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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT,
MICHAEL TYZSkOWSKI
: Bos^n
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
PEDRO LAUREANO
. . . O. S.
DALMACIO HELDRA ... .. .. ... .. A. B^
JULIUS LOUZA
....... A. B.
.2M NEW YORK, N.Y., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942
No. 13
CASPER GALLWITZER
Fireman VOL. IS IV
M. WALTER LITCH . ^.
2nd Cook
EDWARD BURTON .<C..
A. B.
CHARLES VAN NAMEE . . .. .. A, B.
JOSEPH LUSSIER . .
... . . .A^ B.
FRANK LA CASSE
O. S.
EMIL SCHULER
O. S.
HAROLD BROWN
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..... . 0. S.
ALBERT HALBEG
........... Oiler
ORVILLE GREEN ^Oiler
JOSEPH P. MANN r^. . .......... Utility
WYMAN BOYNION
Fireman
CHARLES HOLDER .......
r Fireman
NESBIT CUMMINGS
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Fireman
WILLIAM COX
. Fireman
HERBERG MUNGINS
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Fireman
J. H. M. HUNTE
Steward
BURTON ROGERS
Messman
WILLIAM ORAM . .
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Q. M.
WILLIARD HALL .. .C7.
....... O. S.
CHARLES REIP
O. S.
JOHN HUGHES . . . .<=^.^ . .
. Watchman
THE MARITIME COMMISSION HAS WITHDRAWN THE UNIONBUST
FRANK BONGCAK ^.
Fireman
CLARENCE FENTY
. Chief Steward ING PROGRAM IT THREW IN THE FACE OF MARITIME LABOR LAST
CHARLES KLEM
2nd Steward WEEK!
THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF BRASS HATS, SHIPOWNERS AND
JUAN PABON . /
. 2nd Cook
STALINISTS HAVE BEEN
SET BACK ON THEIR HEELS! THEY HAVE BEEN
ANTONIO FUENTES
Waiter
CANDELARIO RIVERA
Waiter forced to give ground before.the^
retain their rights and conditions ported in last week's Log, had been
VICENTE LEGURO . . . . . . . Crew Mess anger of the workers faced with a —more
in this struggle are drawn up by the War Shipping
VIRGILIO ROSARIO . . ..: . Night Waiter boss offensive intended to reduce coming roimds
up. But it <locs show the Administration immediately after
FRANK ERAZO
Waiter them to the status of slave labor. power of maritime labor once it that Board requisitioned the entire
HARRY W. FINK
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Pumpman
The fact that the Maritime has been aroused to the dangers merchant fleet. The War Shipping
JOHN KOOL
...... Chief Cook Cpmmisison withdrew its oufrage facing it, and organizes in a solid Administration is composed of
CHARLES W. COMPTON
Wiper ous proposals does not mean that and fighting United Front. , shipowpers "on leave" fronq th^
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Adm. Land Withdraws
If
UnionBusting Pians ll
NEW PROGRAM PROMISED BY GOV.;
MEBAMCSMFOWMMPSIUSUP ARE
A UNITED FRONT AGAINST ENEMIES
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the Unions'haW won the fight to
A PICTURE OF UNSUNG HEROES
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THESE SlU BROTHERS DRIFTED IN THIS OPEN LIFE BOAT FOR THREE DAYS AND
jSIIGKTS BEFORE BEING RESCUED. THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE THIRD DAY
JUST BEFORE HELP WAS SIGHTED. THEIR STORY IS THE TRAGIC ONE THAT HAS
BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN — MERCHANT SHIPS PLYING THE ATLANTIC
WITHOUT ARMS (DUE TO SHIPOWNERS' GREED) A^D FALLING EASY PREY TO THE
FIRST SUB THAT SIGHTED THEM.
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THE ATTACKING SUB PUMPED 50 SHELLS INTO THE FREIGHTER MANNED BY
THESE BROTHERS. THEV ATTEMPTED TO RUN DOWN AND RAM THE SUB BUT FAIL
ED AND HAD TO TAKE TO THE LIFE BOATS. THE CAPTAIN, CHIEF ENGINEER AND
THE FOLLOWING SlU MEN WERE LOST: PEDRO LAUERENO, O.S.j JULES SOMCA, A.B.;
DELMICIO HELIRA, A,l.j CASPER GALLWITZER, FIREMAN.
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All maritime unions, with the jobs. They have captured this Gov
e.xccption of the finkyStalinist ernment bureau and under the
led NMU, have banded together cloak of their new authority they
and face the enemy as one. Any hope to smash The unions. Maritime
time an Admiral or a shipowner or labor can harbor no illusions about,
a paid politician called a confer the shipowners changing their
ence he found himself facing rep spots. The War Shipping Admin
resentatives of the following istration will attempt another of
unions: Marine Engineers Benevo fensive against labor. They will not
lent Association; Masters, Mates & be discouraged by their setbacks.
President Roosevelt, in his speech
Pilots; Marine Cooks & Stewards;
Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water to the nation on Tuesday night,
tenders & Wipers; Sailors Union of April 28 th, asked that wages and
the Pacific and the Seafarers Inter union contracts be "frozen" for
national Union. These unions were the duration of the war. But the
from both the CIO and the AFL, reactionary Maritime Commission
but there was no division among would go further. They would not
them. They were solid! The ship "freeze" present conditions and
owners understood that. The ship contracts, theywould smash them
owners retreated—at least tempore,, entirely!.
And what of the National Mari
arily.
time
Union during this period of
In withdrawing their plan for
struggle
to protect labor's gains? '
the elimination of the Union shop
and the slicing away of wages and Silence! The Stalinist leaders of the
conditions, the Maritime Commis NMU, not usually backward when
sion announced that it would draw it comes to shooting off their
up a new set of proposals for sub • mouths, have suddenly been over
come with modesty. The last issue
mission to the unions.
of
T/>e Pilot, dated April 24th,
Admiral Land, Chairman of the
Commission, announced last Mon does not make a single reference to
day that the new proposals would the unionbusting program of the
be ready this week. They have not Maritime Commission.
In his column, "Passing the (?)
appeared as the Log goes to press.
Word,"
Jo^ Curran takes a few
When they do appear there is no
swipes
at
Admiral Land personally
guarantee that they won't be as
finky as the old ones—only dressed but says nothing of the program
up a little prettier. One thing is he tried to force down labor's
certain, however, if they jeopardize throat. Instead, he continues to
the union shop, if they chisel on yell about the Navy taking over
wages, if they scuttle decent work the seamen.
ing conditions, they will meet the The threat of Navy induction
same determined and uncomprom has passed. The workers no longer
ising opposition from the Unions fight that piece of window dress
that the original proposals faced. ing. Why does Curran continue to
The original proposals, as .re
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THE SEAFARERS' LOG
Furnished hv the
SEAFARERS' OTTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORIH AMERICA
Aflontic and Gulf District
'Riiusday, April 80, 1942
THE BOUNTY SAILS AGAIN (or)
A Modem Skipper Attempts to Play the Role of Captain Bligh
'Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERG,
International President
110 Market Street, Room 402, Son Francisco, Ckillf.
ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNINO THIS
PUBLICATION TO.
"THE SEAFARERS' LOG
P. O. 25, Station P, New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOwIing Green 96346
By the Crew of S. S. Gateway City
During the last general meeting held on the Gateway City, it was brought up
under good and wellfare to write an open letter and send it to the Seafarers Log for
publication so our members in the Union would know what kind of a master and
mate we had on the last trip of the Gateway City.
We left New York last October for the Red Sea and at the begining of the trip.
and around New York, we aU^"
the Bos'n $63.66. So you can see
thoughc that the mate and skipper chipping rust and painting, the
how
easy it was to get logged.
were CNIL but it seemed as soon as deck, instead of watphing . :thp
From copy of Bos'ns log—^l
we let go of the lines they both cargo.
days
pay $14.33—bonus $9.33,
He also worked two of the
turned out phoney as a nine dollar
port
bonus
$40.00—total $63.66.
bill.
AB's over the side with the native
The
longshormen finished
the
The ball started really rolling, shore gang he had hired to scale
cargo
New
Years
Day.
Four
of
the
when the Bos'n and one of the and paint the ship's side.
None of the other American hatches were finished before noon
AB's on the 8 to 12 watch put in
for an hour's overtime, for shifting ships in the Red Sea or in Suez had but the sailors were not called out
deck cargo off the deck and put the sailors do any work only what to secure the ship and batten
ting it in the paint locker and the was necessary, like sanitary work down, because it would be over
or batten down, and just a few time for them. So the Mate waited
store r9(Mns forward.
Well, Sir, that must have hurt men standing by just in case of fire. until it was time to sail, then he
Washington, D, C. — Senator strikebreaking, and the use of in his nibs, when they put in for the But we worked every day. Some called all hands and wanted the
Robert M. La Follette tossed a hot dustrial munitions and private po. overtime.
days he would knock us off about booms swung in, pull up the gang
potato into the laps of Congres lice systems.
I overheard the mate telling the a quarter to five and Xmas Eve he way, and let go of the lines, all in
one rush. And as soon as the lines
sional advocates of antilabor leg
In explanation of the proposed Bos'n about it while the Bos'n was let us knock off at coffee time, be
were in he knocked the sailors off
islation.
bill entitled "Oppressive Labor Re mixing paint by No. 3 hatch. Sez cause he wa|it<^ to go to Cairo to
He introduced a bill outlawing lations Act of 1938," Sen. La Fol he to the Bos'n. "So you put in an ride a catnel aud take pictures or again.
a long list of nefarious employer lette said:
hour's overtime for putting that something like that. But we had to The ship left the docks with all
the hatches wide open, beams out
practices uncovered by six yeirs of
."Every absence of a collective little bit of cargo in forward, and fight a nitrate fire in No. 4 hole laying on deck and hatch boards
investigation by the Senate Civil
bargaining agreement, every refusal I put the most of it in myself. Dp and the Mate was not there—that piled up any old way, loose. So we
Liberties Committee.
to bargain collectively, constitutes you think that's right? You fel was about 4 P.M.
The Senator pointed out that if
low's like to knock off early in
And if any one wasn't right had to be careful so as not to go
a
threat
to
production
for
national
the nation has time for the consid
port, don't you? And get a few there at 8 A.M. the Mate would head first into the open hatches in
defense..
eration of any labor legislation in
days off and soon."
run up to the Captain and have the blackout.
"In the war industries the situa
Thp booms were lowered the
the present war crisis, it certainly
The Bos'n explained it to him the man logged and the Captain
tion
is
particularly
serious.
Power
next
day and that was done in a
should take up the banning of
that shifting cargo was overtime, would log two for one also your
ful
groups
having
dominant
posi
rush to save on overtime. When
practices which destroy industrial
and as far as days off and knock port bonus.
tions in the war industries have for
democracy.
ing off early is concerned he could
The Mate had the Bos'n logged we came to lower No. 3 gear, there
It is much more necessary to the years devoted their time, their go right ahead and work us bell to twice there. Once because he was no shackle handy to put the
bull rope on the nigger head. The
welfare of Auieriea lo safeguard the money, their energy and their great bell, that we are union men and if couldn't find
him one morning
influence
to prevent
the exercise
of
Bos'n
started to get one but the
freedom of its production soldiers
we make any overtime, we don't when the Bos'n was on the job all
labor's
rights,
to
avoid
collective
on the job, than to deprive them
want days offfor it or knock off the time looking after the gear, Mate said there was no time to get
of existing rights. Sen. La Follette bargaining and to violate the law early. What we want is the 90 and another time the Bos'n over a shackle, So ht grabbed a meat
of the land which has been on the
emphasized.
cents per hour.
slept himself. The Mate just looked hook. So he used that to lower a
books
since
193J.
After all, we are fighting a world
Well, it was bell to bell after at him in his bunk, ran up, told boom with, but the meat hook
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war to preserve democracy, not to "This is not a lo(»e statement. that. And we lived right up to the the Captain about it. Then the
spread Fascism, the Senator pointed The record of the committee shows agreement, which the Waterman Captain came back and looked at
that a large percentage of the com S.S. Corp. signed with the S.I.U.
out,
him. The Bos'n got up cold sober
The new bill would outlaw what panies involved in strikes during Arriving in Suez, he lived up to and went forward and turned to.
it describes as "antiunion" vigilan the past two years which have been the no days off, and he made sure He .worked about 20 minutes,
tism, blacklisting, employer agree officially listed as having a part in the boys would work. He was right when the Mate told him to go aft,
ments to refrain from collective war production have been guilty of with them all day long, forward that the Captain already saw him
bargaining, "yellow dog" contract violations of the civil rights of straightening up in the fore peak in his bunk, so the two logs cost
practices, and employer coercion to their employes and recalcitrant in
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prevent collective bargaining, along their attitude toward our national
tilt
at this straw man? To divert
with labor espionage, professional labor policy.
the seamen's attention from
the real dangers in the Maritime
Commission's proposals?
We don't profess to know the
answers to these questions. We
can't say what the Stalinist are up
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to in Washington at the moment.
But we do know that they have
As long as we knew Robert Randolph White, (better known as
Three thousand men and women
Washington, April 2. — Con Whitey), he was always bound to get scratched or bruised. On the not joined the United Front of
from air over Brooklyn are expect tracts calling for delivery into ser TEXMAR, the brothers would feel strange if they didn't see some maritime labor! They liave not
ed on Saturday evening. May 2, at vice of 2,300 merchant ships to mark on Whitey. If anything was to fall, Whitey just had to be hit. condemned the Maritime Commis
sion's proposals! And they have
an entertainment and dance in the
After staying ashore for a few months, Wliitey made another
taling 23,000,000 deadweight tons
drawn up a program of their own
grand ballroom of the St. George,
trip and ran into his last bit of hard luck. He was aboard one of the
during
the
years
1942
and
1943
that is almost as finky as anything»
arranged to aid the Catholic Sea
Cuban Distillary ships that was recently torpedoed. He was on the
to come out of the government.
have
been
awarded
to
American
men's Institute of Brooklyn. Pro
catwalk when the ship was hit and was struck with a rivet which
There is no. outward sign of the
ceeds are to go toward a $150,000 shipyards, the Maritime Commis pierced his right eye. WTien the brothers got ashore in San Juan,
NMU
leadership in Washington.
fund for the erection' of a new sion announced today.
Whitey was rushed to the hospital. The doctors found that he lo&t the
But
they're
there—in and out of
clubhouse at 651 Hicks street, in
Ships to be delivered during the sight of both eyes and was suffering with a concussion of the brain.
back doors, holding secret little
the Atlantic Basin area.
two year period iiiclude tankers as Little hope was held for his recovery. It is unfortunate to state that
/tonferences in hotd rooms. But in
Nonsectarian in character, the well as cargo vcssls, and represent we have seen the last of WTiitey, an able seaman and a right guy . . .
spite of their shipowner allies, or
Catholic Seamen's Institute was the greatest merchant "shipbuilding a real SIU man.
rather because of them' the NMU
founded six years ago by Father program in world history. In addi=
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can no longer mislead maritime la
Alphonse Rickert, who was port tion to the cargo and tanker ships,
The President of the U. S. Lines, when interviewed on the pro bor in this fight.
chaplain before Father Farrell. It 700 other craft, such as tugs, gram called, MEN OF THE SEA had this to say about .the Merchant
The MEBA, MMP, MCS, MFOW
holds out a welcome to all seafarers wooden barges, and small power Marine, "My hat is off to the Men of the Merchant Marine. From the
and SIUSUP are in Washington
ashore along Brooklyn's eight miles boats, for which no tonnage is lowest to the highest I salute them ... if it weren't for the men
to fight this thing through to the
of waterfront. They can receive figured.
in the Merchant Marine today shipping would be in bad straits."
finish. They'll fight the Maritime
mail there, and it offers for their
Under present schedules, deliv
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Ccmmissioii, the shipowners, the
convenience and relaxation a bowl ery of iicarly 750 sliips during
Our hat is off to Admiral Waesche, who has informed our officials brass hats and the NMU, singley
ing alley, billiard and ping pong 1942 is expected, with the remain that all the necessary life saving gear, will be aboard every ship, in the
or all atonce. And they'll stay
tables, pafetcria, and reading room. der to be delivered in 1943.
near future.
there all summer if necessary!
SENATOR BLASTS
CURRENT ANTI
UNION CAMPAIGNS
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Retreats
Out o£ the FocsT
Benefit For New
Seamen's Institute
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THE SEAFARERS' LOG
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
WHAT'S DOING
Around the Ports
NORFOLK
SAVANNAH
ATLANTIC and GDLF DISTBICT
111
SecretaryTreasurer's Office
Boom 213 — 2 Stona Street. New York City
P. O. Box 25, Station P
Phmiei BOwling Green 9434B
the answer to such rulings, as we
have had some strong ropes tied
DIRECTORY OF BRANCHES
By
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to us before. At a time when the
BHANCH
ADDRESS
PHONE
seamen are sacrificing their lives
CHARLES WAID
MARTIN TRAINOR
NEW YOHK
2 Stone St
BOwling Green 98946
for their country's welfare this had
Dispatcher's Office
BOwling Green 93430
BOSTON
330 AUanUc Ave
Liberty 4057
to
come
up.
Well,
it
proves
one
Everything running pretty
There is a new ship , coming out
PROVIDENCE
465 South Main St
Manning 3572
thing,
that
the shipowner
is
always
BALTIMORE
14
North
Gay
St
.....Calvert 4539
smooth down here; shipping very in Wilmington, N. C., about the
PHILADELPHIA
6 North 6th St
Lombard 7651
waiting for any opportunity to cut
good for coal burning fireman, 1st of May for the Seas Shipping
NORFOLK
25 Conunercial PI
Norfolk 41083
our throats and will never com
NEW ORLEANS
.309 Chortres St
MAynolia 3962
white and colored, also oilers. Company and T am expecting to
SAVANNAH
218 East Bay St
Savannah 31728
promise—^war or no war.
Shipping plenty of permit card be called on to get a crew together
TAMPA
..... ...........206'So. Franklin St ......"Tampa MM1323
John
Ossmow,
the
Poi
Eating
MOBILE
55 So. Conception St Dexter 1449
njen, as there is no book men on for this ship. If there are any men
Polock, has came home to roost.
TEXAS
aTY
105 — 4th St., No
.Texas City 722
in
all
departments
on
the
beach
in
the beach that will take these jobs.
PUERTO RICO
45 Ponce de Leon
Puerto de Tierra
His Queen gave a
big party,
but he
If there is any of your colored the other ports who want to ship
GALVESTON
2014 Market Street
Galveston 28043
had to throw his hat ih first, as
brothers who would like tow out, get down to Savannah around
usual, to make sine he was being
boating there are plenty jobs here this time as there will be plenty of
welcomed home. Brother Warren
jobs on the board. Shipping in this
for .you.
Buckman still convelcses, but in
. I contacted Joe Martin of the port is still good. Am still having
tends to become a shipowners vic
HAPP'NINGS AT HEADQUARTERS
Martin towing Co. and got the to run all over town trying to find
tim in the near future. The Alleva
boys ($10.00) bonus money for men for the jobs we have open.
By HARRY COUINS
Brothers are around again, and so
the run up the bay to Philadelphia.
are the Day boys. When these trios
PHILADELPHIA
Pretty nice for the inside route.
get together it seems as though the Well, here we go again with the Maritime Union and the men were
Lw and myself are kept busy run
By
Philadelphia Hall was a family af prospects of being taken over by dispatched from there. Of course
ning around the different compan
fair. Nice boys, all of them. That's the notoriou.s "Bananna" Robson as a humble Seaman maybe I am
JOSEPH FLANAGAN
ies settling beefs. Had to go over
and company. It doesn't seem
about all this time.
to Newport News the other day
right to me. Here the Merchant all balled up, but if I am correct
We hail the best tidings the sea
to get the boat away. The only
Seamen are being torpeoed right in my assumption, I thought that
men
of this country has had since
beef they had was soap and towels,
PROVIDENCE
and left, and the reward for it is the men that the Maritime Com
so got that for them and they were history began. The amalgamation
that they have a board in Wash mission would send would be men
By
of 3 5,000 good union men into
off.
ington trying desperately to reward
trained with the Taxpayers money
The boys are complaining of the one unit. Let the shipowner beware,
J, E. LAPHAM
them by taking the only thing that
as
this is
the thing they
have dread
chat
was alloted for that purpose,
living conditions here last year the
they have left — their democratic
ed
and
spent
fabulous
fortunes
to
and .not men from ariother Union,
room they paid ($1.50) for
Well, all Seafarers who have six rights. Yes, as I sit here picking
prevent.
With
the
setup
of
the
week today they pay ($1.50)
months or longer as O.S. can now away with my two fingers I won whose principles are absolutely
nite; there are a few places for sea leadership there can be only one get their A.B. certificates. Captain der if there is any justice after all. alien to that of ours. Of course, it
answer and that is progress.
men that raised their rent just
Of course, we as seamen, real has been rumored around the
This haven of the politicians and Clark, of the Steamboat Inspectors
trifle.
tells
me.
And
any
man
in
the
en
ize that this is a war to the finish, waterfront that the reason that the
Have got eight men out here to buzzards continues to be alive with gine room who has 3 or more
but we are still under the impres M.C. has not got the available
ships with the shipowners vieing
the hospital that would like to
months
can
now
get
a
raise
in
the
sion
that depriving any or all p>ersonnel that is supposed to be
hear from their former shipmates, for my affections in order to get endorsement on his papers. This is
groups
the rights that we are en
They are C, Keller, J. Nene, A the needed victims for their respec a good time for our members to titled to under our present Demo trained with the taxpayers dough,
Brown, A. Grcsham, C. "Walker, tive junk heaps. But my heart be take advantage of that chance so
cratic Constitution, isn't going to is that the M.C. and the N.M.U.
L. Matz, H. Clifton and Jesus longs to me, However, if some un get on your toes and get those A.B.
have been playing ball and that the
bring the war to any hasty end.
wily brothers throws his shipping
Cuellar.
tickets
now.
Speaking of the various created N.M.U. gets the potential working
In closing I would like to again card at me and makes it known he
Been
a
bit
hard
on
some
of
the
boards
that are now in Washington stiffs before these guys have the
remind all coal burning firemen wants such and such a job I am
Rhode
Island
boys,
two
of
them
—all the representatives of the opportunity of finding
out that
usually, able to shanghai him to
and oilers that like tow boating,
said job. Of course, this rarely hap came here in coffins after being Maritime Commission are men that there is a real bonifide Rank and
there are plenty jobs here.
pens. So the blackboard continues shot all to hell in the Atlantic have been and still are alien to all File UNION on the front. I, of
Ocean, two in the hospital, "One the principles of labor. They are course, refer to the Seafarers Int'l
to
be dessecrated with jobs.
BALTIMORE
the managers or operators of some Union of North America. If the
Many beefs have been adjusted missing—all from Providence.
By
since last week, but the prize one
What oiu ships need is bigger of the biggest Steamship Compan M.C. were fair and impartial as
of
them
all
was
on
the
Kopfresi
and
better guns so that they to can ies that are flying the American they should be, seeing as it is the
D. D. Story
Waterman ship. It seems that when have a crack at whoever is trying Flag. The majority of them are no taxpayers money, in all probability
This is the 'first from me since the Navy told them to pull into to blast them all over the ocean. torious as they have fought Unions we would not have this roundie go
I took over the socalled "Piecard the Chesapeak Bay and proceed to And above all, when in port, keep to such an extent that even as to roundie everytime a packet is
job." This port is still running Baltimore with their cargo this your lips buttoned up and let any this date the Unions have been un short of men. (DON'T FORGET
smooth. There are plenty of de constituted an excuse, for them to body ask the questions but do not able to obtain contracts with them. THAT WE TOO ARE TAX
partures but very,, very few ar avoid paying shifting money when give them any answers. Maybe, in We could explain in detail why we PAYERS) and help to pay ior a
they camef through the C & D that way we can have a bit of the don't have these companies under program that is rumored to be de
rivals.
contract, but I really believe that signed to defeat the very principles
Canal
to Philadelphia. Claim being edge on the Subs.
It seems that this port will be
that
it
was
beyond
the
control
of
Things are somewhat quiet with to do so would call for a book and that we have stood and fought for
the crewing up port." We have
about 12 ships here now that are the company. Now this is the flim the Colonial Line, the Maritime I can assure you that the writer is these many years.
a Seaman and not an author.
undergoing repairs. About May ziest excise I have ever heard as Commission has taken them all.
Another thing that strikes me
1st shipping is expected to reach all ships right now are under naval
reflations
insofar
as
their
desti
as a
Seaman as not any too Cricket, TOWBOAT WORKERS
the high level for many a moon.
nation
is
concerned.
I
am
still
is that we have had a training pro
TTiere are quite a number of the
gram for seamen for some time GET PAY INCREASE
new Liberty ships coming out in working on this beef at this in
past now. These men, when they
this port. I am in hopes that all stance, so am unable to give the
were trained were to be allotted to
wipers and ordinary seamen with final disposition on it as yet, but if
Increases of $15 a month in the
the
company
wins
out
it
will
be
a
the
various ships t^at are being pay of towboat workers in the
sufficient time, namely 2 months
built or to companies that were
wiper time and 6 months ordinary jaugernaut to the union. So you
New York Harbor area were an
L. Karewson, Oiler, and C. L.
can bet we will do everything pos
shorthanded. In other words, when
time, will get their ratings.
Vose, Fireman, accepted trans
nounced yesterday by Joseph P,
• , A wiper with 2 months can get sible to get this overtime.
portation and subsistence from a company could not get men, as
An attact as vicious as any ever New York to Mobile to help a last resort they were supposed to Ryan, president of the Internation
a fireman's
endorsement and an
Ordinary with 6 months time can perpertrated has come out of crew up the S. S. May. When call the Maritime Commission and al Longshoremen's Association.
they in turn would allot the re
get a Blue A. B. ticket and a 9 Washington this week. The men they arrived in Mobile they re
The contract was signed by ^thc
fused to sign on.
with
the
long
robes
have
made
a
quired amount of men so as the
month time man can get a Green
Resolution No. 2 adopted at
ticket. So all you men go and do dicision that actually enslaves the the Agent's Conference in Sa ship could be sailed. Well, it has United Marine Division of the
your stuff and get as much dough seamen to say the least. They must vannah provides a $25 fine for come to the attention of the writer union and the New York Towboat
have been looking at the Mien such an offense, and the return that Steamship Companies have Exchange, 17 Battery Place. It is
as possible for your work.
Kampf
book Hitler put out, rather of the transportation and sub
done just that very thing. Now, retroactive to January 1, 1942.
I understand that it won't be
sistence money to the operator.
than
the
Constitution
when
they
here comes that catch, when the
long until there will be life sav
Brother Karewsen and Yese
In addition to providing for the
ing suits aboard the ships. This is made this decision. We can imagine must pay this fine before they Maritime Commission was called
monthly wage rate . increase, tlje
mighty good tiews for the seamen the glee of the shipowners when are eligible to ship on any SlU for men and as they had no men
vessel.
for what reason I do not know, new agreement also dais ior an in
have certainly becu k'cked around this glad tiding was given them.
Well,
we
still
think
our
union
has
they in turn called the National crease of 10c per day in ^fiie "grub
in this respect.
Performers Are
Disciplined
¥
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THE SEAFARERS' LOG
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"MUTiNY" RUSmC
a RLOW TO lOROR
straightened out from " the strain
None of the other American
and about that time the old man ships did any work only what was
came by and saw the meat hook necessary work.
rig and stopped the Mate. And it's The fellows from the other
a good job that he did, because if ships gave us the horse laugh be
the winch had turned an inch cause we had to work as they
By a vote of 5 to 4 the United sharply dissented with the ruling blow to organized maritime laboft
more the boom would have fallen would walk along the decks.
or dropped.
We were in Biera about 12 days States Supreme Court has ruled which, in effect, upholds the "de but also a knife in the back of the
So you see brothers, a meat hook and we were given only one draw that, a sit down strike aboard ship vine right of officers" to handle the National Labor Relation j^ard.
can also be used to save on over and when we got that there was in port constitutes mutiny. The crew as they see fit. Justices Reed, Reactionary employers will no'^
Black, Douglas and Murphy voted
time, besides hanging meat on it. nothing said about that being the
Courts ruling washanded down on to uphold National Labor Relation attempt to use the ruling as i
We arrived in Mombasa to wait last. We figured that he would give
the strike held 4 years ago on the Board Rulings which has required weapon to drive out the NLRB iji
for orders and we laid at anchor us another but he wouldn't give
City of Fort Worth which was the shipowner to reinstate fired strikes which involve socalled
for five days. The Agent brought one red cent more. So we were all
tied up in Houston.
strikers.
"lawlessness." A strict interpreta
out passes and told the Captain it kept broke.
Even though the ship was in an
Tlie
dissenting
opinion,
written
tion of this ruling might be used
* would be OK to let the boys go The Captain said, "I'll keep
obviously "safe port at the time of by Justice Reed, objected to "an to prevent all strikes at all tim^.
ashore. B^ut the Captain wouldn't them broke so there will be lots
the strike. Justice Byrnes' majority iron rule" that would label all'sit
This is hardly the "Democratic' '
let us go ashore or give us any of work done. If the boys have
opinion included the old saw about downs as mutiny and subject the way" of "handling the problems of
money. He kept us right on the money they might get disgusted
"the Captain's responsibility for men to automatic discharge with labor relations.
old tub.
with the heat and go ashore." .
safety of cargoes and passengers." out appeal.
No doubt the shipowners are
On January 21st we went along,
The sailors had to clean holds in
Four Supreme Court Justices
The Court's ruling is not only a throwing their silk hats in the air.
side the oil docks and we were all that heat, holds that had nitrate
again refused shore leave or money. in them. They put in for over
It was there at the oil docks in time and that was disputed and
A MESSAGE FOR
Mombasa that one of our brothers even for cleaning holds on Satur
MRS. MARTIN OLSEN
lost his life by drowning. He was day afternoon was disputed.
We left one of the water tenders
Henry Martin, he w.ts to get a new
Dear .Mrs. Olsen:
book. He was paid up and in good behind in Biera, the Captain told
We, the shipmates of Martin
standing. Martin drowned on the the Agent not to give him any Olsen; learned of 'his untimely
death when he fell down a hold
22nd of January, about 12:30 money and have him locked up.
on the Lena Luckenbach. We
{The following story written by an SJU Brother, has been censored
A.M. when he went ashore and on
Well, here we are in Boston,
wish to convey to you our deep
his way back walked off the docks back in the good old U.S.A. and est sympathy. All of us in the due to wartime regulations. The name of the sBp and the location of
we had one hellava time with the SUP and SlU knew Martin as the attack Ijas been deleted.—Editor.)
into the water.
By
The oil docks are poorly lighted skipper and Mate for the past five the best of shipmates both
ashore
and
aboard
ship
for
a
JOHN
LITTREL
in Mombasa and there was* no iponths. They ought to change the
number of years. We all know
Our ship was torpedoed at 2:37 A.M., March 7th,
light at the ladder. The Bos'n asked name of this ship to S. S. BOUNTY
that we have lost a good friend
the Mate if he should put one and the Captain's to BLIGH.
1942.
Within two minutes after the explosion the entire
and words can not express the
there, but the Mate said no, there's But she's a good ship, boys and grief that we feel.
midship was in flames. It was impossible to launch a life
The enclosed offering of $45.90
no shore leave so there's no need would be better if there would be
boat. It was impossible for me to get from aft to the for
for a light at the ladder. The shore some changes made besides the is our humble way to pay a last ward rafts due fo the fire. One raft aft was rigged in the
tribute to our departed friend.
"STSLtchman v/e had Vr'as on day and crew.
Fraternally* yours,
shrouds. We do not know who or how it was released but
night for"4 days and he was in the
(ED. NOTE: There is vow a new
CREW OF THE
to the best of our knowledge^,
LENA LUCKENBACH. there was no one on it. The other
mess room asleep at the time.
skipper on this ship.)
HOWl THE SMITH
The watches had been set in the
raft was on the No. 4 hatch and
BILL WOULD
Engine room at noon, but on deck
the bottom of it had been dam
HURT YOU
they were still broke and were not
aged by longshoremen and had
set until 8 A.M. the next morning.
not been repaired.
Washington — Real purpose of
Now, if there would have been
The only officer who did his the Smith bill, hidden behind sU
shore leave somebody would have
job was the Second Engineer who the clamor about strikes in war
been with Martin. Or even so, if
obeyed previous orders and stup production industry and refusal of
the watches would have been set
ed the engine even though he lost workers to work more than 40
in the deck dept. one of the sailors
his life by doing so. The next hours a week is scen^ in a brief
would have been bound to be near
morning there were three rafts study of the bill itself, which pro
at hand, but the way it was the M. DAVIS
...
.... • >.
• • »2.00
within shouting distance of each vides:
holes had to be cleaned • a nd to set C. HARTMAN
100 other. There were 15 men on the
1. That no union contract
the watches on deck at noon as E. CORBETT
2.00 Captain's raft. We had 22 on our shall be lawful if it provides
they did below, well, the mate
CREW OF S. S. LAFAYETTE
4.00 and one swam to the Captain's
union security—i.e., if it in?
wouldn't get so much work done.
D. HAYES
.r. .. 1.00 raft, and he yelled for us not to eludes the closed shop, union
In Tanga one of the sailors was
send any more men over even
shop, preferential shop or
sick with a sore throat and really CREW OF ROBIN ADAIR
^
though we were overloaded and
any
other similar formula
EVERETTE
MORGAN,
JR
..v
1.00
sick. The Captain accused him of
on a damaged raft.
that
unions use to protect
HERMAN
SANCHEZ
1.00
being drunk and refused him per
The Chief Mate would not even their members in dealings
H.
W.
GREENLEE
1.00
mission to see a doctor. And
F. TOMAS
.
2.00 answer us. We had no officer on with employers.
wouldn't let him go ashore to see
FRED EASTER
;...
J v... 5.00 our raft and the Purser wanted us
2. That no union contract
one, and pushed him out of the
NATHAN PEARCE .........
i.L..
.... 2.00 to row away from! the ship with
providing
more than regular
Mate's room and shoved him out
out trying to pick up persons rates of pay for overtime
CREW OF SCHOHARIE .......'.7. .
;.r . ..
.v..
21;00
on deck.
swimming in the water. We picked work shall be consider^
The Captain .stopped the shore CREW OF NAMARIB
31.00
up all we could see or hear.
lawful.
leave two nights before the ship BEN SPARLING
5.00
Maximo
Murphy
A.
B.
took
Despite all the clamor about the
sailed. Arriving in Biera we an J, MALFARA
f.V.1.00
charge
of
the
raft
and
made
a
sail
40hour
week, the bill simply cuts
^ .^
chored to a anchor bouy in the J. CHOOUETTE
out
of
a
Hag
and
an
oar
and
got
'us
off
overtime
pay for overtime work
EDWARD BOYLSTON
IXW
stream.
safely to Turtle Island. Then he
since
there
are no laws in the
And as those of you who have CREW OF J^LCOA PURITAN '
crossed the island and returned country prohibiting work over
• been in Biera know that it is as
JAMES MALFARA
1.00
with help. We went to Port au that amount of time. All that
.hot as hell there in February. The
EDWARD COSTELLO
i
^
^ 100
Prince Haiti where the American union contracts do is require extra
sailors had to work all day in the
PHILIP CHOQUETTE
. ^i......, 14)0
Viceconsul told us that he was pay for overtime work.
BENJAMAN SPERLING
5.00
broiling hot sun, painting the
unable
to gjve us any aid. He said
CALVIN WHITEHOUSE ....................... .i....
lW
ship's side while the ship lay out in
that there was no funds to help
Brother Victor Henriquez leaves
the stream with a 4 to 3 knot cur CREW OF JEAN LAFITTE
. 700 Seamen in our condition. The
Ellis
Island Hospital this week af
rent running all the time under J. K. KANE
Haitian Government gave us a ter spending exactly 1 year there.
neath them.
SURVIVORS OF DELPLATA
.^ .V........ ...v. ...... 28.00
complete outfit of uniform cloth He sure had a tough time.
The Bos'n and the deck deleg ite CREW OF ALCOA PROSPECTOR
T............. 28.00
ing and shoes.
O
O
29.00
tried to get the Captain to kno k CREW OF ALCOA SCOUT
Mr, Rose, the Consul in Ciudad
Brother Seifer Hudson passed
i^
17.50
the boys off painting oyer the side CREW OF YARMOUTH
Trujillo,
was
very
nice
to
us
and
away and
was buried by the Union.
in the hot sun, but the Captaii.
$211.50 did everything , that he could to We send deepest sympathy to his
said, "nothing doing, you m'sc
make us comfortable.
family and close friends.
.
I,
work.
Survivor of Torpedo
Tells of the Ordeal
Seafarers' Log
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The Bounty Sails Again SUPREME COURT'S
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ADM. LAND WITHDRAWS UNION-BUSTING PLANS
THE BOUNTY SAILS AGAIN (OR)
SENATOR BLASTS CURRENT ANTI-UNION CAMPAIGNS
BENEFIT FOR NEW SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE
SHIP BUILDING HITS 2 PER DAY
PERFORMERS ARE DISCIPLINED
TOWBOAT WORKERS GET PAY INCREASE
SUPREME COURT'S "MUTINY" RULING A BLOW TO LABOR
A MESSAGE FOR MRS. MARTIN OLSEN
SURVIVOR OF TORPEDO TELLS OF THE ORDEAL
HOW THE SMITH BILL WOULD HURT YOU
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