship after ship fell astern. Days later after hasty repairs, all but two managed to get back to their places in line. Those two were, at the time, given up as lost„.as it is one of the Sea Wolf's favorite tricks to lag behind a convoy, preying on stragglers and broken down ships. TENSED FOR ACTION Finally came the next tense time as we neared our destina­ tion and must be on the lookout night and day for enemy bomb­ ing planes. Anti - aircraft guns were warmed up and the sharp crack of the three-inch gun, the rapid screaming of the 20-MM's and the steady cough of the pom­ pons could be heard all over the fleet. Seventeen days after leaving New York, having met one after another of the many obstacles that make the Atlantic crossing tough, we entered the Irish Chan­ nel and tied up safely at an En­ glish port — another convoy through with ammunition and supplies for our fighting forces. "Who wouldn't sell a farm to go to sea?" NOTICE PETER TAMLOORY. No. 29308 Please call al the SecretaryTreasurer's office, in New York. Can You Spare A Ruble? AN EDITORIAL {Continued from page 2) Square Garden and gave aid and support to the SEAMEN'S "CAUSE." Yet, we can recall when these same Stalinists turned against the Senator and reviled his very name AFTER Russia was invaded and the "line" changed. Senator Lundeen had no "line" to change and stuck by his beliefs as he saw them. We can remember when John L. Lewis was hailed by the same Curran (the word hail seems to be a copyright for Stalinist scribes) as the "Father of the CIO" and the same political per­ verts knelt at the feet of John L. with their hands out for backsheesh from the United Mine Workers' Treasury which they tapped to the tune of $6,000,000. It was this dough-ray-me UMW-milch-cow that caused Joseph Curran and the CP-NMU "leadership" to follow John L.'s endorsement of Wendell Wilkie in the 1940 election. Their piecard traits and opportunist role were openly re­ vealed. Their POLITICAL HONESTY WAS TRIED AND FOUND WANTING. Honest politicians (even if Trade Union lead­ ers reckless enough with the Good and Welfare of the membership to endanger their Trade Union basis) would have stuck to their guns once the decision had been made. Yet, NO UNION OFFICIALDOM HAS THE RIGHT OF THE POWER TO TELL THE MEMBERSHIP HOW TO VOTE OR WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR. They only speak for themselves! TO PUT A UNION ON RECORD IN FA­ VOR OF A CERTAIN PARTY is a direct con­ tradiction of American principles—a negation of the RIGHTS OF EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN TO FORM HIS OWN OPINION. What is the Stalinist-NMU position TODAY? We have seen by the brief glimpse into the PAST HOW MUCH THEIR OPINION IS WORTH. CAN ANY INDIVIDUAL IN HIS RIGHT MIND TRUST THESE MISLEADERS OF LABOR AS POLITICAL GUIDES? The STALINIST EGGS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ONE BASKET and the seamen are deliberately being involved in the STALIN­ IST GAMBLE. For gambling with the Good and Welfare of the NMU membership is par­ ticular, and the Seamen as a whole in general, it undoubtedly is. These political miscreants have no faith in their membership—either as Trade Unionists or from the political standpoint of the individual making up his own mind re the merits of the candidates running for office. This would be Americanism and anathema to the totalitarian concepts of the Stalinists who must perforce make up their minds for them. There are no limits of rascality to which they will not stoops (for a price) even to the insidious attempt to pervert Americanism and the Sovereign Rights of the American Citizens at the polls. Their contempt for the NMU membership as Trade Unionists can be seen by the open ef­ forts of the Stalinist "leadership" to curry favor with the employers. "Employer-Employee Re­ lations" they howl. "Stabilization" can be won by upholding the NMU officialdom in the Post War period. Trade with the Soviet Union is continuously held out as an olive branch to gain this end. The shipowners being realists know THAT THE NEEDS OF THE STALIN REGIIVIE ARE SO VAST THAT THEY MUST PER­ FORCE TRADE WITH ANY NATION WHO CAN SUPPLY THEIR NECESSITIES UPON WHICH THE VERY LIFE OF THE STALIN REGIME AND ITS CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL IN RUSSIA DEPENDS. The NMU "LEADERSHIP" HAS NOTHING WHATEVER TO DO WITH LAWS OF SUP­ PLY AND DEMAND. Yet these misleaders continually campaign in an effort to hoodwink the employers and the NMU membership. These knaves and mountebanks are rapidly reaching the stage of organizational disentegration. Their parasitical and dishonest political role is becoming famous. Their disloyalty to American concepts is apparent to all. Their role is exposed and crystal clear. THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED BY THEIR PRESENT DAY AFFILIATES IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR PAST HISTORY. They have lost the support of thinking seamen, even of their own Union. They are bankrupt. They have leaped from the dead horse of the former CP platform to the hope of a free ride on the tailboard of the Democratic war chariot, ff'hey have become super patri^ and super dem­ ocrats. Yet they remain ever the same. THEIR STENCH IS STILL IN OUR NOSTRILS! 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NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOY CROSSING CHARLESTON UNION HALL NOW OPEN UNCLAIMED WAGES WSA REVEALS SHIP SINKING UNDER ACTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/11/1944 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/8207b6b7c67060bcfb749d06f25f6633.PDF 4b9becd91d965025b5220f2a38232871 PDF Text Text ij^REJRS ^ emsEAL oBtiAW OP rsm MamMma AKB aux^ DXBTBIOT. wms mp IfAissBzoA NEW YORK, N. Y« FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1944 4 •/* I> y SIU Members Expose USS 'Rackets' In Ports Of Middle East New Pacific Bonus Amendment NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 16—Crew members that were survivors of the torpe­ doing of the SS THOMAS G. MASARYK entering this port this week tell of the "bouncing around" they received at the hands of the United Seamen's Services club in Alexandria, Egypt, and the petty bureaucrats stationed there. They tell of the collusion of the War Shipping Administration officials with thes,e petty figures of the USS as well as collusion with the small-time figures of the US Consulate Ser­ vice. In an affidavit the members of this crew expose the small-time rackets and personal prejudices being carried on against the American seamen by these fakers of the United Seamen's Services who are operating such so-called Seamen's "clubs" abroad. "We were charged excessively and over the prices the club had posted," the affidavit says in es­ sence, for these crew members were charged $4.23 American cur­ rency per day for the lodgings and meals that the "club" sold to others for about $2.60 American currency. It further shows that cigarettes donated for their use were sold to them instead of being given. Also, while they were told that they were being "given 'charity' in clothes—they were forced to pay for same even though they didn't know what such would cost," the affidavit declares. The paper further brings out the fact that they were discrim­ inated against because they were members of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, while at the same time a crew from the NMU which has consistently toadyed toward the United Seamen's Services was given immediate aid while the same courtesy was denied this crew of SIU members. The Uriited Seamen's Services {Coniimui on Page )) TREASURY DEPARTMENT WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE OVFICE OF STATE CHAIRMAN 'I 1270 Sixth Avenue Hew York 20, H.T, August 8, 19bk John Hank, Xdltor Seafarers* Log 2 Stone Street Hew York City- Bi. 4 • 1 "4 • Dear Mr. Eawkt On behalf of the War Finance Coamjittee for Hew York I wish to express appreciation of the patriotic ^irit with idiich you and your asso­ ciates enlisted the force and influence of your publication in the Fifth War Loan. -J" .i rf; The following is a telegram received from the Maritime War Emergency Board amending the bonus rate paid in one area of the Pacific Ocean: WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM AX SlllCDC DAV 65 Govt. 2 Extra CD New York NY 309P Aug. 11, 1944 John Hawk, Seafarers Intl Union of North America 2 Stone St. NYK To All Parties Signatory To the Statement of Principles: By Amendment to Decision 2 B, effective at 12:01 AM August 25, 1944. including all voyages then in progress rate of voyage bonus payable for classification III of Article IL As provided in paragraph D of Article III is changed from 25 percent with $30 monthly minimum to 33 1/3 percent with $40 monthly minimum. ERICH NIELSEN WSA WASH DC 326P SIU Complimented For Aid To Fifth War Loan Drive 1I - ^1 NEW YORK, N. Y. - A letter from the War Finance Committee of the Treasury Department of the U. S. received by the headquarters office of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU of NA thanks the Union and the Seafarers Log for aiding the recent Fifth War Loan Drive. The drive, the letter says, exceeded the huge New York quota of $4,801,000,000 by several hun­ dred million dollars in bonds. The letter is signed by Nevil Ford State Chair­ man of the War Finance Committee. A copy of the letter is reproduced herewith. New Booklet Off Press "The SIU At War" r ft-. No. 25 Your wholehearted cooperation and allot­ ment of valuable space, both in your editorial and news columns, was -unquestionably an in^ortant factor in helping Hew York exceed Its huge quota of $4,801,000,000 by several hundred million dollars, Ky sincere thanks to you ^d your staff again for the work you have done and the strong Biqpport you have given the War Finance Cooinittee, Sincerely yours. HevU Ford Stats Chairman V "The SIU At War" is the title pedoings, etc., and some of the of the latest pamphlet issued by deeds of members of the Union the Seafarers International Union that won awards and merits are of NA, John Hawk, Secy-Treas­ recorded. urer of the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ The booklet is well illustrated trict said today. The pamphlet with pictures of ships under ac­ was written and edited by tion which show the stress of war Brother John Bunker, an active on the men doing the job of de­ wartime sailing member of the livering the goods. SIU. The booklet has just come off the press and is available in New York. Quantities are now being shipped to the Branches of the Union throughout the Nation Shrimp production for the for distribution. The booklet records many of month of June increased sharply the true experiences of members over May yields at most points of the Union during the war along the Gulf coast, helping while they have manned the ships bring up the yearly production to supply the Allied armies with which is still 28 percent below sorely needed equipment and the first six months of 1943, thp Office of the Coordinator of Fish­ arms and ammunition. eries reported. Many of the stories reveal for the first time some of the amaz­ Total production of shrimp tac ing episodes that the seamen of all purposes was 21,240 barrels ih the AFL Unions have undergone, June, a 50 percent increase over while quietly getting the goods the 14,167 barrels produced 1^ across. Stories of bombings, tor- May. Shrimp Fishing 1 �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District ASillaied wilh the American FedeiaiiOfi of Labor. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28. P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave UNbrthCaySt 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 3.39 Chartres St. 218 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 7 St. Michael St BOwUng Green 9-3437 Liberty 405 7 Calvert4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-172b Tampa MM-I323 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Jann 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLK^TION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-834(5 *267 Those NMU "Contracts Again, and again and again and again, (they're no pikers, in the NMU, especially the so-called "leadreship" comprising "Blackie" Myers and Moose-Jaw Curran), as their ineffectual combine in this week's NMU Pilot again reveals. They have exposed themselves as "quality labor fakers." AND THEIR ENTIRE MISSION THROUGH THE NMU IS TO CONFUSE THE SEAMEN AND BLIND THEM WITH PROPAGANDA! For the NMU Pilot has been busy issue after issue of late attempting to sell the NMU membership with the idea that the recent contract delivered to the NMU by the National War Labor Board "is universally recognized as the best agreement ever signed in the history of maritime labor relations," as declared in the Aug. 11 Pilot. They claim therefore that the so-called benefits accruing to the NMU membership therefrom also come to the American Seamen as a whole! WITH THIS THE SIU TAKES SHARP ISSUE! Once again we point out that the NMU has ridden the coat-tails of the entire maritime labor movement in gaining conditions for the seamen sailing under the NMU's so-called contracts. ; The overtime clause granted by the NLWB to the . NMU is now in dispute and is being contrasted by the ship­ owners before the Board, The shipowners are still not pay­ ing the overtime to men in the deck department for work after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. unless it is in excess of 8 hours in one day or are they paying men working don­ key watch in the engine department for work in port while cargo is being worked after S P.M. and before 8 A.M. The NMU agreements are still inferior in every way to those under which the members of the AFL Unions work which was shown in former issues of the Seafarers LOG which compared the conditions of the SIU with those of the NMU and showed the latter to be inferior in every way. (See Seafarers LOGs for Jan. 7, 1944 and June 30, 1944.) Again we take sharp, issue with the Stalinist fakers of the NMU—WE CHALLENGE THEM TO PUBLISH THEIR SO-CALLED "BEST AGREEMENTS" IN A COMPARATIVE FORM WITH THE AGREEMENTS OF THE SIU! THIS IS THE TIP FOR THEM TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP ! In trying to gain these contracts they have toadyed to (Continued on Page 4) -M nsg - SEAFARERS Friday. August 18. 1944 LOG = 1 WHArS DOING Around ttie Ports NEW YORK That old saying that "Patience is a Great Virtue, That Has Its Own Reward" has certainly prov­ en true here this past week. One of our members, Leon Johnson, had a beef approximately 2 years old with the Bull Line regarding being charged as a deserter from one of their vessels and losing, temporarily at least, the amount of $108. Johnson felt that his was a good dispute and that he was right in pushing it and so, at every opportunity, he would take this beef up in whatever port he happened to be at the time. This went on and on and like all things it finally came to a halt. He turned the beef in here; and one of the local Patrolmen repre­ sented him at a hearing before the Commissioner in this Port and Johnson's patience finally paid off. The Commissioner ruled in his favor. As a result, he is $108 better off. IMPORTANT BEEFS Outside of the dollar factor, there is something else of import­ ance to attach to this beef: Lots of these companies have been hanging a phony desertion charge against our members and depriv­ ing them of hard-earned dough time after time. By pushing this beef to the limit and making it pay off, we have set some sort of a precedent here and in the future, we intend to fight all desertion raps. As we all know, lots of our members have had this hum deal hung on them and have had good dough tied up a long, long time on ac­ count of it. ROBIN LINE If there are any of the crew members of the SS THOMAS MAZARAK of the Robin SS Co. around, I advise them to keep in touch with this office as the Skip­ per of that ship is due here very shortly. We have a beef on this job inV o 1 V i n g approximately $6,000 which cannot he settled until the Skipper an-ives. We have notified the company that as soon as this man hits port, to notify the Union Hall so we can go to work on it. This should he very shortly and there is no question hut what the men involved are going to he 6,000 potatoes better off. BUSINESS CLIMBING Everything is running well in the groove here in New York now. Business and shipping has finally started climbing hack up the ladder. To all of you fellows in the outports where shipping is very slow, this is to advise you that you can now ship again from this port within a fairly reason­ able length of time; so don't stay on the beach where you are and go hungry. Blow up this way and take a job. MORE BEEFS The Icoal Patrolmen are still doing a hang-up job in settling disputes around herk and are managing to settle most of them in the members' favor. Among the beefs settled in the membership's favor this week, are on the SS JULIET LOW, The Steward Dept. all have overtime due them which can he collected at the company office. This runs all the way from 1 hour for one man to 12 hours for another. There are 11 men involved on this Beef, and all have money due. On the SS OREMAR, the crew of that vessel have had disputes settled in their favor totaling an amount of approximately $200. The men involved can find amount due them in the Money Due List. To all the members who had beefs left from ships paying off in New York, or from beefs sent in here from outports, look in this week's Money Due List in the Seafarers Log for the amount of money due and the details as to the collection of it. NEW TYPE OF BEEF We have just received in this Port, the first of a particular type of beef which may become com­ mon very shortly. That's where our vessels have discharged car­ go anchored off beachheads. The company maintains" that this is technically at sea due to the fact that there is no actual harbor there. We maintain the opposite: that the cargo was directed to. and discharged at, that particular point, and with such conditions prevailing, that even though there are no regular harbors or port facilities, actually, the ships were just as much in harbor as though thoy were here in New York discharging cargo. There is no question hut what we will win the Beef, in fact, it is a puzzle to us as to why it was ever disputed to start with. However, that's the way these people do business and at times, even though you are strictly i against it, you must go through the usual motions and loss of time to collect a dispute. How­ ever, it will only he a question of a short while before these beefs pay off. So—^the officers in the Outports can take note and rest assured that as soon as we have a final settlement on this dispute, we shall notify all ports so they can avoid any delay in settling these disputes, in the future, to our members' benefits. . PATROLMEN'S ACTIVITIES The membership here Monday night took an action which will be beneficial to the membership as well as to the officials of this organization. They went on record to haye published in the Seafarers Log each week an account of the waterfront Patrolmen's activities. In this manner all hands will know just what ships were paid off and covered and the disputes settled, as well as those unsettled, and the disposition made of the same. This is a practice that is usually carried out in the West Coast Sailor and according to the mem­ bership fo the SUP, they like the idea very much. One thing, it will do is to keep the membership informed as to the waterfront ac­ tivities all down the coast and Gulf. We can look on this as a pro­ gressive move. Yours for better waterfront re­ ports of the Union's activity. PAUL HALL, Agent Protect Both America and Your Money hy Investing It in War Bonds, MONEY DUE The following men can collect money due them from the follow­ ing ships at the Moran Tov/ing and Transportation Office, San Francisco, California. MV POINT CABRILLO: D. Jodoin, C. Wendt, M. Tilley, W. Everet, G. Accola, G. Steven, G. Davit, R. Schrudder, T. Armino. M V SANIBEL ISLE: S. Sav­ age, Wallace, S. Peterson, Engh, E. Schuster, M V ST. SIMON: L. Madewell, D. Appleton, J. Larkin, D. Rus­ sell, F. Knight. M V ARANSAS PASS: A. Den­ ning, J. Voitka, R. Jones, L. Hunt­ er, Sitler. * * * M V SABINE PASS: 2 weeks' linen, port pay and disputed overtime: Rosen, Allen, Jr., D. Kaer, Crum, Hashagen, Houston, Bray, Curry, Mendell, Oakley, Davis, Gibson, Caughie, Carrier, Wright. » » * SS RICHARD BASSET: L. W. Johnson, has $108.65 coming. Pick up at Bull Line Office. • » » SS MARYMAR: Vincent Lynch, 2nd Cook, 84 hours baking, pick up at Calmar Line Office. • • • SS MARYMAR: F. R. Hutter, AB, can . collect $6.00 security watch at Calmar Office. SS JULIET LOW: Stewards Dept. have the following overlime coming from last voyage: C. L. Henderson, 111/2 hrs: C. C. Spencer, 3 hrs.; J. T. Moore, 2 hrs.: Otis Dasher, 1 hr.: P. G. Bergerson, 9 hrs.; G. E. Derrick. 1 hr.: W. E. Newman, 5 hrs.: L. J. Swan, 3 hrs.: W. Rose 31/2 hrs.; G. R. Williams, 8 hrS.: Prokapnk. 1 hr. » SS THOMAS SCULLY: Crew that paid off in March have an at­ tack bonus coming which is pay­ able at the Calmar Line office. • « • SS OREMAR: H. Vanderwerker, $15.44: J. R. Downing, $16.12; Hendricks. $19.14: H. Aradine, $68.11: Dour, 88 hrs. overtime; Perez, 14 hrs.: J. Aroya, 22'A hrs. and $6.00 security watch: Southwick, 40 hrs. » * » SS JAMES MILLER: Jennings, Utility, 24 hrs. overtime: Martin, Ch. Dk., 24 hrs.: Bruce, Gal., 36 hrs.; Flynn, Kelly, Lacombe, have the difference of wages. Firemen and Fireman-WT. * • • SS ALCOA TRADER: Rodney McKeever, Utility Man, dumping garbage, 24 hours. Payable at 17 Battery Place, New York, Alcoa d 1 ,1 Office. �\ !• 7 pIU Members Expose USS 'Rackets' In Ports Of Middle East Friday, August 18, 1944 THE SEAFARERS LOG Merchant Marine Care Bill Is Introduced Page Thre* Union Clamps Down On Rules ForStewards* Shipping List A bill providing hospital and and Alexandria, and WALTER medical care for merchant mar­ (Continued from Page 1) Pursuant to the final resole in a resolution passed by is a semi-official adjunct of the S. TOWER, JR., of Port Said, who ine vets of World Wars I and II all ports, all Stewards and the so-called "Key-Ratings" in will be brought up for hearing War r h i p p ing Administration, is a Port Representative. riie affidavit asserts that they On April ( 1944, the afore­ during the approaching session any department must register at the Union Halls for em" were ordered to stay at that club; said Mr. Robinson, of the WAR of Congress, it was announced ployment and ship from the rotary hiring lists. I "for it was made compulsory that SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION, yesterday at national headquar­ Any failure to abide is shown in the resolution's pen­ Ithey stay there and spend their interviewed the above crew in ters of the Merchant Marine Vet­ alties, as follows: money without the right of voice Alexandria, and asked for volun­ erans' Association of the United The resolution signed by sev-* in what they were doing. teers to go back to the ship and States, in Boston, The biU, orig­ enty-nine members, andwas pass­ Jr. 10786, A. Collett 24602, S. inally presented to Congress on The affidavit with the names of salvage her. Frey 28438, F. D. Foster 26801, C. ed, reads as follows: May 22, 1944, National Maritime the seamen omitted for reason of R. Watson 23186, W. E. Culliman Crew members told him that BE IT THEREFORE RESOLV­ forestalling reprisals against they would be willing to go back Day, by Congressman J. Hardin 24952, H. L. Babbitt 10243, W. ED, that any man registering at them for their courage is entered to the said ship and assist in sal­ Peterson of Florida, is the first a company office or bearing a Gentry 7689, A. Michelet 21184, hereunder. The dates of the tor­ vaging her if they could obtain step toward securing recognition letter of recommendation to a A. V. Alliusi 28495, S. Turner pedoing and port entries are also some clothes to work in. He as­ for the men serving in the Ameri specific job be fined Fifty dollars 7199, E. Anoyo 6933, W. G. Rueexcluded for reasons of war se­ serted that the UNITED SEA­ can Merchant Marine. ($50.00) and be suspended from rap 27402, C. H. Starling 6220, curity and censorship. MEN'S SERVICE CLUB in Al­ Charity" by the UNITED SEA­ the shipping list for a period of Ray White G57, J. Algina 1320, C. It is noteworthy that other exandria was fuU of "gear, shoes, MEN'S SERVICE officials, it is sixty (60) days for the first of­ E. Cummings 23347, L. N. John­ crews have brought the same shirts, pants, socks, etc., etc." noteworthy that we were being fense, and for the second offense son 108, E. R. Smith 20057, W. conditions in other ports to the He then took us, SEAFARERS' charged $4.23 per day, equivalent be fined one hundred ($100.00) Hamilton 3400, C. B. Masterson f c.ttention of the SIU. Other af­ INTERNATIONAL UNION mem­ to the subsistence for quarters and never be allowed to ship in a 20297, J. H. Houners-256, J. P. fidavits are being taken and the bers, down to that same Club, Shuler, GlOl, C. G. Haymond and meals, at the aforesaid UNI­ rating as key man again, and racket will be expected in full. and in the cellar we saw that it G98, W. Paul Gonsorchik 749, H. Joe Glick 7516, W. J. Kirby 852, TED SEAMEN'S SERVICE Ho­ W. Greenlee 21066, S. M. Arruda AFFIDAVIT was as stated, filled with the tel. Further, although we wer L. Paradeau A 9, L. F. Hoth 22018, 22512, Thos. E. Maynes 22367, J. State of New York ) "gear, shoes, shirts, pants, socks, told that it was a so-called "Char­ A Nozva 21522, J. R. Velasquez M. ScheU G298, D. S. Beachley County of New York ) SS: etc., etc." ity" on the UNITED SEAMEN'S 20424, S. S. Celon 22896, Henry 24369, John H. Morris G309, W. C. Borought of Manhattan) Buckmann 22899, J. Cruz Jr. However, since the United SERVICE rep la cements of Francis 20832, P. T. Lykke 21466, We, the following members of Seamen's Service authorities had clothes, we SEAFARERS' INTER­ 3538, Jose G. Lopez 4874, M. P. F. Werstlein Pac 186, B. F. the S S "THOMAS G. MA- outfitted the NATIONAL MARI­ NATIONAL UNION members Lanchron 4197, M. A. Duchan Sellers G202, E. Taylor 30264, H. SARYK," freely depose and say TIME UNION members, who were charged for the same, al­ 22566, Thomas W. King 24238, J. C. Michels 7602, L. Gonzalex 3247, that we, ( were survivors of the torpedoing, though the same UNITED SEA­ E. Brown 6794, H. Nelson 7016, )were members of without any dispute, while the MEN'S SERVICE refused to ren­ E. Schweiger 864, S. Heinfling P. O. Peralta 21397, R. Anderson the crew of the above said ship, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL: der any account of charges made. Pas 30, P. Silverson 38731, E. Pac 39, J. W. Prescott G114, 0. J. which was torpedoed April ( ) UNION members were ignored, The statement of the UNITED Flowers 23876, L. Williams 21550, Sobczyk 27763, H. Peters 4478, V. d944. and several crew members took SEAMEN'S SERVICE officials L. S. Johnston G53, F. F. Seufert Vomias 27712, F. De Haney 24385, We, as well as the other mem­ issue in the matter. Mr. Green ar­ was "Sign here—^it will be taken 24020, G. Blanchette 31257, Mar­ D. Horn G166, W. H. Moore 5960, bers of the crew are members of bitrarily stated that he and the out of your wages." Further than tin 25278, A. H. Lopez 38898, R. H. Ward 26009. the SEAFARERS' INTERNA­ UNITED SEAMEN'S SERVICE that, they refused to give any ex­ Corcla 27374, P. H. Parsons 27751, MOTION TIONAL UNION of NORTH didn't want anything to do with planation of what the charges Louis Pinnilla 29166, E. G. Hurst (C. G. Haymond G98—several) AMERICA. The SS "MEYER them, since they were only "on would be, might be, or what 22716, C. F. Locknish 30414, A. to concur. LONDON," a ship under NA­ charity." Lorrie 25334, S. S. Ary 24572, W. Hand vote called for—197 for, might be expected. TIONAL MARITIME UNION The NATIONAL MARITIME UNITED SEAMEN'S SERVICE Darough 21981, N. C. Cashewf 0 against. contract, was torpedoed at ap­ Union crew were outfitted imme­ representatives r e p e a t e dly at­ 21732, E. Kelch 6523, R. E. Porter CARRIED. proximately the same time. We, diately, as heretofore said, and tempted to have this crew stand like the crew of the "MEYER they were sent the next day after posing for pictures, which were LONDON," were rescued and they landed, on April ( ) 1944, obviously to be used for propa­ taken into the PORT of ALEX­ to Cairo, for repatriation back to ganda purposes. A number of ANDRIA, EGYPT April ( ) the United States. pictures were taken. Mr. Green il944. When the crew of the SS requested that the crew pose for Like the NATIONAL MARI­ "THOMAS G. MASARYK" ap­ pictures with beer in front of Six representatives of Ameri­ TIME UNION crew, we applied pealed to the Assistant Consul of them; when the crew asked that can _labor v/ill visit the European for clothes and aid at the UNI- the United States in Alexandria, the UNITED SEAMEN'S SER­ Numerous inquires by new Theater of Operations to get a TED SEAMEN'S SERVICE they were told that "they had no VICE pay for the beer, Mr. Green firsthand picture of our weapons CLUB. MESSRS. GREEN and rights, since there was a war on." and his associates emphatically members and men who have and war equipment in action, the made one trip on an SIU trip LOVEJOY have the said club He also refused to allow us to declined to take the pictures. War Department announced in there. interview the Consul himself in It is learned from first hand card or permit have some of the Washington last week. patrolmen almost exhausted at The NATIONAL MARITIME that port. We were unable to observation and victimization The labor leaders were nomin­ UNION crew were immediately reach this individual. WE WERE that in Cario, the UNITED SEA­ pay-off times, officers of the ated by President William Green outfitted and granted immediate UNABLE TO' SECURE THE MEN'S SERVICE is making a Union declare. All the new mem­ of the American Federation of courtesy, subsistence, relief, etc. SLIGHTEST REPRESENTA­ practice of selling cigarettes for bers want to know why they are Labor and President Philip Mur­ When the crew of the SS "THOM­ TION FROM THE U. S. CON­ eight cents (8c) per package to issued Probationary Books in­ ray of the Congress of Industrial AS G. MASARYK," of which we SULATE SERVICE IN ALEX­ American seamen, although such stead of FULL UNION BOOKS. Organizations. In order to clear this up and 'were members, applied for the ANDRIA, EVEN THOUGH OUR cigarettes have been donated by The visitors will have an op­ to make the task of the patrol- portunity to observe the destrucsame facilities, we were immedi­ PAPERS WERE IN ORDER, patriotic groups, stores and in­ ately told by the aforesaid Mr. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AC­ dividuals of the United States me neasier it should be noted tiveness of modern war and the Love joy that there were no CRUED WAGES AND MONIES and ar estamped, "For members that the Union's policy as voted necessity for constant replace­ clothes to give. He further said COMING AND EVEN THOUGH of the Armed Forces," with the by the last Convention was that ments to sustain the force of our that he would have to send to WE WERE TORPEDOED SUR­ compliments of the said patriotic each incoming new member offensives. should be required to remain as They also will discuss supply CAIRO for clothes, and declared VIVORS. We were told in es­ groups and stores, etc. that he "didn't care about any of sence that if we did not get out While it is noteworthy that the a probationary member for the problems and the performance of our 'beefs' because we were on of the Consulate, U. S. Army Mil­ NATIONAL MARITIME UNION period of 1 year and* that he be equipment made by American charity." The "our" in his remark itary Policemen would take us in crew torpedoed at the same time immediately issued a probation­ workers with Army personnel referred to the SEAFARERS' charge and incacerate us. Our. as the crew of the "THOMAS G. ary book which would record his from doughboys and flight me­ INTERNATIONAL UNION. answers to requests for assist­ MASARYK" were repatriated al­ dues and assessments payments. chanics to generals. It was seen that this period was Those who have been design­ It is noted, in passing, that ance at the Agent's Office for this most immediately, the "bouncing" necessary so that the new mem­ ated to make the trip are: R. J. Messrs. Green and Love joy, sup- vessel were substantially the received by this SEAFARERS' bers could avail themselves to Thomas, President of the United •posedly UNITED SEAMEN'S same. We were forced to return INTERNATIONAL UNION crew necessary Trade Union education Automobile Workers (CIO); Sher­ SERVICE CLUB representatives, to the UNITED SEAMEN'S SER­ is noticeable around the fact that and enter into the spirit of real man H. Dalrymple, President of work closely with the represen­ VICE CLUB in Alexandria. the first unlicensed crew mem­ Unionism. As subsequent compliants that tatives of the WAR SHIPPING bers did not leave the area of op­ the United Rubber Workers The Convention decisions were (CIO); David J. McDonald, Sec­ Administration not only in the this was not what we wanted, and erations until over one month af­ Poft of Alexandria, but also in that the said Club was full of ter they had arrived there; and voted upon by membership ref­ retary-Treasurer of the United Cairo, as well as with the Port vermin, bedbugs, etc., and was, many were still arriving here in erendum and almost unanimous­ Steel Workers (CIO); Fi-ank P. •Representative at Port Said. in fact, "a third-class hotel," were the United States 72 days later. ly carried. Since then the officers Fenton, Director of Organization These people are respectively, later justified in view of the fact It is also alleged that there are of the Union have carried out the for the American Federation of BYRON P. ROBINSON, who that subsequent to our complaints still men left behind over there edict of the membership in is­ Labor; A. L. Wegener, Assistant makes his office in Cairo and is the U. S. Army stepped in and from this crew at this date. It suing such probationary books. to the President, International the War Shipping Administra­ sent in their exterrninators to must be noted, in qualification of Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ tion's Regional Director for the clean house. the above, that the salvage oper­ (AFL), and Eric Peterson, Keep In Touch With ers Although we, the SEAFARERS ations took only twenty-one days, '~East Mediterranean; Egyptian Executive Vice President of the Your Draft Board Representative JAMES WOOD- INTERNATIONAL UNION crew and those who worked salvage International Association of Ma­ HOUSE, who has offices in Cairo were told that, "W ewere on chinists (AFL). (Continued on Page 4) New Members US Labor Leaders Get Probationary Visit War Fronts Union Books -4 '1 /< ' I u �d THE I>B9» Four SKAt> ARERS Friday, Attgusi 18; 1944 LOG es |JS Joins Sieven Other Nations In Ship Pact Washington, D. C., Aug.—The State Department announced to­ night that the United States, the United Kingdom and six other United Nations have agreed, to share jointly the responsibility of providing the shipping needed to win the war and to supply Allied pations and liberated areas for six months after it ends, according to the United Press. The agreement, announced si­ multaneously here and in Lon­ don, was signed after a series of London meetings by representa­ tives of Belgium, Canada, Greece, the Netherlnads, Norway and Po­ land, as well as the United King­ dom and the United States. The French Committee of National Liberation and Denmark also were represented at the meeting. Further discussions will be ar­ ranged soon to iron out details the announcement said, and other governments will be invited to cooperate. Machinery governing United Nations shipping is to be adjusted to conform with the de­ claration, it added. ATTENTION!! E. F. FRY!! You have $8.00 in Headquarters office awaiting you which was collected by mistake. This occured in Norfolk. See Theo Thomson. The SIU Building SIU Members Expose USS ^Rackets' In Assessment Ports Of Middle East Recently a $10.00 BUILDING ASSESSMENT WAS PASSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ON A REFERENDUM BALLOT. The membership voted for this almost unanimously! Don't beef at your Union Agents and Patrolmen when ap­ proached for payment of this assessment. The membership which we are all a part of voted for this because they believe: 1: That Union Halls owned outright by the Union's membership ate a back-log to the Union's finances. 2: That such properties will help tke Union and keep it from the action of the shipowners, who would un­ doubtedly attempt to influence hostile landlords dur­ ing time of strike or lockout. 3: That such halls- are the property of the members themselves and should be the finest possible to gain. 4: That such Union Halls owned by the Union should give the members and the membership better condi­ tions in their own. shipping halls while they are on the beach. 5: That they want to have clean, well ventilated Union Halls in which they can hold their meetings, check their baggage, spend their time while ashore, read, have leisure and past-times such as cards and checkers. 6: That the Union shall progress and carry forth a comphrensive program of education in the best man­ ner in the best quarters obtainable. 7: That the Union shall be independent of any out­ side influences and shall truly belong to the mem­ bership. 8: That they may have Union halls where the mem­ bership can plan economic action for the betterment of their own wages and conditions when required. Since the membership own tha Union and control it by majority vote, and since the passing of the Building Assess­ ment was by referendum—^it is a membership edict that must be carried outi •••r - '-ifK;! rate of exchange, however, is (Cmthmed from Page 3) $4.16 for the Egyptian Pound, were the last to leave the said which in that coinage comprises area. Some of those who were 100 Piastres. Therefore, from the not required to work salvage de­ aforestated rate it can Ije assunP parted from the area during the ed that as crew members we period as represented above, overcharged for the same meals] while the others were required and beds by this same UNITED to remain over the lengthened SEAMEN'S SERVICE CLUB, period, at great inconvenience to which as heretofore stated charg-| themselves, the Merchant Marine ed the members of this crew al and the War Effort. the rate of $4.23 per day for the Witness under this we set said meals and beds. our hand this 16th day of Legal It is further noted arid heretofj August, 1944. Seal sworn that all persons hereabove JANETA BENKJE named as the representatives of Notary Public, New York the WAR SHIPPING ADMINIS­ Register's No. 43'9-B-5. TRATIONS and the UNITEDL, Commission Expires SEAMEN'S SERVICES, as welifi March 30, 1945. as the UNITED STATES CON-J It is further deposed, said and SULATE, prevented crew mem­ made a part hereto of the fore­ bers from making .a choice of taking up other lodgings or eat­ going affidavit: That the rates of the charges to ing places. THE UNITED SEA­ be made by the United Seamen's MEN'S SERVICE CLUB wasj Service Club in Alexandria, made compulsory, even thought Egypt, were posted dn a black­ crew members were required tol pay for said services. board there as follows: Meals 15 piastres Witness this 16th day of Leg Beds 20 piastres August 1944. Seal at the rate of one bed per day JANETA BENKJE and three meals per day this Notary Public, New York would make a total of some 65 County. Clerk's No. 381, piastres (Egyptian), which is Register's No. 439-B-5. comparable to an approximate Commission Expires $2.60 in American Currency. The March 30, 1945. Those NMU "Contracts 99 AN EDITORIAL (^Continued from page 2) the shipowners, the Government agencies and . to all the politicians that they could reach. Not once have they shown one iota of economic strength against the shipowners and the bosses to bring about gains for the workers. If the NMU "contracts are the best" as their membership's misleaders assert then why did they insist and demand "equalization of con­ tracts" on a par with the SUP-SIU? They coined the slogan "Equal Pay for Equal Work" in an effort to put their demands across before the National War Labor Board. The NWLB did not grant the NMU demands — v ' knowing well, as did the shipowners, that the NMU were unable to back up their demapds by economic action. They knew, as all seamen KNOW that these scabby sellout artists have lost the support of bona fide seamen and could­ n't tie up a rowboat in Central Park on an August afternoon. ^ However, in the meantime we can count on la Barrymore "This is not the stuff that dreams are made of!" They are becoming classical poets in their feverish and desperate attempt to con­ tinue to hoodwink and befuddle the NMU membership and the seamen as a whole. The PAYOFF however will tell the tale and the NMU membership will find the difference between words and cash to be cold comfort. The proof that the "best agreement the NMU has ever had" is a mirage without physical exist­ ence is best judged by the fact that the NMU leadership" proclaim that the NMU agreement will be opened with a demand for drastic wage ir^reases. Again we will hear the cry of "stab­ ilization" and equality with the SUP-SIU con­ tracts. The American seamen are fast learning that real contracts and conditions are won and held by "Union strength" derived from the economic power of Union conscious men and not Stalinist propaganda and shipowner-Stalinist Labor Front policies with the Government's blessing. Musical headlines can ill supplant organized Union-conscious seamen. Book carriers for a shipowner-Stalinist Labor Front Job Trust or slave market may pour dues into the Stalinist controlled NMU treasury and swell the NMU coffers but sooner or later THEY TOO realize that the price they are paying for such "leader­ ship" is economic suicide. They drift away tow­ ards Unions and leadership which carry on a day to day struggle to win and improve con­ tracts and conditions. That the CP-NMU leadership are not inter­ ested in gaining real wages and conditions can be seen by their stand on the recent Bonus cuts which reacted against the seamen, and the NMU membership, as a WAGE CUT. Their cry at that time, "We prefer Wage raises." This de­ mand was answered by the NWLB decision. The NMU-CP officials are still pouring forth their propaganda to blind their membership and the seamen as a whole to their utter bankruptcy and their collusion wit^i the shipowners. The seamen lire left holding the bag. Seamen today are confronted with the fact that MIRAGES, MYTHS AND FABLES SUCH AS MIRRORED BY THE CP-NMU WAGES AND CONDITIONS OF THE AM. ERICAN SEAMEN. THESE WAGES AND CONDITIONS CAN ONLY BE WON BY THE ORGANIZED ACTIONS OF REAL UNIONS — like the SUP-SIU. THESE UNIONS SHOW THE RESULT OF GEN­ UINE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH' THE SHIPOWNERS BACKED BY GEN-' UINE ECONOMIC STRENTH. AS GENUINE UNIONS CONTROLLED BY THEIR MEMBERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATING IN ALL DEMANDS ON CONTRACTS THERE CAN BE NO SECRET BACKDOOR DEALS NOR CAN POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS SIDETRACK THE ECONOMIC FACTORS WHICH ADD WAGES AND CONDI­ TIONS UNDER CONTRACT AND BET­ TERS THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE AMERI­ CAN SEAMEN. The Stalinist leadership of the NMU is fast becoming known as the chief reac^tionary force in the maritime industry. Their collusion her­ alded as "cooperation" with the shipowners smells to High Heaven and can only be explain­ ed by the fact that the Stalinist tools, Curran,: Myers, etc., stooges of Browder, in turn the tools of Moscow, have thrown aside the good and wel­ fare of the American workers for special poli­ tical reasons. The NMU under its present Political leader­ ship is now a drag against wages and conditions of all seamen and against the progress of all Unions. 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NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. ADGUST 25. 1944 Canadian Seamen's Union Charter Revoked By SIU's Convention Order 1 i| k NEW YORK, N. Y.—The charter of the Canadian Seamen's Union—an affiliate of the Seafarers International Union—has been revoked according to advice received here this week by John Hawk, Atlantic District Sec'y-Treasurer bf the Union. The charter was picked up from the Toronto office of the CSU by a representative of the International in accordance with the orders of the last Convention in New Orleans. low the policies of all other Am­ Antonini Leaves For Italy WASHINGTON, D. C. —Luigi Antonini, Vice President of the International L a d i e s' Garment Workers Union, has left by Army plane for Italy where he will rep­ resent the American Federation of Labor in attempts to re-estab­ lish the free trade unioy move­ ment of that country. Mr. Antonini will take" part in a joint mission with representa­ tives of the British Trades Union Congress to confer with Italian labor officials, discover their needs and report back what steps the American Federation of La­ bor can take to assist the labor movement of Italy. The first moves, it is expected, will be to divest the Italian unions of any and all traces of fascism imposed upon them by Musso­ lini's regime. However, the American Feder­ ation of Labor is. also determined to prevent any seizure by direct or indirect means.of.the Italian labor movement by the Commun­ ists. The Federation will be glad to assist and support the rebirth of a free, democratic trade union movement in Italy but it will not associate itself with any Com­ munist-dominated organization. ^ No. 26 SUP-SIU Members Show Their Valor On Salvage Job WASHINGTON, D. C.—The AFL Union members of the SUP-SIU have again shown that they are the real seamen who sail the ships in this war. They have again revealed that the AFL seamen are the men doing the job, sailing the ships and delivering the goods to the fighting fronts despite enemy attacks. Foi# almost under the nose of the, of a Balkan nation, the WILLIAM Instead of complying with the erican Federation of Labor unions Luftwaffe based on captured j M. MEREDITH reached Alexandirection of the Convention ask­ in opposing the doctrines of Com­ Crete, American seamen, aided dria, Egypt. This vessel is under ing the repudiation of the Com­ munism and all that Communism by British soldiers and sailors re­ contract to the SUP. Discharging munists, the Canadian group is­ stands for. cently salvaged $1,500,000 worth her cargo, she received orders to sued, a brazen booklet against the From the filrst there was a com­ of vital military cargo from a tor-, return to the THOMAS G. International. pedoed and half-submerged Lib­ MASARYK, which had been sunk plete lack of cooperation on the The representative who picked part of the CSU with the other erty ship, the War Shipping Ad­ by Allied gunfire in 28 feet of up the charter on August 3rd at affiliated District unions of the ministration reported this week. water to extinguish the flames the CSU's national headquarters Seafarers International Union. To accomplish the feat, the sea­ that threatened complete loss of ' in Toronto stated that while From the very first there were men worked for 14 to 16 hours a ship and cargo. he was there he saw enough indications of the Communist Aside of the grounded ship, day in the stench of the fire-sod­ Communist literature around the trend on the part of the leader­ den hulk with only a few minutes crewmen of the salvage vessel offices to convince him that the ship of the Canadian Seamen's joined forces with volunteer sur­ out for meals. charges of Communism and dUal Union. vivors of the MASARYK and The incident was only one of unionism were not based on hear­ British sailors and soliders detail­ Almost all of their actions were a variety of war adventures en­ say evidence, but was beyond any tainted with Communist policies. ed to help. countered by the SS WILLIAM reasonable doubt based on actual On numerous occasions this mat­ M. MEREDITH on her most re­ A number of assembled P-47 facts. ter was called to the attention of cent voyage. After a stormy At­ planes remained on deck unbarrpa, > . Among the district unions char­ the CSU officials and each time lantic crossing last Spring, " the ed, as were a considerable num­ tered by the Seafarers Interna­ they denied their Communist freighter, operated for "WSA by ber of P-39s in cases in parts of tional Union of North America on connections and insisted they the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co., the hold where water and flames its- formation was the Canadian were whole-heartedly in favor of Newark, N. J., had passed Algiers had not penetrated. In addition,, Seafnen's Union. They were ac­ the democratic policies of the when she became the target of there were salvaged a large num­ cepted in good faith with the un­ Seafarers International Union of ber of trucks and other vehicle, German air attack. derstanding that they would fol- North America. tires, weapons and many thous­ Another attack by submarines ands of cases of canned food. In a letter dated May 16th adfollowed and again the MERE­ {Contiwuei on Page 4) DITH /ame through unscathed "The operations were conduct­ but not far away the SS THOM­ ed imder the most difficult cir­ AS G. MASARYK, another Lib­ cumstances," reported Gapt. Leo­ erty ship was torpedoed and set nard J. Greene, of Kittery Point, afire. The latter was manned by Maine, master of the WILLIAM M. MEREDITH, "since we were a full SIU crew. (Last week's issue of the Sea- compelled to use our own gear farers LOG details the charges WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The made by crew members of thei?' f^SARYK having been re-iWar Food Administration has A new Hall for the Union has been opened in the SS THOMAS G. MASARYK • Yf amended WFO 73 (formerly Food Distribution Regulation No. 2) to port of Jacksonville by the membership's direction, Robert with respect to the United Sea- "^ht in the open Mediterranean men's Services while the* same (Covtinned on Page 3) authorize the purchase of desig­ A. Matthews, agent for the port, reports. survivors were in the port of nated set aside and'•restricted In a letter telling of the open-#appreciated. (quota exempt) foods by United ing of the hall Brother Matthews "So far, I haven't been able to Cairo, Egypt. In affidavit the crew members exposed the rack­ States Marine Hospitals and Mar­ reports as follows: Jacksonville, 2, Fla. get any dope on any ships that ets existing there.—Ed's Note.) itime Academies, After running through a bar­ August 17, 1944 are due here. Maybe it will pick The amendment, effective Aug­ up when coast-wise shipping is rage of shells fired at each other ust 17, formalizes the relief al­ Editor, Seafarers Log: resumed. We hope so anyhow. ready granted by special author­ "We are just about to get es­ Until such time as shipping does by naval craft of rival factions WASHINGTON —A destroyer ization to five Maritime Academ­ tablished here. Just when it pick up, I expect this Branch will whose battle log reads like a his­ ies located in Castine, Me., Bronx, seemed that I would have to buy continually run in the red. tory of Pacific warfare has been N. Y., Callejo, Calif., Boston, a tent and pitch it somewhere, I awarded the Presidential Unit "Everyone connected with the Mass., and Philadelphia, Pa., but had a streak of good luck. Citation for outstanding perform­ AFL movement here in Jackson­ includes Marine Hospitals under "The Carpenters' Union has a For the fourth consecutive ance in combat against the "Jap­ the certificate purchase program modern air-conditioned building ville has told me that there has month, the combined movements anese. The honored ship is the for the first time. and they offered me an assembly been an acute need for an SIU of iron ore, bituminous coal and USS MAURY, which was built at Marine hospitals operated by hall, which will seat about one Representative in this port be­ grain, by both United States and the Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s plant the United States public health hundred men. I don't expect to cause it seems that we have a Canadian ships on the Great at San Francisco, Calif., by mem­ service have been given this now have that many men avail­ fairly large membership residing Lakes r.eached a'new high level bers of the Bay City Metal Trades special status because fhey are able here, however. At any rate, in and adjacent to Jacksonville. in July, the Office of Defense Council (AFL). "Let's Impe they will pitch in Transportation has announced. primarily for the treatment of the Carpenters' Union deserves a For 18 months this gallant members of the Merchant Marine rising vote of thanks for their co­ and help make this Branch of the The total iron ore carried for union-built destroyer, a real head­ Union a success." and armed services. operative attitude. the month was 14,458,049 tons; ache for the Japs, iought in near­ The Marine hospital at Car- "I will have a new Liberty out The address is: Carpenters' the total bituminous coal, 6,917,- ly every major engagement, her ville. La., which, under an act of of the St. Johns' Yard here Sep­ Building, 920 Main,Street, Jack­ 938 tons and the total grain, 51,- war lessons actually begiiming Congress, admits civilian patients, tember 3rd for Seas Shipping sonville, 2, Florida. Telephone: 000,000 bushels. the night after December 7, 1941, is specifically excluded. A list of Company, so if any of you fel­ 5-1231. Many of these ships are man­ when she participated iiT the the hospitals included in the pro­ lows care to come over about ROBERT A. MATTHEWS. ned by SIU merhbers from the fruitless search for the Jap forces gram is included in the order. that time, your presence will be Agent Great Lakes District of the Union. that attacked Pearl Harbor.* Marine Hospitals Tp Get Quota Exempt Goods New Hall Opened By SIU In Jacksonville AFL-Built Ship Gets Citation Lakes Shipping Rises V.; •'' V 1 �wm. '4m Page Two W. THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf Di,strict Affiliated with the Americm Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Present 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, P. O. Box 2 J, Station P., New York City [l(; MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Branches BRANCH { > 1^? NEW YORK (-»)..• BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28. P.R.. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS PHONE 2 Stone St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St.. 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St. 218 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main .St 7 St. Michael St BOwHng Green 9-3437 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1063 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-172b Tampa MM-1323 JacksonvlUe 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th Street San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City (4) BOwIing Green 9-8346 ~ '267 The "No Strike In Post­ war Period" Slogan The "No Strike"in Post War Period" Slogan The Communists have gone aill out for their so-called >-policy of "No strikes in the Post War Period" and millions of words are pouring from their controlled presses in sup­ port of this slogan. Their network in marine opened the (drive with Harry Bridges a.s leading spokesman, which was followed by Curran and his ilk for the NMU, etc. The Stalinist cogs whioh bedevil the existence and functions of Unions Such as the Marine Cooks <ind Stewards of the Pacific and the so-called INDEPENDENT Marine Firemen & Watertenders Union of the Pacific has followed suit, if the activities of their CP agents in their East Coast •jhalls is a criterion of Offiical Headquarters Policies. We note that the "master" mariner, One Trip "Win the War" Walter Stack, is again busy at a bureaucratic "desk "keeping 'em sailing" as a Stalinist sloganeer in the headquarters of the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Union in San Francisco, giving "leadership"'to movements devised and transmitted from CP-USA head­ quarters, 50 East 13th street, New York. He is now lift­ ing his "heroic" voice in furtherance of the "No Strike in Post War Period" pledge developed and brought forward as a Labor Front movement to safeguard tottering Stalinist controlled Unions in the post war period. As a Stalinist, Stack has no choice in the matter. The MEOW & W Halls on the East Coast have been r'^urned into auxiliaries of the CP-NMU by actions and activities of the Stalinist officials of that group to all pracitical'purposes. They have lost their indepeniient status in actual working practice. The Stalinist aims are clear: To create a solid bloc of Stalinist controlled Unions around their policy. This would isolate the MILITANT, HONEST, NGN POLITICAL ^UNIONS AND LEADERS who believe in open and above board Trade Union practices based upon Labors' organized strength, which would by its efforts hold the line on wages and conditions in the post war period and strive for bettermerit. THE STALINIST "NO STRIKE IN POST WAR PLEDGE" CARRIES NO GUARANTEES OR SECUR^.ITY FOR WAGES AND CONDITIONS. "No Strikes in the Post War Period" is a catch phrase {Continued on Page y) pm SEAEARliKS amLOG Friday, August 2b, 1944 WHArS DOING Around the Ports NEW YORK $343.33; H. Stephenson, $77.42; F. crawling to them for assistance, Padila, $270.42; J. M. Starr, $14.22. so they sent out a form directing Also, on the SS R. McNEELY, the Union to officially sanction This Port's business and ship­ ping is now booming again. We of the South Atlantic SS Co., the any applicants for assistance just knocked off another record following men have the listed whom were members of our week and it looks as though it's amount of hours coming to them; Union. going to hold this way for quite P. C, Bailey, 198 hrs.; J. Sobjebko, Needless to say they were in­ a while. There have been more 198 hrs.; C. Digenva, 198 hrs.; W. formed in no uncertain terms the jobs up on the board in the past Ormonski, 136 hrs.; B. Hamlian, Seafarers position in regards to two weeks than we've. had in a 136 hrs.; D. Richardson, 136 hrs.; recognizing them officially in any long, long time. So, once again, B. Crawford, 259 hrs.; M. Todd, manner, shape or form, and that to all outports, all men who are 259 hrs.; W. Hutras, 259 hrs.; R. we didn't intend to desecrate our having trouble in shipping out, Chandler, 136 hrs.; V. H. Kessler, good name through sanctioning where ever you may be, come to 198 hrs.; R. Reynolds, 259 hrs.; L, any part of their setup so they New York at once *as you can L. Thackery, 304 hi-s.; W. D. Dur­ were a whole lot sadder and wis­ make a job practically any time ance, 304 hrs.; B. Henrickson, 304 er to wit. And as you will note hrs. you want. the local membership further All told, the disputes settled augumented our stand with this I was out of the Port this past week for 3-days and attended the here this week are in excess of phoney outfit at our regular regular Business meeting in Bal­ $10,000. ' meeting this week. We have settled in addition to timore Monday night. While in However, many of our local that Port I met with several the larger beefs our usual run of Brothers did require Some assist­ Union officials, among them the small beefs. ance so quite a few of them solv­ local Baltimore officers, several PLENTY PAYOFFS ed the problem through obtaining The Piecafds here were very temporary releases, and took matters of impqrtance were ta­ ken up concerning the member­ busy while I was out of town. temporary jobs ashore until ship­ They paid off 27 ships in 3 days. ping picks up. ship's welfare. In Baltimore I noticed that due It looks as though every time These releases can be obtained to bad shipping, there are quite a they figure they can get a breath­ from the RMO and the stipula­ few of the old-timers hanging er here, they catch enough ships tions are that you will be subject around and all shipping lists are in, and all paying off at one time, to call in 24 hours notice. This is very heavy. to damn near fill the harbor. But far better than getting the mea­ According to reports, shipping such is the life of a piecard! His ger assistance which the USS is should break in Baltimore very troubles, like time, goes on and so notorious for giving, and also shortly and take a turn for the on. it is a great aid towards the War better. In the event, however* it We had another Bucko mate in effort. doesn't, it is advised that all the here this past week. He made the Incidentally the NMU has one boys down that way hustle on same mistake several other of of these USS Social Service up here to the big town and take this type have. Workers working right in their a job. He is now a much wiser man, Hall. Oh. well Ihey always did and will no doubt think a long howl for bones.. N. Y. BRANCH BUSINESS In preparation for equipping long time before getting tough JOSEPH FLANAGAN. our new building and getting with one of the Seafarers' patrol­ Agent ready for business there, I had men in this port again. Like the an e x p e r t from a nationally others—he learned that it jusl known office supply company in aint being done—NO HOW. PAUL HALL. Agent this lasL week and he lodked our entire Branch business system over and made several very con­ BALTIMORE structive suggestions as to, changes which should be made Shipping has actually come to so as to guarantee a much higher a standstill at this port for the efficiency in the handling of our past three weeks, thus, we have A new type rescue boat, sturdy office affairs. a large accumalation of ABs, enough to be dropped from a We intend taking some of these Oilers, Firemen, Cooks, or what plane by parachute from high al­ suggestions and streamlining this have you, or better what do you titudes, has been developed by Branch to a considerable extent. need. Meaning if any of the Higgins Industries, Inc., of New We are now in the middle of other Ports can help to alleviate Orleans, and officials said "sever­ drawing up and laying out all of this situation we would very al hundred are being rushed to these plans and they shall be sub­ much welcome their assistance. completion." They said the boats mitted to the membership at an Well, the Social Service of the can be dropped fully equipped to early date for their consideration USS seemed to think that due to ship or plane survivors or cast­ and action. The time has come the slack shipping period they aways. The boats, carry clothing, when we must realize that our could have the men on the beach blankets, medical supplies, blood Organization is a big one and we plasma, smoke signals and rock­ must equip ourselves in a busi­ ets to discharge buoy lines. The ness-like manner to handle all of boats are being built in the Hig­ our members' affairs, should ihey gins Michaud plant which had wish! been converted to turn out C-46 The days of lax organization Commando planes. The War De­ are a thing of the past. It is not partment, however, cancelled the only much more economical to contract for thg planes last Thurs­ operate in a business-like man­ day. Federal Telephone & Radio ner, but also, AND THIS IS IM­ PORTANT, it insures our mem­ Corporation, Newark, N. J., has bers better representation in any announced the develo^iment of a dispute that they may have and high frequency packaged radio guarantees their gains by prompt with a range of from two to Will the holder of receipt No.* twenty-four megacycles,' accord­ 34464 aqd the holder of receipt action. ing to the New York Journal of No. 34465 please call at headquar­ BEEFS SETTLED'' Among the disputoj^ which I Commerce. ^ ters office, or write in and state The set was specially brought what dues and assessments were mentioned last week was the one on the SS MASARYK, Seas out for Victory ships and as a re­ paid. Shipping Co. We have settled sult the vessels will be equipped^ These receipts were issued by the most of these and the follow­ with long, intermediate and short C. Haymond aboard the SS Fining men can collect the listed wave radio equipment, with the ley P. Dunn, Waterman Line, amounts: G. W. Grossman, $477.- whole installation contained in. which paid off in Norfolk. Va. 16; C. Ziegler, $478.98; W. Zytz, space much smaller than once oc­ John S. Bryant will you please $479.53; W. Hardin, $467.60; N. cupied by a ship's relatively communicate with your mother Krivitsky, $438.61; W. Brown, meager installation of intermedi­ at 300 Brannan Street. San Fran­ ^478.98; W. Foster, $286.77; W. ate, sending arid receiving appar­ cisco 7. c/o J. Theo. Erlin Co. She is extremely worried. Halco, $264.18; A. Pariseau, atus. New Type Rescue Boat Is Produced 'SVill Equip Victorys With Small Radio Attention! �Friday, August 25, 1944 THE The SiU Building Assessment il Recently a $10.00 BUILDING ASSESSMENT WAS PASSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ON A REFERENDUM BALLOT. The membership voted for this almost unanimously! Don't beef at your Union Agents and Patrolmen when ap­ proached for payment of this assessment. The membership which we are all a part of voted for this because they believe: 1: That Union Halls owned outright by the Union's membership are a back-log to the Union's finances. * 2: That such properties will help the Union and keep it from the action of the shipowners, who would un­ doubtedly attempt to influence hostile landlords dur­ ing time of strike or lockout. 3: That such halls are the property of the members themselves and should be the finest possible to gain. 4: That such Union Halls owned by the Union should give the members and the membership better condi­ tions in their own shipping halls while they are on the beach. 5: That they want to have clean, well ventilated Union Halls in which they can hold their meetings, check their baggage,. spend their time while ashore, read, have leisure and past-times such as cards and checkers. 6: That the Union shall progress and carry forth a comphrensive program of education in the best man­ ner in the best quarters obtainable. 7: That the Union shall be independent of any out­ side influences and shall truly belong to the mem­ bership. 8: That they may have Union halls where the mem­ bership can plan economic' action for the betterment of their own wages and conditions when required. Since the membership own the Union and control it by majority vote, and since the passing of the Building Assess­ ment was by referendum—it is a membership edict that must be carried out! NOTICE! DEANNE O. BRUMMUND Your mother, Mrs. Ruth Brummund, has moved to New York and is now living at 221 East 30th Street. * * * Max Katz. James Sawyer, John Rodriguez, John Miller, Nicolas L. Fiola, Wayne Adamson, Floyd Cunningham, Harry Chiselka. These men took out books on SS BIENVILLE. Please pick up re­ ceipts at 2 Stone St., Room 502. • • • CLAUDE H. RANDOLP:— Write your Sister in Galveston, Tex., at once. I am divorced and wish to hear from you.—^Marie. THOMAS TISHNER Oiler, on SS Tulas, has 59 hours disputed overtime coming. Pay vouchers have been mailed to his home address and he can collect same by signing and re­ turning them to the South Atlantice Steamship Company in Sa­ vannah, Georgia. Will Ernest Benton, former A.B. on the SS WILLIAM JOHNSON, please communi­ cate with fhe undersigned promptly. S. C. Berenholtz 1102 Court Square Bldg. 3 Baltimore 2, Md. SEAPARtlt!y LOG Page Three SUF-Srimembers Union Clamps Down Show Their Valor On Salvage Job On Ru les For Stewards' Shipping List (Continued from Page 1) Pursuant to the final resolve in a resolution passed by with ever-present danger of at­ tack by plane or submarine. ail ports, all Stewards and the so-called "Key-Ratings" in "The flooding of the THOMAS any department must register at the Union Halls for em­ G. MASARYK's cargo holds, ployment and ship from the rotary hiring lists. which created an ungodly stench Any failure to abide is shown in the resolution's pen­ when the water mixed with such alties, as follows: items as hundreds of cases of The resolution signed' by G^^eenlee 21066, S. M. Arruda dried egg powder, fuel oil and other imsavory mixtures, dhd not enty-nine members, andwas pass­ 22512, Thos. E. Maynes 22367, J. simplify matters. The heat was ed, reads as follows: M. Schell G298, D. S. Beachley terrific, and the men worked un­ BE IT THEREFORE RESOLV­ 24369, John H. Morris G309, W. C. der the worst conditions gener­ ED, that any man registering at Francis 20832, P. T. Lykke 21466, a company office or bearing a P. F. Werstlein Pac 186, B. F. ally. "Nevertheless, all hands did a letter of recommendation to a Sellers G202, E. Taylor 30264, H. wonderful job. At no time did specific job be fined Fifty dollars C. Michels 7602, L. Gonzalex 3247, any of the merchant crew take ($50.00) and be suspended from P. O. Peralta 21397, R. Anderson more than 20 minutes out for the shipping list for a period of Pac 39, J. W. Prescott G114, C. J. meals, working generally 14 to sixty (60) days for the first of­ Sobczyk 27763, H. Peters 4478, V. 16 hours a day. They realized fense, and for the second offense Vomias 27712, F. De Haney 24385, that time was vital, both to take be fined one hundred ($100.00) D. Horn G166, W. H. Moore 5960, advfintage of good weather and and never be allowed to ship in a H. Ward 26009. to get away before our presence rating as key man again, and became too obvious to the Luft­ Joe Glick 7516, W. J. Kirby 852, waffe, based in Targe numbers in L. Paradeau A 9, L. F. Hoth 22018, Crete, only 130 miles away." A Nozva 21522, J. R. Velasquez Captain Greene paid warm 20424, S. S. Celon 22896, Henry tribute to the aid of the British Buckmann 22899, J. Cruz Jr. in the salvage operation, declar­ 3538, Jose G. Lopez 4874, M. ing: Lanchron 4197, M. A. Duchan "It was a spendid example of 22566, Thomas W. King 24238, J. inter-Allied cooperation, as they E. Brown 6794, H. Nelson 7016, WASHINGTON, D. C. — The worked alongside the American E. Schweiger 864, S. Heinfiing merchant crewmen in heat and Pas 30, P. Silverson 38731, E. Maritime War Emergency Board slime and muck, the job inter­ Flowers 23876, L, Williams 21550, announced this week that certifi­ spersed by just enough good hu­ L. S. Johnston G53, F. F. Seufert cates-of presumptive death have mor, mild ribbing and wise-crack­ 24020, G. Blanchette 31257, Mar­ been issued for the sixty-seven men who were kUled in the Port ing, to keep morale very high. tin 25278, A. H. Lopez 38898, R. Chicago, Calif., munitions explo­ After all possible salvage had Corcla 27374, P. H. Parsons 27751, sion of July 17. been made the WILLIAM M. Louis Pinnilla 29166, E. G. Hurst MEREDITH proceeded to an 22716, C. F. Locknish 30414, A. These men were of the crew5 African port to unload but that Lorrie 25334, S. S. Ary 24572, W. of the steamer E. A. Bryan and was not the last Captain Greene Darough 21981, N. C. Cashewf steamer Quinault Victory, both was to see of the THOMAS G. 21732, E. Kelch 6523, R. E. Porter cargo vessels operated by the War MASARYK. A short time later Jr. 10786, A. Collett 24602, S. Shipping Administration. The the derelict was refloated and Frey 28438, F. D. Foster 26801, C. Quinault Victory was loading for towed to Port Said but the Suez R. Watson 23186, W. E. Culliman her maiden voyage. Canal authorities hesitated to per­ 24952, H. L. Babbitt 10243, W. The deck crew and officers of mit its entrance, due to her me­ Gentry 7689, A. Michelet 21184, the E. A. Bryan were members of chanical condition. A. V. AUiusi 28495, S. Turner the Sailors Union of the Pacific It was finally agreed that it 7199, E. Anoyo 6933, W. G. Rue- and the Masters Mates and Pilots, could go in if Captain Greene rap 27402, C. H. Starling 6220, respectively. would assume personal respon­ Ray White G57, J. Algina 1320, C. There are only twenty-six sur­ sibility and provide 20 crewmen E. Cummings 23347, L. IJ. John­ vivors out of approximately 100 from the WILLIAM M. MERE­ son 108, E. R. Smith 20057, W. men comprising the two vessels' DITH. More than 20 promptly Hamilton 3400, C. B. Masterson crews. The disaster is considered volunteered and the transit by 20297, J. H. Houners 256, J. one of the worst maritime disastow was successfully made. The Shuler, GlOl, C. G. Haymond ters in modern history, the board vessel then beached for repairs. G98, W. Paul Gonsorchik 749, H. said. Port Chicago Disaster Dead Held Official The "No Strike In Post-War Period" Slogan AN EDITORIAL (Continued from page 2) without meaning when examined in the light of reason and past experience. To accept such a slogan at its face value, with­ out question or deep consideration will prove disasterous to the Good and Welfare of the American seamen^—all Unions and non-Union seamen alike. TRADE UNIONISTS KNOW — GIVEN DECENT WAGES AND LIVING STAND­ ARDS UNDER CONTRACT, i.e.—the up­ holding and betterment of existing contracts established at great cost and suffering—THERE COULD BE NO NECESSITY FOR STRIKE ACTION! (For the re-education of the Stal­ inists who have forgotten their "Marxism" and Trade Unionism we repeat—Strike action is the LAST RECOURSE OF THE WORKERS AF­ TER ALL OTHER MEANS HAVE BEEN EX­ HAUSTED.") This is a fundamental axiom of Labor. No worker, seamen or otherwise, loves strikes for strikes' sake or undertakes such actions. STUDY THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH WELL AND THINK, BROTHERS! as you have never thought before. Do the Stalinists envision the DRIVING DOWNWARD OF AMERICAN STAND­ ARDS IN THE IMMEDIATE POST WAR PERIOD? ARE THEY PREPARING TO GO ALONG WITH THE EMPLOYERS IN DRIVING THE AMERICAN WORKERS DOWN­ WARD TO THE CONDITION OF SERFS? Are they cleverly preparing their WAY NOW IN A TIME OF WAR TIME EARN­ INGS (such as they are) TO ACHIEVE THE 'CONSENT AND CAPITULATION OF THE AMERICAN SEAMEN TO THEIR ADVANCE POST-WAR SCHEMES? Their slogan has all the earmarks of fraud— premediated and connived at—against the Wage m liH m and living standards of the American seamen and the American people. The Stalinist Unions, (especially the NMU) are tottering—the mem­ berships unstable — the financial structures frozen—their future hazy and uncertain—their survival in doubt. IT IS IN THE LIGHT OF THIS BACK­ GROUND WE MUST JUDGE THEIR NEW­ LY COINED SLOGAN—"NO STRIKES IN THE POST WAR PERIOD." WHOM ARE THEY TALKING TO? Their close "cooperation" and Labor Front policies with the employers during the War convinces observers that the slogan is coined for the benefit of the EMPLOYERS—that they are talking TO the employing interests. In simple terms: THEY ARE OFFERING THEIR SER­ VICES TO THE EMPLOYERS UNDER THE EMPLOYERS' TERMS IN RETURN FOR CONTINUED POST-WAR SUPPORT AND (Continued on Page 4) m �THE Page Four Canadian Seamen's Union Charter Revoked By SIU's. Convention Order (Continued from Page 1) dressed to the executive commit_tee of the SIU of NA, the CSU refused to comply with the con­ ditions set down by the New Or­ leans convention. Instead they went into lengthy details as to their desire to support the SIU and the AFL labor movement and cited the fact that they affili­ ated with the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada prior to the chartering of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America, by the AFL. Two of the top officials of the CSU, Mr. Pat Sullivan, president and Mr. Dewar Ferguson, secre­ tary-treasurer attended the con­ vention at New Orleans last March and again denied all com­ munist filiations and especially NMU sympathy. However, when '"requested to make a statement declaring they were hostile to the NMU and that it was a dual or­ ganization and that they would willingly make a statement de­ nouncing the Communist Party and repudiate it, they refused un­ til, as they said, "we have con­ sulted our other officers." The convention voted to allow them 30 days in which to prepare their statement. If at the end of that time they had failed to issue such a statement and sever any and all relationship with the Com­ munist Party, the executive com­ mittee would revoke their chart­ er. ' On May the 16th the CSU lead­ ers sold out their seamen and fish­ erman to the Communist Party. In a letter to the executive com­ mittee of the SIU of NA they re­ fused to condemn the Commun­ ist movement and the NMU as a dual organization, hostile to the SIU and the true united labor movement of the American Fed­ eration of Labor- Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board SEAFARERS Friday, August 25, 1944 LOG When All Has Been Said (Dedicated to the seamen of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and Seafarers International Union for their honesty of purpose and the tre­ mendous job they have done in the war effort.) When the last Historian has laid down his pen And told how our victories were won. When the final salute has been fired From the very last mortar and gun! One scroll of heroes shall outshine the rest The stars on the Shield of our Worth The SEAMEN! God keep them! who sail death strewn seas The.BRAVE! and the salt of the earth! When the last hero soldier is returned to his home To the arms of his loved ones once mpre When the fury and shouting and frenzy has died And Man no longer wallows in gore! When the war's latest uniform has long gathered dust And the gold braid is tarnished and dim Our dungareed seamen will still walk the decks And factories and trade lean on HIM! So here's to Real Heroes in War and in Peace Who call Neptune's Realm their own For i^ips must sail, be it foul or fair And the call of the winds full blown! The salt sea air is part of their blood And the seas face vast and lone Aye! 'tis on the toil of MEN like these That landsmen may prosper—^AT HOME! Top 'n Lift. Honor Roll SS Charles Conrad SS WilUam Strugiss SS Matt Hansom SS John Gallup Granville H. Meirer SS Burleson SS Cecil Bean SS F. Walker SS Joseph Hewes Robert Blanchard F. A. Benson D. B. Greenwood SS Miguil Hedalgo Geo. W. Owens H. G. Alder R. J." Congdon C. Rodriguez E. Gardner Henry Anderson H. C. Cobb ; J, M. Lopez Edward George James Beale $22.00 19.00 i7.uu^ .!... 15.00' 10.00 9.00 8.60 6.00 5,78 5.00 5.00,^ 5.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Total *. $148.38 NOTICES - E. F. FRY!! You have $8.00 in Headquarters ofiice awaiting you which was collected by mistake. This occured in Norfolk. See Theo Thomson. The "No Strike In Post-War Period" Slogan {Continued from Vage o) RE€CX}NITION OF THE STALINIST ?LEADERSHIP" OF THE NMU. Let us pass and ignore their slogan of "FULL POST WAR EMPLOYMENT." GIVEN DECENT CONTRACTS AND FULL EMPLOYJVIENT WHERE IS THE SENSE RATIONALLY OR LOGIC IN RAISING THE CRY OF "NO STRIKES IN THE POST WAR PERIOD?" Yes, Brothers—THERE IS AN ETHIOPIAN ht the woodpile; and here is the clue. (New York World-Telegram, Aug. 18th, 1944). quotes from article by Charles T. Lucey, W-T Staff writer, entitled "Wars Pace Points to Need for early Shipping Parley" subhead "Conflict on Post War Policy still acute among U.S. leaders." "The conflict raises the question of whether the U.S.; rich ia cargo ships, will seek agress-' sively to build up a large merchant fleet, or restrict its operations in favor of Allied na­ tions to which, it is argued by some, shipping is much more important. THERE ARE DIF­ FERENCES ON THIS BETWEEN SOME OFFICIALS OF THE MARITIME COM- MISSION AND THE STATE DEPART­ MENT. (caps this writer's.) "HE (Admiral Land) cited the need to maintain a sizeable merchant fleet AS AN AUXILIARY OF THE NAVY. HE WOULD LAY UP PERHAPS 1000 SHIPS, KEEPING THEM IN GOOD CONDI­ TION, AT A COST OF $4,000,000 per year KEEPING THExM AS INSURANCE. Gov­ ernment officials who DISAGREE SAY OUR ' TONNAGE MIGHT REMAIN THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE THE WAR. THEY ARGUE THAT IF NORWAY, BRITAIN AND OTHER MARITIME NATIONS ARE TO BUY FROM US, THEY MUST HAVE DOLLAR BAL: ANCES, AND THAT SHIPPING IS ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT MEANS If OF GETTING THEM." (caps and italics this writer's.) Here we have the crux of the matter, a dis­ pute which AT BEST means a certain drastic reduction in AMERICAN SHIPPING. On top of the lay-up, in line with Admiral Land's con­ tention, we must also look forward to the trans­ fer to foreign nations of U.S. ships to replenish depleted world shipping due to enemy action. This means further reduction in American bot­ toms if logic means anything. It is in the light of reduced American, ship­ ping perspectives that the Stalinists raise the slogans of "Full employment in the Post War period." KNOWLEDGE OF THE ABOVE FACTS DOES NOT DOVETAIL with their slogans. Under cover of their demagogic slogan to de­ lude the seamen, they are attempting to make DEALS WITH THE SHIPOWNERS DE­ SIGNED TO INSURE THEIR SURVIVAL AS "UNIONS." Their deeds RUN CON­ TRARY TO THE CATCH-PHRASES. Their slogan 'Wo Strikes in the Post War period" is a real one designed for the ears of the shipowners. "Full employment in the Post War period" is an effort to delude the seamen. THEY STAND READY AND' WILLING TO DO THE SHIPOWNERS BIDDING AS THE PRICE OF RECOGNITION AND SURVIVAL, f HE GOOD AND WELFARE OF THE AMERI­ CAN SEAMEN IS NOW IN MORTAL PERIL. The rank and file of all Maritime Unions, OF ALL CIO UNIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, must awaken to the danger and the meaning of the Stalinist "No Strikes in Peace Time" slogan. The seamen must repudiate pres­ ent and post tuar overtures against wages and living standards launched under cover of war by the CLIQUE WHOSE FUTURE AND CON­ TROL IS AT STAKE. The Communists must be repudiated in all Unions by the workers—especially all maritime Unions. Their cliques and machines in fhe Maritime Unions must be blasted from office or defeated. Their endeavors to mislead THE RANK AND FILE—TO SPLIT THE VARI­ OUS UNIONS ASUNDER — TO CREATE BLOC AGAINST BLOC—can only work in the interests of the employers in the post war period opening the way to a general lowering of wages and conditions. This MUST BE EXPOS­ ED AND CRUSHED. The rank and file must awaken and CHAL­ LENGE THE LOGICDF THE "NO STRIKES IN PEACE TIME" PLEDGE WHICH CAN ONLY HOLD GOOD IF TRANSMITTED TO WRITING VIA CONTRACTS BY THE SHIPOWNERS. UNLESS THE POST WAR WAGES AND CONDITIONS GUARANTEE SEAMEN DECENT STANDARDS AND THIS IS TRANSMITTED TO WRITING BY THE EMPLOYERS COVERING THE POST WAR YEARS DIRECTLY - AHEAD, THE STALINIST SLOGANS ARE A DANGER SIGNAL. ' These are questions to ask Comrade Waltei; Stack and the rest of his ilk in the various Mari­ time Unions. Can they produce post war written contracts undersigned by fohn Shipowner? Will they go down the line with Union men to uphold decent wages and living conditions on American ships in the post war period? Or will they FINK on the tuorking class and sell them out as the price of shipowner-Stalinisi Labor Front "cooperation" with the officialdom of these ClO-controlled Unions? v Which road will they take? If these political parasites on the back of, La­ bor aver that they will go down the line to up­ hold decent standards then WHAT NEED OF THE "NO STRIKE IN THE POST WAR PERIOD" PLEDGE? LET US BE WARNED. FORWARNED IS FOREARMED. , � 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 August 25, 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. 26 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CANADIAN SEAMEN'S UNION CHARTER REVOKED BY SIU'S CONVENTION ORDER ANTONINI LEAVES FOR ITALY SUP-SIU MEMBERS SHOW THEIR VALOR ON SALVAGE JOB MARINE HOSPITALS TO GET QUITA EXEMPT GOODS NEW HALL OPENED BY SIU IN JACKSONVILLE LAKES SHIPPING RISES ALF- BUILT SHIP GETS CITATION THE "NO STRIKE IN POST-WAR PERIOD" SLOGAN NEW TYPE OF RESCUE BOAT IS PRODUCED WILL EQUIP VICTORYS WITH SMALL RADIO THE SIU BUILDING ASSESSMENT UNION CLAMPS DOWN ON RULES FOR STEWARDS SHIPPING LIST PORT CHICAGO DISASTER DEAD HELD OFFICIAL WHEN ALL HAS BEEN SAID Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/25/1944 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/05dfda6f1d725311601963ac387612b6.PDF ba3fa0d9a8da28fc8038fb88540a4b2f PDF Text Text OFFICIAL OBOAN 07 THE ATLANTIC AND GUU' DISTBICT. dEA7ABEBS' INTMcNATlON^ UNION Of NOBTfi AdSEBICA VOL VI. NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1944 No. 27 SIU Settles $11,200 In Week's Beefs US Seamen Again Lauded For Their Fart In Invasions New York Officers Of Union Work'As A Team To Make Strong Gains For Membership NJEW YORK, N. Y., August 31—Disputes which will show the membership of the Union that the organization is actively working for their interests were settled here this ^ WASHINGTON, D. C., August 28—American mer­ week, Paul Hall, port agent, announced here today. The result of the settlement of chant ships with their civilian crews continue to make a these disputes amount to nearly $11,200 in cold cash for the members involved Brother vital contribution to the successful invasion of Europe as Hall said. He further declared that the settlements which are from many different ^ Allied armed might pours over the Southern beaches of companies and from many differ--* France, the War* Shipping Administration announced today. ent ships of each company — many of which were sent in from Hundreds of American freight-• goods and troops to hold the es­ other ports — were obtained by ers were among the 641 vessels which the Navy has announced flew the American Flag in carry­ ing the invasion forces and their supplies to the Southern beaches of Hitler's "fortress Europe." The ships carried men, combat equip­ ment and supplier and will con­ tinue to reinforce the beachhead as it is enlarged. During the early days of the Normeuidy invasion more than 150 American merchant ships, averaging about 10,000 dead­ weight tons each and largely made up of Libertys, carried men and material to the beachhead. With them were nearly 120 Brit­ ish merchant ships of similar ca­ pacity and a large number of smaller British craft. American and British seagoing tugs played an important part in the invasion effort. s Despite heavy enemy fire the volunteer civilian crews of the American Merchant Marine took their ships in. They worked long hours operating deck machinery to unload cargo and delivered the tablished beachheads. The difficulty and dangers of Sheir task was reflected in letters to the crews by Admiral Sir Ber­ tram H. Ramsay, Allied Naval Commander - in - Chief, Invasion Forces, and Vice Admiral E. S. Land, USN (Ret'd), War Shipping Administrator, commenting on a job' well done and successfully completed in support of our arm­ ed services. Many of these same ships have continued to operate shuttle ser­ vice across the channel and the supplies and men they carry have been largely responsible for the sustained speed of the present drive toward Paris. Large num­ bers of ships have left Atlantic coast ports to unload their car­ goes on the shores of France. Three-fourths of a recent large convoy was flying the American flag, in contrast to the last war when the greater part of Ameri­ can men and supplies was car­ ried on foreign flag ships. the thorough teamwork display­ ed by the New York Branch of­ ficers. "Working as a team," he said, "the patrolmen tackled the many problems encountered by the dis­ putes. Where one officer of the Union was unable to carry through a dispute because of pressure of other work another officer took it up and held on until final settlement was made by the company involved." . He continued that many of the patrolmen and Union officers had worked many hours overtime to collect the monies due to the members. "Sometimes they would stay in a company office until eight or nine P.M.," Brother Hall said. "Even at that they were prepar­ ed to stay there until morning to get the disputes settled. They worked on the principle that where the members had worked overtime, if necessary, the officers (Cqnfinned on Page 3) Belgians Re-establish "SIUAt War" National Trade Union Flying Lifeboat Booklet Out Off the press and already dis­ tributed is the 48-page booklet, "SIU At WAR," a graphic story of the part SIU men have played in the fight for freedom. Dedicated to the more than 1900 SIU seamen who have died along the sea routes to the fight­ ing fronts, this booklet contains outstanding stories of the war at sea. , ^ Of particular interest to the • older members is a description of a voyage to the Carribbean in the days before convoys and off­ shore patrols, when ships sailed alone, unarmed, through waters lined with U-Boats. There is also the story of the Robin Moor, first American ship sunk by enemy ac­ tion in World War 11^ the story of . the City of Atlanta, from .which only three men survived; the Star of Scotland, SlU-manned windjammer that was sunk by an enemy sub in the South Atlantic, and many others. The Belgian National Trade Union which was dissolved by the Germans in 1940 has been re­ established in secret, according to the London radio, and the United Nations Information Of­ fice. . The new organization is issuing circulars to help the resistence against the enemy, and has also composed a manifesto proclaim­ ing the principles of the Belgian workers' party. IMPORTANT! The membeiship assembled at all Branches of the Union have many limes gone on rec­ ord that all members of the organization shall pay their dues in the port of payoff. Refusal to follow this policy of the organization will result in charges being brought against members violating this rule. Designed For Sea Rescue Work A new power-driven plywood lifeboat designed to be dropped from planes to sea-stranded per­ sonnel has been developed by the Army Air Forces Material Com­ mand, according to an article which appears in the August is­ sue of Air Force, official AAF service journal. Successfully tested in the Gulf of Mexico, the 27-foot, air-rescue craft now is in mass production. It provides shelter, carries food and clothing and enough gasoline and sail to permit a 1,500-mile voyage in the roughest weather. Light, strong cables hooked to conventional bomb shackles hold the boat snugly against the un­ derside of the B-17 fuselage from which bomb bay doors have been removed. Standard bomb hoists aid in, attachment process which requires only thirty minutes. America Joined ILO lO MONTREAL—In the ten years in which the United States has been a member of the International Labor Or­ ganization, a number of tangible benefits to labor have resulted, the ILO said in a statement marking the tenth anniversary of this country's membership. Pointing out that America join * ed the ILO on August 20, 1934, officers on merchant ships, and following a joint resolution pass­ annual vacation with pay. The conventions on the marine ed by the Senate and the House authorizing the President to ac­ industry were introduced for thecept an invitation to join, the of­ greater part by the late Andrew fice recalled that, through Samuel Furuseth, founder of the Sailors Gompers was active in getting the Union of the Pacific, AFL, and ILO started, this country did not long a fighter for the American come in until fifteen years after seamen as weU as for those of the rest of the world. the organization was set up. Though most of the world has been at war for five of the ten years since the United States joined, and the annual confer­ ences were suspended from 1939 i until this year, a number of tan­ gible benefits have resulted. More than a hundred Americans, rep­ resenting the government, union labor, or employers' organization WASHINGTON, Aug. .29. — have attended conferences. President Roosevelt today auth­ New Merchant Marine Awards Authorized Before the war, the U.S. Senate orized a" series of awards for the ratified five ILO conventions, all merchant marine, including a applying to maritime employ^ ment - setting an eight hour shipping Administrator for working day; a minimum age (15 distinguishing itself during the years) for child labor at sea; ship according to the Associated owners liability m case of sick- p^ggg ness, injury or death of seamen;| A ribbon bar citation was cre­ minimum requirements of pro­ ated for officers and mqn of ves­ fessional capacity for masters and sels honored for "outstanding ac­ tion against attack or in gallant action in marine disasters or other emergencies at sea." . The order also established a meritorious service medal for Future meetings of the Sea­ award to officers and men for farers International Union of "conduct or service of a meritori­ NA in the Port of New York ous character, but not of such an will be held on the 3rd floor of outstanding character as would the new hall of the Union' at warrant an award of the Merch­ 51 Beaver Street. ant Marine Distinguished Service The location is easily acces­ Medal, established by an act of sible from the old quarters of April 11, 1942. the Union at 2 Stone Street, Until two years after the war being only a few block away. the administrator was authorized Any officer of the Union will to issue a distinctive service rib­ direct any member enquiring bon to crews serving at any time the location. between September 8, 1939 and L -cember 6, 1941. ATTENTION! J,-- r <i\ �r;--^-ii THE Page Twp SEAFAREKS LOG Friday, September 1. 1944 WKSrS BOEIG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OP NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Around the Ports way civilized is to make just one beat the members of a certain' more trip into the port of New ship out of their subsistence, and Afffliaied with the American Federation of Lahqn York on an SIU ship. He will by he finally ended up by getting a V/e had our first meeting Mon­ that time be converted the same cab, (it must have cost him $5.), day night at oiu: new HaU and as some of the rest of them have and delivered the money down to we bad one of the largest meet­ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President the men at 7:30 P.M. at night. been. The Hard Way. ings we ever bad before at a 110 Market Street, Saa Francisco, Calif. "Lo and behold! But did the Branch meeting in this Port. All SHIPBOARD BEEFS hands were very pleased with the We still hfive quite a few ship­ •Waterman Company catch Rell JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. set-up there and were very proud board beefs here with .disputes from the Coast Guard. They were P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City of the layout throughout the new that range all the way from chiseling or trying to, on the Se­ "cooks who can't cook, to bucko curity Watches. building. MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - 'Washington Rep, The Coast Guard copped a It was only fitting that at the mates who have to be educated." sneaker on two of the Waterman 424 itb Street, N. W., Washington, D. C In addition to this, it appears first meeting In our new Hall rust-buckets, late at night, and that we should have in this that all the old rustbuckets are brother, oh Brother, they reaUy going to pieces at one time and Branch the largest week in the tagged the Waterman Line. What Union's history as for business as fast as one comes in, we have a the outcome is, we do not know list of repairs about as long as and shipping. And to top it all at the present time, but I am po­ and make a grand - slam, this your arm to take up and have PHONE . ADDRESS BRANCH sitive that "Mr. Waterman Com­ Branch also had the largest the companies fix so as these NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwHng Green 9-3437 pany" will really pay a nice fine. BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 amount of beefs ever settled in a same scows will be livable for The same said outfit is really BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 the crews who take them out. week. PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 squawking about Stewards hav­ NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 . The total number of disputes And Brother, if you don't think ing to ship through the Union NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 that some of these rustbuckets SAVANNAH 2 18 East Bay St. Savannah 3-172b ran over $11,000. TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 are not absolutely filthy and Halls, and in fact, they are JACKSONVILLE . , 920 Main St. Jacksonville 5-1231 There is no need in duplicating scummy, then you ought to go squawking about most every­ MOBILE !! 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 the men's names and amounts on board some of them. SAN JUAN. 28. P.R.. thing. The Company was inform­ PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 due, so all of you fellows, look in . -GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 It is getting tougher and tough­ ed that they could get their this week's LOG under the money er to crew such jobs up. Eventu­ eleven cent Stewards in the past, due list, and see as to how, when ally some of these companies are but that now we were going to and where to collect the money going to wise up to this fact.j send them real Union Stewards. PUBLICATION OFFICE: settled in your favor; although a Then they'll drag them into dryThat big song hit—"BLUES IN ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET few have already collected. THE NITE" must have been writ­ dock and give them a genuine New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 There is no need in saying that going over from stem to stern so ten for and by Waterman, for •267 in knocking out these beefs, it that they can get competent men they are really singing same took a lot of the local placards' to take them out, instead of full along with day and night. George M. (OVERTIME) Thom­ time. The Patrolmen in this crews of tripcard men who don't Branch are really doing a bang- know what the score is and who as, and H. (Screwblal) MiUer up job by handling the affairs of bring them into port in even a from South of the Border, or to be exact, New Orleans, came up the membership and all of 'em rottener shape. to the Smithfield Ham village, are due a vote of thanks from the GREENISH COMMIES and just before departing these membership as a whole for the I noticed a couple of green hard work they have put in here looking objects walking down the shores, they politely informed the guys in this port that they recently. street the other day and upon Due to shipping being so good examination, it turned out to be were leaving Norfolk, as there Pursuant to the final resolve in a resolution passed by here, and the fact that I men­ a couple of the local Commies was too much action here, and that they were going home to all ports, all Stewards and the so-called "Key-Ratings" in tioned same before, quite a few from down NMU-way. It seems rest. You did a good job while any department must register at the Union rfalls for em­ of the boys from outports are now that the Seafarers in rigging up you were here, O.T. and Screw­ drifting in. Among the many fa­ such a beautiful layout as we ployment and ship from the rotary hiring lists. ball, so keep up the good work miliar faces that came in here in in our new building, is caus­ wherever you may be. Any failure to abide is shown in the resolution's pen­ the past week or so are: Curly have ing these guys no end of grief. The Hall is all painted out, and Rentz, Keith Alsop, Red Sim­ alties, as follows: Their big selling point to the when some of the older men who The resolution signed by sev-*^ ^ 28495. S. Turner mons, Eddie Janowski, Andrew public up this way in the past have been shipping out of here €nty-nine members, andwas pass­ 7199, E. Anoyo 6933, W. G. Rue- Bailey, J. B. Ross, Oscar Grimes, has been of their so-called c^me in, you just hear them yelp: ed, rea(is as follows: rap 27402, C. H. Starling 6220, and Harold Nelson, all old Sea­ "union" hall's layout. Until we "Holy Cow," but is this the same got our new place, we were in no • BE IT THEREFORE RESOLV­ Ray White G57, J. Algina 1320, C. farers members. haU we had last year. But all These boys seem to like the big position to compete with them on kidding aside, Brothers, there is ED, that any man registering at E. Cummings 23347, L. N. John­ a company office or bearing a son 108, E. R. Smith 20057, W. town and no doubt, they will be that basis*. Now we not only really a great improvement in the letter of recommendation to a Hamilton 3400, C. B. Masterson shipping out of here regularly compete with them, but can put Hall, and we are going to try and them completely in the shade, keep it that way. specific job be fined Fifty dollars 20297, J. H. Houners 256, J. P. now. and we can do it without sound­ ($50.Q0) and be suspended from Shuler, GlOl, C. G. Haymond We had a case the other day a Harry (Doghouse) Harnsdorf is Ibe shipping list for a period of G98, W. Paul Gonsorcbik 749, H. lot of the -boys would get a big ing any party lines. in our midst down here, and Yours for better Seafarers every now and then, he pays a sixty (60) days for the first of­ W. Greenlee 21066, S. M. Arruda kick out of if they had been fense, and for the second offense 22512, Tbos. E. Maynes 22367, J. around. We had a mad-dog Skip­ Union Halls and more green visit to the Hall, and when he be fined one hundred ($100.00) M. ScbeU G298, D. S. Beacbley per on an Alcoa ship in and at Commies. takes off his hat, we turn off all PAUL HALL. Agent lights, as he has lost the other and never be allowed to ship in a 24369, John H. Morris G309, W. C. the pay-off time, the guy acted rating as key man again, and Francis 20832, P. T. Lykke 21466, as though he was a complete bug. two hairs that he had on his head Joe Glick 7516, W. J. Kirby 852, P. --F. Werstlein Pac 186, B. F. He wanted everybody to know when he left New York. Incident­ NORFOLK L. Paradeau A 9, L. F. Hotb 22018, Sellers G202, E. Taylor 30264, H. that he was strictly god almighty ally, the guys are now calling him A Nozva 21522, J. R. Velasquez C. Michels 7602, L. Gonzalex 3247, and an absolute master, not only Things ai-e rolling along pretty "SPOTLIGHT DOME." on the ship he was on, but on well in this old Virginia Port, and 20424, S. S. Celon 22896, Henry It really does look nice when P. O. Peralta 21397, R. Anderson everything within his eyesight. Buckmann 22899, J. Cruz Jr. many members are coming in you read the minutes from the 3538, Jose G. Lopez 4874, M. Pac 39, J. W. Prescott G114, C. J. The Patrolmen here, using their from other ports such as Tampa, other ports and see that "build­ Lancbron 4197, M. A. Ducban Sobczyk 27763, H. Peters 4478, V. usual system, managed to hold Mobile, New Orleans and others. ing fund" rising. It certainly 22566, Thomas W. King 24238, J. Vomias 27712, F. De Haney 24385, this bum down long enough to Shipping has picked up quite a denotes, our strength, Brothers, E. Brown 6794, H. Nelson 7016, D. Horn G166, W. H. Moore 596C-, handle the crew's disputes to bit in the past ten days or so, but and when we manage to buy E. Sebweiger 864, S. Heinfling their satisfaction and then left we have a shortage of key men Union Halls in all of the key H. Ward 26009. Pas 30, P. Silverson 38731, E. in all three departments, and es­ ports, you can rest assured that the ship. Flowers 23876, L. Williams 21550, This guy evidently took it the pecially a shortage of coal burn­ we won't have to worry about L. 3. Johnston G53, F. F. Seufert (coloredl, so if any Landlords who can be controlled hard way because a few days ing firemen 24020, G. Blancbette 31257, Mar­ later, it appears that one of the of you coal burning firemen care by the shipowners, throwing us tin 25278, A. H. Lopez 38898, R. Coast Guardsmen told him to to, you can just come to Norfoljk, out in case we do something that Corcla 27374, P. H. Parsons 27751, JAMES DONOVAN, Book 32566. quit smoking on deck and im- and hit the front door with your they don't like, when this war is Your book is being held in New mediatly the Skipper, who was gear. Louis Pinnilla 29166, E. G. Hurst over. 22716, C. F. Locknisb 30414, A. York, as you did not pick it up still sore at having to shellout at A few old-timers showing up This Palooka Hunter of the Lorrie 25334, S. S. Ary 24572, .W. at pay-off of the SS Henry Rice. the pay - off.' He went into his great South Atlantic Line came down Norfolk way is always in • • • Darougb 21981, N. C. Casbewf song and dance with a loud, loud into the Port of Norfolk with the order, so just hit the front door PRESTON WITMORE 21732, E. Kelcb 6523, R. E. Porter cry of "I AM THE MASTER!" idea of putting over his chiseling with your seabags. Jr. 10786, A. CoUett 24602, S. Regards to all SIU Brotjiers. Will you please send in W. This didn't make him any the tactics, but when the smoke had Frey 28438, F. D. Foster 26801, C. Wilcher's Book No. 21655 to New more popular and this "dearly cleared away on two of the SA's overseas; on the beach and where R. Watson 23186, W. E. Culliman York Branch. Your application beloved" character is now resid­ wagons, he was a sad and very ever you , may be, so with steady 24952, H. L. Babbitt 10243, W. for Dup. Book is being held here ing in the local calaboose. much disillusioned gazuni, and he as she goes, Gentry 7689, A. Micbelet 21184, until called or sent for. CARL M. ROGERS, Agent All he needs now to be half­ even went so far as to try and Directory of Branches Union Clamps Down On Rules For Stewards' Shipping List NOTICES NEW YORK �p Friday, September 1, 1944 THE SEAFARbUa LOG Page Three A Labor Day Message SIU Settles $ 11,200 By GEORGE MEANY Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Labor •jr As another Labor Day comes around, the millions of men and women who comprise American labor—together with the workers of . all nations that stand with ns in the effort to put an end to the barbarism of Hitler Germany and fascist Japan —- take justified satisfaction in the great changes which the war picture has undergone since twelve months ago. These changes—changes all for the better— could not have taken place, as the head of one of the United Nations has publicly acknowledged, had it not been for the astounding production in the war plants of the United States by America's production soliders. In Week's Disputes SS R. McNEELY M V BOONE ISLAND South Atlantic SS Co. Moran Towing Co. Watches broken—Bangor, Me. F. Russo, $43,45; E. Garcia, Deck Dept.: P. C. Bailey, AB. 12- $123.24; T. Linton, $50.56; C. Mc4, 198 hrs; J. Sobjebko, AB, 12-4, Farlane, $26.07; E. Schon, $30.81; 198 hrs; C. Digenva, OS, 12-4, 198 G. Service, $45.03; M. Franggos, hrs; W. Osmonski, AB, 8-12, 136 $42.93; C. Starke, $56.09; D. Evans, hrs; B. Hamliem, AB, 8-12, 136 $48.98. Collect at Company Office. • • « hrs; D. Richardson, OS, 8-12, 136 hrs; B. Crawford, AB, 4-8, 259 M V POINT VINCENTE hrs; M. Todd, AB, 4-8, 259 hrs; W. Moran Towing Co. Hutras, OS, 4-8, 259 hrs. Collect J. Sappanfiend, $3.16; S. Caseat Company Office. rez, $20.54; A. Dumas, $1.58; W. • • * Bean, $18.96; A. Ahrens, $15.01; Our duty here at home is to do everything that lies SS WILLIAM PATTERSON S. Ahrens, $3.16. Collect at Com­ within our power to guarantee that the victory is brought Bull Un& pany Office. * * * about sooner. For every day the lives of some young Am­ Aben Moxey, Chief Cook and M V YAQUINA HEAD John Gibbons, 2nd Cook. Di­ ericans are being snuffed out by Axis guns and bombs. Vic­ Moran Towing Co. vision of $55.8. Collect at Com­ tory advanced by only one day will bring home safely to C. Owens, $18.17; C. Dixon, pany Office. their families hundreds—perhaps many thousands—of Am­ • • • $56.09; N. Raines, $55.69; Z. G. ericans who otherwise would not return. Stephenson, $12.46; E. E. Benton, SS ALCOA BANNER $44.24; H. Steele, $41.87; D. E. Alcoa SS Co. Some charge that there js complaceny on the home Five weeks' linen money for Bales, $52.93; G. D. Olive, $41.08; front. Perhaps complacency does exist in some sections of the entire crew. Collect at Com­ A. Snyder, $21.33. Collect at Com­ the home front. But if it pany Office. pany Office. • • • exists anywhere it is not SS CRAWFORD among the men and wom­ Amer. Range SS Co. en who have been serving Alfred Cedeno has 1 day's pay, so valiantly on the produc­ no 2nd cook; R. E. Edmondson SS BABCOCK "No Strike—Post-War" Bridges has 21 days' pay, night cook , and tion lines. The continuing Bull Line baker sick; J. B. Arroyo has 27 flood of war production is W. G. Geiger has 264 hours due And "No Bonus Now" Curran Both dance to the tune days' pay, no galley boy; Robert the direct result of the un­ for standing throttle watches Of certain things foreign. Cavender has 63 days' pay, no remitting, efficient and de­ aboard ship. Collect at Company utility man. Collect at Company They're scavenger boys voted efforts of America's Office. Office. » » » Of the Browder Brigade wage - earners and consti­ * * The cut-rate concessionists SS FRANK R. STOCKTON SS T. G. MASARYK tutes proof positive that Of secret deals made. Calmar SS Co. Robin Line there is no complacency ....Charles Bobbins, AB and Don­ G. W. Crossman, $553.99; F. What price Labor standards? within the ranks of labor ald Gin, AB have a division of Padila, $354.36; W. Zytz, $559.26; There's Stalin to save I but on the contrary, a OS's wages, 14 days—June 17 to The N. Krivitsky, $484.54; E. Cinna- " Future of Russia office. clear realization of the im­ 30. Collect at• company mon, $512.65; W. A. Foster, $309.Is all that they crave! • • 09; H. Stevenson, $83.13; W. portance of working hard SS ROBERT TOOMBS They give you fair promise Brown, $518.80; W. Hardin, $534.and producing much. South Atlantic SS Co. Of a far future day 62; E. Pariseau, $371.06; W. Halko, GEORGE MEANY Coupled with our feel­ Disputed overtime now payable While employers seize pork chops $315.13; J. M. Starr, $15.64; C. ing of joy at the progress of the United Nations along the to C. E. Mainers, $162.82; S. An­ In the midst of the fray. Ziegler, $515.95. Collect at Com­ highroad to victory over those who sought to enslave the toinette, $116.60; W. Rush, $61.86; They're volunteer shipowners pany Office. « * » world is a feeling of profound concern" at the almost total R. Krowe. $37.17. Additional over­ Who shoulder their grief time for first assistant's failure to SS WILLIAM PATTERSON failure to date on the part of industry and government to break watches will be payable in With mask of "Labor leaders" Bull Line do anything more than talk about the problem of giving a few days. Collect at Company Instead of a thief. Paid off Aug. 10, 1944—WUUam decent jobs in the days of peace to the many millions of ex- Office. They're now "Extra Legal" Alston, 100 hrs; Rosevelt Stewart, » • » war workers and ex-servicemen. Of inconcfusive and sweetAnd flag-waving blighters 100 hrs; Alfred Layne, 100 hr$. ALCOA PILOT Hoping to be made Collect at Company Office. sounding prattle the American people have had a great deal, Alcoa SS Co. » but of realistic, practical action to guarantee that war's end A Thompson, AB; M. Wright, Tomorrow's Gauleiters. SS JOHN HAY will not mean widespread unemployment there has been Bos'n; N. Temple, AB; D. Herlihy. Wrapped in the Flag Bull Line scarcely any. ' > AB; T. Overland, AB; E. Bum- They must curry favor Three oilers: D. Denoyer, 47 owski, AB; S. Birkland, AB; 2 And deliver the profits hrs; F. Koster, 83 hrs; R. Carlson, For more than two years the American Federation of hours each at $1.10. Collect at To the shipowners' flavor. 79 "A hrs. Collect at Company Of­ Labor has served repeated warnings to industry and gov­ Compauiy Office. fice. They Pledge to Longshoremen: » » » ernment that full employment, achieved in time of war, • » V Post-War balls and chains SS R. McNEELY SS BEN CHEW must be made to prevail also in time of peace. This is not While .they cut seamen's Bonus South Atlantic SS Co. Calmar SS Co. And sing their refrains! merely something for which workers and veterans will be Watches broken beef, Bangor, H. Eaton, Oiler, 4 hrs; J. M. wistfully hoping. On the contrary, this is something they Me. Engine Dept. R. Chandler, Volunteers for the Bosses Clark, Oiler, 4 hrs; W. Roux, Fire, will insist upon having. Oiler, 8-12, 136 hrs; V. H. Kessler. Free tools of Reaction! 4 hrs; T. Breunan, Fire, 5'/i hrs; , Oiler, 12-4, 198 hrs; R. Reynolds, Traitors to the workers F. Peralto, Fire, 4 hrs; A. W, Having sweated and bled to preserve the nation, hav­ Oiler, 4-8, 259 hrs; L. L. Thack- And a sinister faction. Thompson, AB, 4 hrs; J. Silkowing seen with their own eyes how prodigiously the country's ery. Fire., 8-12. 304 hrs; W. D. sky, AB, lJ/2 hrs; F. Werling, OS, The secret idolaters industrial plant can produce for war, they will have no Durance, Fire., 12-4, 304 hrs; B. Of 4 hrs; M. P. Galusha, OS, 4 hrs; the Stalinist creed patience whatsoever with alibis allegedly explaining why Henricksen, Fire., 4-8, 304 hrs. With Party-line standards K. Nikula, 4 hrs; D. Webster, 4 Collect at Company office. hrs; J. A. Sersen, Oiler, 4 hrs; F. full employment was not achieved. Selling out workers' need! * * * Werling, OS, 43 hrs; R. Belzer, SS JOHN HAYE "No Stcike—Post-War" 'Arry On this Labor Day of 1944 we warn again that after AB, 5 hrs. Collect at Company Bull Line And "No Bonus Now" Curran Office. the war there must be work for all who want work. For Missing utility men for 28 days, Exposed by Life's sunlight V Americans of this decade, unlike those of the years 1929 now payable to A. Delgado, util­ As ripened and rotten. and 1930, will not sell apples on street corners or queue up ity; Standmore Bell, mess. Divis­ for free soup. When a thing is necessary Americans will ion of $81.66. Collect at Company Away with these fakers Pipe hands ship and shore THOMAS TISHNER put up with it cheerfully. But Americans of 1944 know Office. • • » Uphold honest standards Oiler, on SS Tulas, has 59 that mass unemployment is not necessary, and knowing With one mighty roar. SS JEAN hours disputed overtime coming. that it is not necessary they will not tolerate it. Bull Line Pay vouchers have been mailed Away with these agents "One missing utility for 2 months to his home address and he can The hour is late, but there is still time to make ade­ and 5 days, payable to Herbert Of the false, phony creed collect same by signing and re­ And purge these corrupters quate provisions for peacetime production and peacetime Smalls—^William Jenkins. Divis­ turning them to the South Atlanemployment of every war veteran and worker—there is ion of $189.58. Collect at Com­ To fill workers' need! tice Steamship Company in Sa­ pany Office. still time if we move fast from here on. vannah, Georgia. —Top'n Lift. (Continued from Page 1) of the Union would work over time to collect the money due." The settlements range from the collection of disputed over time to the illegal breaking of watches; lack of security watches divisions of wages for men short in different departments; failure of officers to break watches as provided for in the .Union's con tracts; as well as linen money for crews, and payment for a fire man-watertender having to stand a "throttle-watch." Some of the settlements made for the individual members amount to as high as $559 while many of the amounts that were in dispute were of a much lesser amfiunt. All monies are payable at the respective offices of the compan­ ies involved. A full list of the disputes settled follows hereun­ der: siiiiii Money Due Two Vultures Norfolk n iI �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG New Friday. September 1, 1944 ATTENTION! WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28—More efficient operation of the Merchant Marine is anticipated tiirough use of a "Captain's Technical Library," now being placed on each merchant ship, the United States Maritime Com­ mission announced last week. Recommended by the Crews NOTICE Will Ernest Benton, former A.B. on the SS WILLIAM JOHNSON, please conununicate with the undersigned promptly. S. C. Berenholtx 1102 Court Square Bldg. 3 Baltimore 2. Md. Quarters Committee, a group of* 28 technical publications has been of USCGS Charfs; Four Nautical Almanacs; Azimuth Tables, and selected for the library. ^ H. O. complete Set of Number Texts chosen were designed to 214. be of assistance to Captains in wartime operation of merchant vessels. Ready reference is pro­ vided on many important subjects affecting the ships of the Mer­ chant Marine. Initial selection of books for the library include-s: Standard Seamanship for the Recently a $10.00 BUILDING ASSESSMENT WAS Merchant Service, F. Riesenberg; PASSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SEAFARERS Robinson on Admiralty; The Raft, INTERNATIONAL UNION ON A REFERENDUM BALLOT. H. Gaty; Pacific Hand Book, E. The membership voted for this almost unanimouslyl G. Mears; Weather Around the Don't beef at your Union Agents and Patrolmen when ap­ World; I. R. Tannehill; Bible proached for payment of this assessment. The membership • (large print); Master's and Mate's which we are all a part of voted for this because they Manual of Naval Architecture, believe: Manning; Oil Tanker Operation, 1: That Union Halls owned outright by the Union's Hillman; (for tanker's libraries membership are a back-log to the Union's finances. only); Medical Care For Seamen 2: That such properties will help the Union and keep At Sea, W. L. Wheeler; Seamens' it from the action of the shipowners, who would un­ Wage Computer Tables, B. Mar­ doubtedly attempt to influence hostile landlords dur­ tin. ing time of strike or lockout. Publications printed by the 3: Thed such halls are the property of the members Government Printing Office were themselves and should be the finest possible to gain. also included: U. S. Navigation 4: That such Union Halls owned by the Union should Laws, Modern Ship Stowage, give the members and the membership better condi­ Load Lines, Manual For. Safe tions in their own shipping halls while they are on the Handling of Inflammable and beach. Combustible Liquids; Buoys in 5: That they want to have clean, well ventilated Union Waters of the U. S.; Aids to Mar­ Halls in which they can hold their meetings, check ine Navigation; Pilot Rules for their baggage, spend their time while ashore, read, Inland Waters Coasts and Gulf; have leisure and past-limes such as cards and checkers. Rules of the Road; Laws Govern­ 6: That the Union shall progress and carry forth a ing Marine Inspection; General comphrensive program of education in the best man­ Rules apd Regulations Prescribed ner in the best quarters obtainable. by BMIN for Ocean and Coast­ 7: That the Union shall be independent of any out­ wise Manual of Shipping Econ­ side influences and shall truly belong to the niemomics; and Form Manual Used in bership. Shipping, not as yet published, 8: Thai they may have Union halls where the mem­ will be added to the ships' li­ bership can plan economic action for the betterment braries. of their own wages and conditions when required. Books issued by the HydroSince the membership own fhe Union and control it by graphic Office and the U. S. Coast majority vote, and since the passing of the Building Assess­ Guard in the librai-y include: ment was by referendum—it is a membership edict .th^ Bowditch; Table of Distances; must be carried outl Catalog of H. O. Charts; Catalog The SIU Building Assessment Seamen Must Have Passports By Nov. 15 WASHINGTON, D. C.—^All American seamen must have their passports in accordance with a recent ruling o£ the State Dept. announced by the War Shipping Adminis­ tration here late last week. The decision of the State Dept. requires all American seamen on vessels bound for foreign ports to carry their passports^^ after 6:00 A.M., November 15, passports by the August 15, 1944 date. 1944. The detision applies to all citi­ The ruling also states that up zens or nationals of the United to November 15, but not after States signing on all vessels in that date, a receipt for a passport the United States ports and bound application will enable a seamen for foreign ports. . to sign articles of a foreign-going Application forms are available vessel as previously provided that for those who have previously the receipt is not more than six made attempts to get their pass­ months old. ports and have had them forward­ The six months' limitation on ed to other ports than they enter­ the acceptability of a receipt in­ ed on return from a voyage. The stead of a passport became effec­ new form will allow the Collec­ tive August 15, it is said in the tor of Customs to have passports announcement. for such seamen forwarded to The extension of the deadline them at their new port of payoff. was granted after representatives A sample of this form is shown of the Union pointed out the im- below and can be obtained in posibility of all seamen obtaining the Union's Halls. Date. Collector of Customs ,.,1944 Port to which Seaman Requested Passport to be sent Dear Sir: . Will you please forward my American Seaman's Passport to the Collector of Customs at , where 1 will call for it. ' 1 am enclosing twenty cents in postage stamps. Please send my passport via air mail. Very truly yours. Signature of Seaman Name Address Place of Birth .; Date of Birth Certificate of Identification No.... or Continuous Discharge Book No.. What Labor Day Means ; AN EDITORIAL 'i • Labor Day in this year is particularly signifi­ cant for it marks the fifth Labor Day in this war: And as a matter of fact it marks the an­ niversary of the start of hostilities almost to a day! For it was only a few days prior that Hitler unleaseil.his Nazi hordes upon Poland and started a war that has inflamed the rest of the tuorld. This war was made possible by the StalinHitler Pact of August 23, 1939, and was in­ tended to overwhelm the democratic countries according to the sneers of the Soviet Cnmmunists in Russia and their Stalinist counterparts in Am­ erica and throughout the rest of the world. From the war's inception until the historic attack of Hitler's armies upon Stalinist Russia itself in June, 1941, the American Conamunists were busy trying to sabotage the democracies. And many of them were doing that through their control of CIO Unions of which they pro­ fessed to be the "leaders." One notable example of such attacks upon the democracies came from the National Maritime Union and its so-called ^'leadership" which has been exposed countless times as being Stalinist demagogues. For they not only attacked the war effort of that time and the state of American prepared­ ness but they also attacked the conditions of the workers under their control and doped them with propaganda. THEIR HEADLINES SCREAMED IN COUNTLESS WAYS AND SABOTAGED THE AMERICAN SEAMEN'S EFFORT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES ADEQUATELY FOR SAILING SUBMARINE INFESTED SEAS. Not so similar were the NMU's so-called "leaders' " screams after Russia was attacked by the Hitlerian "divorce." But their .sabotage of the seamerds conditions continued and still does! ' Demagogues and parasites they can be called but certainly not labor leaders—for they would sabotage the seamen again, and again, and again, to make sure that their political ideas get across. They have consistently tried their tricks and have been as consistently defeated by the wide awake efforts of the real leaders of the real sea­ men's Unions—the SIU-SUP of the American Federation of Labor; for which Labor Day was founded! The American Federation of Labor pioneered Labor Day to bring .about the right of free trade Unions, democratic education and the rights of all individual workers: Things that the stooges of Stalin in America have always dispised, even though they would today set themselves up as the great "super patriots." The NMU's so-called leaders fall into the Stalinist category and have long been the tools of totalitarianism. AS SUCH THEY ARE THE TOOLS OF THE BOSSES AND ARE SHOW­ ING THAT CONSISTENTLY BY THEIR TODAYING TO THE SHIPOWNERS AND THE PETTY BUREAUCRATS IN WASH­ INGTON. But the American seamen are wide awake to the NMU's misleaders and know that they don't represent Labor much less represent Labor Day. Forewarned the American seamen are fore­ armed and are waiting the time that these par­ asites are swept from the labor scene and back into their pettyfogging political fold where they belong. This is indeed an historical Labor Day! For the Victory of American Labor can be made sure! ' � 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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NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1944 No. 29 SIU Proposals On Electricians' Wages OKayed NOTICE . During the paying off of two South Atlantic ships in Philadel­ phia. at the Army Pier 98-S. the SS HOWARD COFFIN and the SS JOHN GORRIC. and during the usual confusion and excite­ ment that accompanies a pay off job. one union brother picked up a one hundred dollar bill off the desk, either by accident or other­ wise. We have an idea who it is. but so as to not cause any ill feeling I am asking the brother to be man enough and send it back to me. This is causing me a great deal of inconvience. I have to make good to the Union this amount. Therefore, I hope the brother when he reads this will realize that he took a hundred dollars out of my badly needed pay. If the money is sent back I will acknowledge it in the LOG. and no questions asked. So hoping this man will have the decency to live up to what Union stands for and send me my hundred dollars. Fraternally. RICHARD CROPPER, Philadelphia Patrolman War Labor Board's Shipping Panel Approves Demands For Pay Rates And Conditions By JOHN .HAWK Sec'y-Treasurer Atlantic and Gnlf District, SIU of NA On July 24, 1944, at Washington, D. C., Joe Volpian and myself represented the Union at a meeting called by the War Shipping Panel of the National War Labor Board. for the purpose of hearing our dispute re: WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR CHIEF ELECTRICIANS AND 2ND ELECTRICIANS, on "CI," "C2," "C3," and "C4" type vessels with the Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc., Waterman Steam­ ship Corp., American-Range-Lib-^ erty Lines, Inc., The Seas Ship­ ping Co., Inc., South Atlantic 2. Steamship Lines, Eastern Steam­ ship Lines, Inc. Union Proposals were as follows: per month Chief Electrician ....$207.00 3. 2nd Electrician $184.00 1. The Chief Electrician shall be directly respon.sible to the Chief Engineer or first Assist­ ant Engineer. The 2nd Electrician shall work under the direction of the Chief Electrician, except when tending winches, at which time he shall be responsible to the Engineer in charge. 4. When cargo is being worked They shall do no work other with electrical winches after f than electrical work and shall P.M. and before 8 A.M. over­ not be required to work on time shall be paid to electric­ steam or diesel end of any ians on duty and they shall be machinery. requested to do any work Electricians refusal to do elec­ necessary to keep electrical trical work, when such work cargo handling machinery in operation. renders them liable to elec­ trocution, .shall not be deemed 5. When Electricians arc requir­ refusal of duty. ed to install any additional equipment, it shall be classi­ fied as overtime and paid for at the regular overtime rate. This clause, however, shall not apply to renewals or re(Continued on Page 3) NWLB Shipping Panel Enlarged The war shipping panel of the National War Labor Board has been stiffened by the appointment of one new industry member and seven new alternate industry members, it was reveal­ ed this week by the American Merchant Marine Institute. The one remaining industry member and the eight other in­ WASHINGTON—The six American labor represen­ dustry alternates have been re­ tatives who have just completed a two-week visit to the appointed. Taking the place of European Theater of Operations conferred with the Hon. Edward J. Barber, president of Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War, on their re­ the Barber Steamship Co., who resigned recently. Earl A. Jimiturn and presented to him a letter expressing their appreci­ son, manager of Lykes Brothers ation for the opportunity of mak-" Steamship Co., has been appoint­ of our soldiers. It shall be our ing the tour, and pledging their . . determination to see "that our mission to see to xt that otm Army ed regular industry member to Army never lacks for the things "ever lacks for the things it serve with J. B. Bryan, president of the American Shipowners As­ it needs," it was announced this needs. We shall strive to bring sociation, who was reappointed. week. » the war to the eax-liest possible The following new alternate conclusion so that our troops may "The opportunity to learn first­ members have been appointed to (Ccmtiniied on Page 3) hand the awful significance of to­ represent offshore shipping: B. G. tal war has not been a pleasant Furey, chief of operations, Moore, experience," the letter stated. McCormack Lines; Captain J. M. "We return with a new compre­ Jameison, manager of the oper­ hension of war's destructiveness ating department of Parry Navi­ and of the extent to which sup­ gation Co.; George Cohee, man­ plies and equipment can reduce ager of operations of the Overthe toll of human lives." lakes Freight Corporation, and The letter explained that the Louis B. Pate, vice president. Seas , labor leaders had been greeted SUPERIOR, WIS.—AFL unions Shipping Co. everywhere as friends and part­ won a smashing victory in a Na­ Representing the Great Lakes ners and that the production of tional Labor Relations Board will be Arthur B. Rathbone, of American labor had received election among employes of the Oglebay, Horton & Co. Inland praise on all sides, from generals Globe Shipyard here. water transportation will be rep­ and privates alike. The AFL vote totaled 1,141 to resented by Alternate John H. The letter concluded, "But we only 319 for/'he CIO. Eisenhart, secretary of the Am­ are not disposed to rest on past William ^ Wright, AFL organ-, erican Waterways Operators, Inc., accomplishments or to count thejizer, reportt i the outcome of the and Richard Specker, of the Na­ war as already wuii. Our own collective bargaining poll tn Pre.s- tional Water Carriers' Associa­ sacrifices and contributions are ^ ident Green, whom expressed tion, will represent tug and barge small by comparison with those pleasure over the result. operators on the Atlantic Coast. US Labor Leaders Pledge Continued Production Effort For Total War AFL Unions Win In Wisconsin Shipyard Election I'-I 3,465 Merchant Ships Now Under Control Of WSA WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—As of September 1, the War Shipping Administration had 3,465 mer­ chant type ships under its control, according to the Journal of Com­ merce. Other shipping statistics given in round figures in a statement issued today by the Maritime Commission and the War Ship­ ping Administration follow: Deadweight tonnage of Ameri­ can merchant marine, January 1, 1942, 11,000,000; deadweight ton­ nage built from January 1, 1942, to September 1, 1944, 38,387,600; number of ships built January 1, 1942, to September 1, 1944, 3,751, including 2,316 Libertys; number of men employed in merchant marine, 165,000; number of mer­ chant seamen dead, missing or prisoners of war as of July 31, 1944, 5,750; long tons of cargo shipped out of U. S. in 1943, 62,000,000, and average number of workers in Maritime Commission yards in July, 1944, 595,000. WSA Outlines New Developments In Merchant Seamen's Voting Procedure WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION New York, New York September 6, 1944 Voting Procedure for yierchant Seamen Through the facilities of all seamen's organizations post card applications for state absentee ballots have been made available to merchant seamen on shore. Bulletins explaining the voting" law have been issued at various gram certain of the bulletins are times. Due to changes in the pro- no longer of interest to seamen desiring to vote. The important bulletins now are No. 4 (with AFL MEMBERSHIP Supplement No. 1), 5 and 7. IS NOW OVER Bulletin No. 4 gives a summary of state voting, laws as they ap­ SEVEN MILLION ply to merchant seamen. The Total membership of the majority of the states will accept American Federation of La­ the post card application for bal­ bor now surpasses the 7,000.- lot. 000 mark. President Green Bulletin No. 5 advises seamen announced at a celebration on merchant vessels that the staged by the Toledo Central Armed Guard Officer is the vot­ Labor Union in honoring the ing officer aboard his ship. Bulletin No. 7 explains the use AF of L chieftain. of the Federal Ballot. Nineteen The 7,000,000 figure repre­ states authorize use of the Feder­ sents members actually pay­ al Ballot by the merchant marine. ing per capita tax to the par­ ent body, and with the re- The Federal Ballot is only an ad­ ditional assurance to a person affiliation of the Internation­ al Typographical Union the who wants to vote. If his absentee State ballot does not reach him a number will increase approx­ Jf'ederal Ballot will be furnished imately 85,000. (Continued on Page 4) �' Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS LOG Friday. Seplember 15. 1944 /^|| WHArS DOING Around the Ports NEW YORK This is only one of the many busy again. All routine beefs advantages offered by our new were settled to the satisfaction of Affiliated with the American Federate of Labor, You have heard the old one hall here. The most important the crews on the various vessels about being as "busy as a one- being the recreation facilities and entering this port. HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Tresident. arm paper-hanger with the the cleanliness of the entire ef­ My last week's report describ­ ed the antics of one of the many hives." Well, Brother, you aint fort. 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. Waterman would-be Bucco Skip­ NEW BUILDING seen nothing yet! If you could only have been around New York The membership in this Port pers. Namely Henry T. Bishop. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas, last week, then you would have is more than pleased with our To date nothing new has devel­ P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Qty really seen what a busy place new set-up and we are all happy oped as to what, further actions looks like. The Branch here just —hoping it won't be long before the various Government author­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. shipped the highest number of we have a union hall like this ities are going to take on him, but 424 ,5tli Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. men ever shipped for one week not only in New York but in Brother John Mogan, Boston and did the most business ever every Port, and if the Building Agent, and Vice President of the done over the same period in the Fund keeps growing as fast as it Seafarers International, submit­ is, then there is no question but ted some interesting and very en­ entire Seafarers history. Directory of Branches This broke the record set here what we will have them shortly. lightening data on Captain Bis­ BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE around three weeks ago. To make Quite a few of the boys have hop, which I am sure will greatly NEW YORK (4) 5 1 Beaver St HAnover 2-2784 it even tougher than that, was been inquiring when we are go­ aid us in getting Bishop his just BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 the fact that the offices were be- ing to throw our house warming dues. Also Brother Hall obtained PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 ng moved over into the new party a la "New Orleans style" some notarized statements from NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (16). .. 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 building and we had to continue and it has been discussed several several members of the crew on CHARLESTON (9) 68 Society St Charleston 3-2930 SAVANNAH 220 East Bav St Savannah 3-1728 "Business as usual." As a result, times at our meetings. All hands the last voyage with Bishop TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tamprt MM-1323 it slowed our affairs up where are of the opinion that we should which will be of great help to­ JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St Jacksonville 5-1231 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 we are operating a couple of days hold this until we have our new wards that end. SAN JUAN, 28, P.R.. behind on settlement of disputes. building laid out to the last "T" However, to get back to Broth­ PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 1885 GALVESTON 2 19 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 which will be second to none and er Mogan's data: BEEFS COLLECTED It seems that Bishop quit We are now in the middle of then pitch a housewarming that all the ships at the time the em, however, and if all hands, will ALSO be second to none. PUBLICATION OFFICE: Submarines and Planes were us­ with disputes in New York, local This sounds pretty good and it ing them for duck hunting sport, 51 BEAVER STREET and outports, will look under the looks as though the fellows and when every one including New York, (4) N. Y. KAnover 2-2784 Money Due List in the LOG this around here are going to follow the WSA, was singing their ~ >267 week they will see the settlement through on it and do the job up praises of the heroic and daring jrown. of disputes. Your for a Greater Member­ deeds of the Seamen. Some of the vessels involved in This Phoney, incidently claims ship. these disputes are the SS JOHN that he returned to sea due to PAUL HALL, Agent MYERS, Alcoa; SS LAFAYETTE, his extreme patriotic fervor after Waterman; SS JAMES GILLIS, working ashore for over two Smith & Johnson; SS CAPE BALTIMORE years for far less money than he AN EDITORIAL COR WIN, Bull; SS LUCY would have earned as a Captain. America stancJs at the crossroads of decision. One road STONE, Mississippi; SS ROBERT Shipping has slowed up some­ Finally he worked up enough leads to Centralzed "Planning" and attendent Dictatorship TREAT, Eastern; and the SS WM. what after a three week spell of courage to ship out again, doing PEPPER, Calmar. Look for your —the other leads to a return to a pre-war status quo with name and the amount due and hectic business and shipping. this, of' course, when the Sub Well this 6eems "to be the regular danger had lessened. economy revamped to the needs of a post-war augmented details under the Money Due List. cycle, so if things run true to During the voyage Bishop was market, domestic and foreign, under a business leadership. The rest of the disputes being form we shall have a two week so scared that he stayed drunk Totalitarian termites are moving heaven and earth to handled in New York should lapse and after that be plenty (Continued m Page i) insure the success of bigger and better Bureaucratic con­ have a decision reached on them very shortly and all hands will be trol and a Government in the United States of America notified by the Money Due List in which will march down the road to Collectivism controlled the following Seafarers Log. By secret tentacles of the Stalinist octopus as the prelude to During the past week, when SS JOHN F. MYERS SS M. T. GOLDSBORO a seizure of power. They are intent on the job of "marry­ we had so many ships paying off,, Donald R. Willis has 32 hrs. Alcoa SS Co. ing" the Administration and through this strategy CAP­ we had for the first time, diffi­ E Sheppard, 16 hrs; P. Reilly. coming. Collect at company of­ culty in obtaining enough rank TURING THE GOVERNMENT FROM WITHIN. The and file Seafarers members from 13 h'rs; R. G. Fink, 8 hrs; S. Jan- fice. • * K plan and process has long been underwayl the floor to act as temporary Pa­ kowski, 8 hrs; J. Marino, 8 hrs. SS LUCY STONE The drive of the CPA, CIO Political Action Commit­ trolmen. The system we have R Tatterman 9 hrs, J. Regan, 8 Mississippi Shipping Co. tees, and so-called "Trade Union leaders" to regiment the been using around here is when hrs, G. E. Miller, 8 hrs. and 2 days' The Steward Dept. can collect votes of American Workers is part of the struggle to cap­ business was very heavy, we pay each for doing Chief Cook's money for extra meals at the would get the necessary number work; T. I. Shelton, 19 hrs; I>. ture control of the American Government with their power of members with the necessary Cruz, 8 hrs; P. J. Olso, 8 hrs; A. company office. • • • extended over the entire nation. The "Trade Union" qualifications to fill in and act as King. B hrs; J. Burton. 8 hrs; W. SS LUCY STONE spheres of operations act as the base of activities. Capture Patrolmen and we must say that H. Valler, 8 hrs. Collect at com­ Mississippi SS Company •of the Government will open the tcay to limitless horizons everyone of these men that have pany office! David Archia, Chief Steward, • • • the potver over the people—over all Unions. They will mold assisted us in this manner so far 121 hrs. Collect at company of­ SS LAFAYETTE American International policies. THIS IS THEIR BID have done crackerjack jobs of fice. filling in. Waterman SS Company • • » FOR POWER. GOOD SHIPPING The 6 AB's who made the last SS ROBERT TREAT Regimentation of American workers is constantly be­ Shipping is so very good here trip each have $6.00 security due Eastern SS Co. ing stepped up by yarious devices. An American seaman lately, however, and the boys them. Collect at company office. E Chapman, OS, 16 hrs; O. * * * carries a Seamen's Certificate, Passports, Coastguard Passes. were turning over so fast, we Rupp, AB, 29 hrs; A. Gosh, AB, SS LAFAYETTE He is mugged and fingerprinted. His life history is on rec- don't have the opportunity to get 3 hrs; H. Randolph, OS. 18 hrs; ord. He must procure a birth certificate if born here, or a man to stay on the beach long Wolfe. Black, Johnson, $21.00 F. Snyder. Carpenter, 1 hr; P. each extra meal money. Vroom, AB, 9 hrs; R. Eley, O.S., citizenship. Records of sailings are kept in Washington by enough to work even one day. Here's hoping that during the • * * 12 hrs; R. Amstutz, AB, 17 hrs. the War Shipping Administration. Time ashore between next big rush we have it will be SS JAMES GILLIS Engine Dept.—W. D. McLaugh­ trips is regulated. He must pass physical examinations by easier for us to get men to fill in. lin. Oiler, 12 hrs; R. Bryant, Oiler, Smith & Johnson SS Co. the War Shipping Administration and records are left be­ We have a very nice set-up 8 Log Beef—William J. Meehan hrs; W. W. Ridgers, Fire, 3 hrs; here in our new building and it hind. He is recorded by a Social Security Number. has had Commissioner's decision J. Rudsill. Fire, 5 hrs; G. McGee, is going to help the membership Fire, 6V2 hrs. These measures are largely necessary and unavoidable, * * to quite an extent. We are ar­ in his favor and can be paid a re­ especially in times of War. We micst add to necessary war ranged so that we can handle any fund of $91.00 by calling at the SS WM. PEPPER time controls, however, the burdens of a totalitarian nature amount of business within our company office. Calmar SS Office • • • placed upon seamen ivho are members of Stalinist-control- building or any amount of ship­ Entire unlicensed pershnttel SS CAPE CORWIN ed "Labor Front Unions." WE SPECIFIC AT TV NAME ping, regardless of how heavy it hnvn 4 weeks' linen money coiU' Bull SS Company gets. ing. THE NMU! Entire crew has $5.00 each due • We are lined up so that we can NMU members are bedevilled by numerous sets of handle disputes as we get them, for lack of linen, with exception Keep In Touch With controls placed upon them by the Stalinist "leaders." They and are able to keep a complete of S. Prestigiacomo, who has $7. due. Collect at company oiBce. (Continued on Page 4) check on them at aU times. Your Draft Board The Face Of The Future MONEY DUE ]r • li-'r.- ,1 ty ii ^ r �Friday, Seplember 15, 1944 War Shipping Panel' OK's SIU Proposals On Electricians' Wages THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three N Y Meeting Another Skipper Lauds Shows Union's SIU Crew's Conduct Progress Under Invasion Fire NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 12— ceived, while seamen sailing on One of the largest meetings ever (Ccmtmud frwn Page 1) NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 14—An example of the placements of wbrn-mit equip­ SIU contracted ships have been held in this port assembled in the actions of all crews of the Seafarers International Union of receiving overtime for this work new hall here last evening to ment. since 1938. the year the SIU was showed enthusiastic acclaim to the NA is seen in a letter from D. W. Hayman, Master of the 6. Their hours of work shall be MV Trinidad Head to the officials of the Moran Towing from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and born. This means that hundreds Union's progress. Several mem­ from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Week­ of thousands of dollars went into bers praised the way that the Co., which was made public today. The letter lauds the spirit with which the SIU mem-* days and from 8 A.M. to 12 the shipowners' pockets instead officers of the Branch had held advancement, which I hope they of the pockets of the rank and up under a record week for fi­ bers carried out their duties dur- will be successful in attaining. Noon on Saturdays. Provided, ing many crossings of the English however, he shall make his file seamen sailing on NMU con­ nances and shipping while under Channel while under the heavy They are all looking forward to a tracted ships. the added pressure of moving; al­ routine inspections daily with­ short vacation and rest, and no out payment of overtime in­ The War Labor Board handed though it was explained that a fire of the invasion of the Nor­ doubt, you will be in contact with mandy beachhead. cluding Saturday afternoons, them this because the NMU rep­ few beefs necessarily were hang­ some of them. You can assure The letter pays tribute to the ing fire due to the press of work resentatives screamed for stabili­ Sunddys and Holidays. them that the manner in which "endurance, cooperation and ef­ and business. zation and used as basis for ar­ they have conducted themselves, The Companies' proposals were gument, SIU contracts which con­ Over one thousand men were ficiency" of the crew as well as and their loyalty has been most as follows:" tained these conditions, stating shipped from the hall as crew pointing out their attention to highly appreciated by me, and I Wages P®r month that they should have the same replacements during the week, as their duties and their soberiety. sincerely and unhesitatingly rec­ Chief Electricians $185.25 conditions. We are glad they got well as sixty ships being handled They are also complimented on ommend them to anyone with these conditions because it bene­ by the patrolmen and agent of their discipline. 2nd Electricians $137.50 whom they came in contact. The Companies objected to fits the rank and file National the Branch. Many of these ves­ The full text of Captain Hay- Last but not least, the Navy most of the Union's proposed Maritime Union seamen but it is sels came in with hundreds of man's letter follows: gun crew have at all times co­ MV TRINIDAD HEAD working rules. Matthew Dushane no credit to the top faction of the hours of overtime in dispute be­ operated with me, my officers cause of technical angles worked Capt. Earl C. Palmer, was the labor representative of NMU. and crew. The manner in which We can look forward now to up by some of the operators' rep­ Marine Superintendant, the War Shipping Panel. The War they have conducted themselves War Shipping Administration, Shipping Panel unanimously the National Maritime Union ne­ resentatives, it was reported. shows fine training and efficiency. To my knowledge and belief agreed on the Union's wage pro­ gotiators to go to the National One Brother commented upon Moran Towing and there has never been any dispute posal and recommended that the War Labor Board and ask that the attitude of some of the mem­ Transportation Co., Inc. or greivance between the gun wages for electricians with chief they boost the electricians' wages bers about Chief Stewards and 17 Battery Place, crew and the officers and crew electricians endorsement for "C" on NMU contracted ships for the declared that: "Crews had better New York, 4, N. Y. of this vessel. They are a fine type vessel be $207.00 per month sake of stabilization. They will quit discriminating against them Dear Captain Palmer: •and that electricians with only go with their hat in their hand as Chief Stewards, since the at­ While on the trip to the United hunch of men, sober, and conduct assistant electricians endorse- and say, "We have been good titude of some of the crews was Kingdom, including the task force themselves in the most gentle­ boys, we have not struck any ves­ forcing them as a whole group and several crossings of the Eng­ manly manner at all times. Part ments be $137.50 per month. away from the Union." The SIU has been fighting for sel but the bad, bad SIU boys The members present concurr­ lish Channel, the trip was quite of these men have been with me for a year, and all of them on this have struck vessels and you this scale of wages for Chief Elec­ ed in his expressed sentiments interesting, but a bit trying at particular voyage, and I find them should give us what you gave tricians on "C" type vessels since and asked that measures be taken times, especially during the inva­ today as enthusiastic as ever. It 1941, finally we have wofa our them." to stop unthinking members sion. However, the entire crew point provided that the National I hope they do get the same aboard the ships from rigging up performed their duties in the would be greatly appreciated by War Labor Board approves of the wages for electricians because charges against Chief Stewards most excellent manner at all me, if you would pass on this inWar Shipping Panel's unanimous the seamen electricians will be that were without any basis or times. Not one man showed the frmation to the proper authorities recommendation, which I have the winners but no credit for ob­ foundation. slightest trace of obstinacy. And, on behalf of these men. Very truly yours, every reason to believe they will. taining same should go to NMU It was also reported in the I must say, that in all the many D. W. HAYMAN, Master. The biggest obstacle that has negotiators. years I have been master of a meeting that many of the dis­ MV Trinidad Head. been in our way in winning this War Shipping Panel's Recom­ putes taken up before the Draft vessel, that my present officers decision is the finky wages paid mendation on the Union Proposed Boards and the Coast Guard were and crew head the list so far as to electricians by East Coast op­ of the type that would benefit efficiency, cooperation and endur­ erators contracted to the National Working Rules: ance are concerned. They have THIS IS THE PANEL'S RULING: the welfare of the members of been sober, have been attentive The SS WM. R. DAVIES was in Maritime Union. the Union. This type of dispute Of course, it is common knowl­ 1. Was denied. "Electricians shall it is noted has been becoming to their duties at all times, there Oran on March 23rd, 1943. All be directly responsible to the prevalent of late months. have been no disputes or friction, members of the crew on this voy­ edge to all old-time seamen that Chief Engineer or, in his ab­ and they have maintained the age have attack bonus coming, the SIU has to pave the way now­ sence, to the Engineer in highest regard for discipline. They $125.00. Please get in touch with, adays via the War Labor Board for Overseas Xmas Gifts have worked hard, and every re­ the South Atlantic Steamship Cow charge." better wages, working conditions quest, as well as my orders, have Savannah, Georgia, for collecting and bonuses, etc., for all Ameri­ 2. Was Granted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12 been carried out in the most same. can merchant seamen like the 3. Was denied. —GI advice to the home folks on whole-hearted manner. CHARLES WAID, Agent Sru has done in the past, but, be­ 4. Was Granted. Christmas presents for boys over­ Some of these men now seek Savannah Branch fore the war, wages and working 5. Was denied. seas sifts down to "What you send conditions were bettered by the 6. Was Granted. is not as important as the fact SIU via strikes while the top fac­ (Refer to points on Page 1) you remembered to send it," the tion, NMU officials sat on their The Companies proposed that OWI announced this week. prats and got their high powered the following provisions be in­ Christmas packages to service­ political machine to blow their cluded in the agreement: men abroad must be mailed be­ horns loud and long about the BALTIMORE (Coniinued from Page 2) gains that they have made for HIRING OF ELECTRICIANS tween Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. the entire trip. He also develop­ PATROLMEN'S REPORTS "The Union recognizes that the seamen. An example of this ed a halucination that the crew is their last triumph published in special training and experience was talking about him, and Brother Dickey's Report: are required in the case of cer­ would sneak up to the crew's Paid off the Chas. Nordoff, and the "Pilot." of the gains they tain ratings on the modern rooms and listen in order to de­ Trinidad Head. All beefs settled made when they were handed down a decision by the War La­ complex vessel. In view of the termine if that was so, and due to to entire satisfaction of crew. Ap­ above, it is agreed that Elec­ bor Board calling for overtime in his fears he made a general nui- proximately 400 hours disputed tricians should be selected by port after 5 P.M. and before 8 siance of himself the entire voy­ over time settled. Visited various the Company from these mem­ A.M. for a man on watch in fire age, demoralizing the crew and ships on routine beefs which were bers of the Union who are room while cargo is being work­ officers with his childish and yel­ adjusted. available, provided such men I would like to commend the low actions. ed. {CotUhvued from Page 1) are suitable to the Company. come home alive and whole." At the completion of the trip delegate on the Trinidad Head, This concession they just reThe Company shall be the sole The labor leaders who toured Bishop brought two messmen up Brother Lloyd Daniels, whom act­ judge of the man's suitability. ETO at the invitation of the Sec­ on charges before the Coast ed in that capacity for the entire' If suitable men are not avail­ retary of War were R. J. Tliomas, Guard. After hearing all the crew, and turned in the best re­ Will George Flinn, Cook and able from among the Union president, UAW - CIO; Sherman evidence the Coast Guard dis­ port we have seen here for a long membership, the Company may H. Dalrymple, president. United missed the charges against the time. If other ships' delegates Galley Utility man on last voy­ secure men for these ratings Rubber Workers, CIO; David J. messmen, and severely repri­ would do likewise it would make age of John T, Mitchell kindly get from any source whatsoever McD o n a I d, secretary-treasurer. manded Captain Bishop for his things a whole lot easier on the in touch with Captain Hedrick, and without regard to Union United Steelworkers of America, demoralizing actions during the officials. U. S. Shipping Commissioner at membership. Men so secured CIO; Eric Peterson, vice-presi­ trip. Brother Macauly's report: Baltimore, Md. This is in refer­ may remain in the employ of Paid off Trinidad Head, Yam­ This occured at Boston, Mass., dent, International Association of ence to a refund on your Log. the Company, provided that Machinists, AFL; Frank Fenton, last year. Needless to state that hill, the latter a Pacific Dist. JOSEPH FLANAGAN, within a reasonable leiiglli of director of organization, AFL; I referred the added Information Tanker. Overtime beefs all settled Baltimore Agent time they become members of and A. L. Wegener, assistant to to the Fifth Naval District. to crews' satisfaction. Visited vari­ the Union." FRATERNALLY YOURS FOR ous other ships in port on routine the president. International F. O. Swendson, Jr. — Your issues, signed on Walter FlemPanel denied Companies' pro­ Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ LESS HOURS. book is being held in New York ming. JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent ers, AFL. posal. for you to pick up. NOTICE Around The Ports Labor Leaders Pledge Continued Total War Effort NOTICES / �Page Four THE New Ships Are Named For 'Raymond V. IngersolF And 'Abraham Rosenberg' The U.S. Maritime Commission has made known that hulls have been assigned for two Liberty Ships, to be desig­ nated the SS Kayinond V. Ingersoll and the SS Abraham Rosenberg, in recognition of War Bond purchases of $5,585,150 made by the members of the Joint Board of the Cloak,. Suit, Shirt and Reefer*: Kings County served for a num­ Makers' Unions in the Fifth War ber of years as the impartial Loan Drive. chairman of the cloak industry. Cloakmakers, in responding to In all the years that he served the call of their country to pur­ chase bonds, and to the call of the cloak trade in the capacity, the union to purchase bonds for his decisions were always direct­ these two Liberty Ships, deem it ed toward the economic welfare, an honor and great privilege to needs and interest of the cloakhave the ships bear the names of makers. Abraham Rosenberg was two such outstanding personal­ the president of the ILGWU in ities as Raymond V. Inggrsoll and the year- 1910, at the time of the Abraham Rosenberg. For, Ray­ great general strike. During that time he was the mond V. Ingersoll, before he was elected Borough President of leader of that general strike of the cloak industry in the City of New York which, was struggling for union recognition, for better union conditions and the moving force of its present great inter­ national. As leader of this strike, NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 6— Abraham Rosenberg helped in­ Another member of the Seafarers spire other trades to fight for International Union gave his life union recognition and improved for the war effort, it was revealed union conditions. Both Raymond V. Ingersoll and here today by his shipmates who survived action on the Normandy Abraham Rosenberg will remain beach-head. His fellow shipmates everlasting in the memory of tell the story of the death of Har- cloakmakers. Complete arrangements for ap­ ley F. Snapp, Jr., a messman, who was killed accidentally while propriate ceremonies marked the ashore on the beach-head on July launching of the Ingersoll at Pan­ ama City, Florida, August 28. The 7, 1944. Brother Snapp, his shipmates Rosenberg will be set afloat on , sayf was killed while helping to September 30 at the yards in South Portland, Maine. get war materials ashore. SIU Man Gives . Life In War SEAFARERS LOG Friday, September 15; 1944 'ABMIRAL" CUHRAN The Greal One stood on the NMU roof And pointed toward the sea "We keep *em sailing," he shouted "They sail because of ME! "I'm winning this war by remote control "By the headlines in our Press "I'll sail those ships though the Heavens fall "And never know distress. "I am the Voice from Teheran "And all points East or West "My political speeches, in this War "Shall feather an Admiral's nest. "The Order of Stalin shall grace my breast "In the days that are to come "The Admiral of the NMU roof "Who put Nazis on the bum! "I and my Captains gaze towards the sea "With the Charts for lands afar "We plot the answers to Human Fate "Browder's quadrant and Stalin's Star! "Oh storms may blow and pumps may clog "And the sea moan o'er the bar "The deadly torpedoes do their work "On ships both near and far— "Whatever betide It don't hurt US "We're Captains' of the Main "With our CPA Chart on the NMU roof "We live and light again. "Terriiic our battles in headline news "We quaff our champalgne at the Rltz "At shipowners' dinners In our behalf "Five dollars per plate and our 'blitz.' "Our own self-praise can show no wane "Our Ink wells never run dry "Planes and loudspeakers at our command "In the name of the men who die. WSA Outlines NewDevelopmentg In Seamen's Votes !IMl (Continued from Page 1) by the Armed Guard Officer af­ ter October 1st. If a seaman is ashore in a foreign port a Federal Ballot may be secured from the American Consul or the WSA agent. To use the Federal Ballot he must: 1. Be outside the continental United States. 2. Have applied before Septem­ ber 1st for absentee state bal­ lot, but not have received it. 3. Be a resident of one of the nineteen states that authorize use of the Federal Ballot as per Bulletin No. 7.' We feel that if too many bul­ letins £u:e displayed they will not be read. Therefore, we suggest that only Bulletins No. 4 (with Supplement No. 1), 5 and 7 should be displayed with this notice. M. A. MENDLESEN, Voling Supervisor, Atlanlic Coast District. WSA SPEAKS ON JOBS FOR DISABLED SEAMEN "We're heroes tossed on political waves "We sail on the winds we blow "We're never at a loss for words "New slogans from us flow!" The War Shipping Administra­ tion announced this week that every possible consideration is being given toward finding jobs for disabled seamen within the .shipping industry at their highest practicable capacity. The Great One stood on the NMU roof With Hlllman's glass in his hand Defeating Nazis by remote control The "Sailor" of dry land. —^Top 'n Lift. Protect Both America and^ Your Money hy Investing It in War Bonds, The Face Of The Future AN EDITORIAL {Continued from page 2) must attend all the NMU's so-called "union" meetings and listen to long political tirades and speeches under rigid penalty of not getting their shipping cards starhped. This is in sharp con­ trast to the AFL SIU-SUP, the real seamen's Unions, which encourage their members to at­ tend meetings and take an active and democratic part in conducting the affairs of their OWN " UNIONS, with minor punishment for failure to attend at least every second meeting. The NMU's rigid control of the actions of its members has worked a hazard on the war effort ty causing many of its members to be thrown to the draft boards for failure to attend the NMU's political rallies—for the member's rights of shipping were withdrawn. Under the RMO rules he was thrown to the wolves as an "inac­ tive seaman." Thus, in the NMU regardless of che particular member's needs—compulsion is the root of his behaviour I the Stalinist "union" rules conflict with the war effort. Manning and Manpower. In spite of the fact that Joseph Curran, Stalinist .stooge, is a member of the War Manpower Com­ mission for the New York area, this totalitarian malpractice—its effect upon men and manning of ships HAS NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT! The reason is easily understood! How many have been "fingered" by the CPNMU control and drafted into the army or driven from the 'industry through this simple J .)•, device—their places on. the NMU ships, filled by green trainees shipped from the RMO pools as replacements (to be handed books in the "Union" later at $2 5 per or all they can collect) will never be known, nor the effects on efficiency and safety at sea. Compulsion under guise of "free contribu­ tions" is now used to separate the NMU mem­ bers from hard earned money which the "lead­ ers" utilize to support the Stalinist-controlled CIO Political Action Committee pledged to the re-election of the present Administration. Not only are the seamen TOLD HOW TO VOTE AND WHO TO VOTE FOR—are forced to pay for this ^'Service." Ironically enough their Soveriegn Rights as American Citizens are sub­ verted by CP Labor Frouters who label them­ selves "fighters for Democracy and Freedom from Axis tyranny." Woe to the NMU member who dares to ex­ press the opinion that the right to vote as he sees fit is inherent in Our system of society and Government and that this right is the soul and spirit of Freedom. Without this Right and the exercise of this Right there can be no freedom, nor can there be a TWO PARTY SYSTEM. And, unless we have a two Party or multi-party system we fall prey to the grip of the ONE PARTY TOTALITARIAN RULE. Through the regimentation of Stalinist-controlled "Unionism" the burden of American seamen is aggravated beyond belief. Older sea­ men in large numbers realized this, based upon pre-war experience with Stalinist political rack­ eteers and quit the "Union" to join their ship­ mates in the ranks of clean American Federation of Labor Unions operated under American prin­ ciples of fair play and understanding. The sup­ erimposed regimentations of Stalinists are avoid­ ed and necessary Government regulations more easily borne as the result. This NMU's doubling of regimentation, filled hospitals with nervous wrecks cracking under the strain of ship and shore "Union" serveillance. They spend necessary rest periods ashore ringing door bells "voluntarily" for the election of Vito Marcantonio even though newcomers kno^ nothing of the man or his Stalinist history. This was the NMU members' assignment in "Political Action" regardless of the state of nerves or the hardships of trips at sea. ' Fighting for the Freedom of Mankind we are in moral danger of losing Freedom at home through the machinations of this sinister, politic­ al, racketeering sect masking their activities with super patriotic phrases while they dodge ships and the draft. America stands at the crossroads of decision. Each and everyone of us are America. The VOTE is our heritage and power. Let us think hard and use it wisely in the interests of the American people—in the interests of true Free­ dom and not the ambitions of a Stalinist pol­ itical clique. � 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 September 15, 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. 29 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU PROPOSALS ON ELECTRICIANS' WAGES O KAYED 3465 MERCHANT SHIPS NOW UNDER CONTROL OF WSA NWLB SHIPPING PANEL ENLARGED US LABOR LEADERS PLEDGE CONTINUED PRODUCTION EFFORT FOR TOTAL WAR WSA OUTLINES NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MERCHANT SEAMEN'S VOTING PROCEDURE AFL UNIONS WIN IN WISCONSIN AFL MEMBERSHIP IS NOW OVER SEVEN MILLION THE FACE OF THE FUTURE NY MEETING SHOWS UNION'S PROGRESS ANOTHER SKIPPER LAUDS SIU CREW'S CONDUCT UNDER INVASION FIRE NEW SHIPS ARE NAMED FORE 'RAYMOND V. INGERSOLL'AND 'ABRAAM ROSENBERG' SIU MAN GIVES LIFE IN WAR THE FACE OF THE FUTURE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/15/1944 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/4ab3036fe34f2a8a159db1d57a183a1e.PDF eaeba3250a6e8d9ffab74a6f7e7264a7 PDF Text Text Vol, vt NEW YORK. 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 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. 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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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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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Title A name given to the resource October 20, 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. 34 Description An account of the resource Headlines: BALLOTING OPENS NOVEMBER 1 LUNDEBERG DENOUNCES RED TAPE HONOR TO S.U.P. 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/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/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/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/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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Title A name given to the resource November 24, 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.38 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ORGANIZING MAKES GOOD PROGRESS HOUSE GETS WAR SERVICE ACT FOR AMERICAN SEAMAN SIU-SUP SWEEPS PACIFIC COAST STANDARD OIL PARTOLAMN FINDS JOHN LA FRAGE PERFECT SHIP SIU FINANCIAL SHAPE EXCELLENT CANADIAN SIU LAUNSHES NEW ORGANIZING DRIVE UNION SHOP BAN DEFEATED IN CALIF; ADL CHALLENGES LAWS IN FLA. 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