https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/a1fd722e2dc2b77e06fc5f6540af13b6.PDF 6a8696c33ff3a21bc19d4267ccda139b PDF Text Text f .f"'- ^ARERSJocj OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL. V. :v NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1943 No. 17 Here Are Two Case Histories For GREEN DEMANDS PRICE R OLE Mister Wyckoff BACK AT ONCE — OR ELSE! DETROIT, July 19 — Charging that the Government had failed to hold the line against infla­ tion and that labor and con­ sumers were being discrimin­ ated against by Congress, Wil­ liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, declared in an address here to­ day that "unless prices of food are brought down to a reason­ able level" organized labor will have "no other recourse but to demand wage increases." He spoke before 700 delegates to the natiorial convention of the Brotherhood of Mainten­ ance of Way Employes and his speech was applauded. Delivering what was in effect an utimatum to Gbverment agencies having to do with wage and price controls, he asserted that "drastic action must be taken at once. "Our domestic war economy," he said, "has not been geared to the need of protecting the work­ ers against the hazards of in­ flation and its concomittant evils. Thi.s situation is becoming more and more serious each day. Profiteers and speculators are sapping the strength of the natioii's army of workers." He declared that AFL surveys showed that food prices had in­ creased from 50 to 200 per cent since the beginning of the war and demanded "intelligent and orderly acton to assure workers and their families of a decent place to live in and enough nourishing food to eat within the reach of their income." The Office of Price Adminis­ tration and the War Food Ad­ ministration, he asserted, had "fallen down on the job" and in Congress "the voices of special interests "were dominant," to the detriment of the consumers. He warned Congress that "the workers of America will not stand for being starved out of existence by war profiteers and speculators." <1. Froductivity of workers has luounted "phenomenally" in most war industries, but the gain has gone chiefly to swell already exorbitant profits of the manufacturers, the A F of L. de­ clared this week. "With their wages frozen, workers have received no wage raises commensurate with these advances in production per man-hour," the A.F. of L. protested. "Instead, tlieir productivity has greatly increased the profits of their companies." "The increased productivity for which workers are not paid constitutes a tremendous war sacrifice on their pari—a sacrifice that takes a permanent toll out of their work power," the A. F. of L. asserted. "As their capital is their power to work, this unpaid labor is in reality a capital levy imposed upon them." 7 The SIU receives a great deal of mail from Mr. Hubert Wyckoff of the WSA—all of it concerning the alleged per­ forming of men aboard SIU ships. Every time we send him a letter concerning a legitimate beef, he replies with another case history of a performer. There may be a few performers in the SIU, there are some in every organization. But the WSA is attempting to exaggerate their number and the seriousnes of their "crimes" as a weapon against the union. While Wyckoff doesn't say it in so many words, the implication of his corre.spondence is that SIU men are sab­ otaging the war effort. This is a vile slander against union men who daily risk their lives so that supplies may reach the war fronts. Hundreds of our brothers have lost their lives at sea, hundreds more have been permanently injured, and thousands have been torpedoed and set adrift for days on end in open life boats—only to promptly ship out again when reaching shore. No one can tarnish their record— not even Hubert S. Wyckoff. We're getting pretty fed up with Mr. Wyckoff's case histories, and so we now submit a couple of our own. These stories were written by rank and file members of our union and reveal how the WSA's anti-union bias is communicated to some officers aboard WSA ships and results in friction and inefficiency. These stories show, also, that it is not always the unlicensed man who is the performer. By the Crew of the S.S. Grace Abbott By the Crew of the S.S. John Bunvard The Captain of our ship was drunk from the time we left New York until the day he was taken off the ship at Capetown, South Africa. He ordered the lifeboats rigged in when we were ordered back to Panama two days south of Panama. The crew protested to the delegates and when they went to him they were told that he would rig the boats in when he got ready and if he took a notion he could keep the boats in all the time. That same night he ordered a fire- and boat drill at 9 o'clock. In the course of holding the drill he turned on all four of the ship's flood lights, saying it was alright as we were in safe waters. FIRST PETITION When he arrived back in Panama we turned in a petition to the Naval Intelligence signed by every membc: of the unli­ censed personel but one. We were only in port six hours and did not have time to get any action on this. After that, all four life rafts were lashed at the top of the life raft frame. The painters of the rafts were let out and made fast to the bulwark throughout the whole trip until we arrived at South Africa. In going around the Cape the life boats were left rigged out. The Captain said he wanted them out and they would stay. The Chief and 2nd Mate both told him the seas were pounding the boats, but he would not rig them in. The two boats on the port side were washed in on deck and smashed {Continued on Page 3) We, the undersigned members of the crew of the S.S. John Banvard wish to take this method to express ourselves, and condemn the actions of the Chief Engineer on this voyage. This man seems to get satisfac­ tion out of creating friction be­ tween himself and members of the crew and to set himself up as a sort of dictator toward the unlicensed men. Before the ship arrived in Gran, he called one fireman and one oiler to his room and told them that the port was under martial law, to watch their steps and not get into any trouble with the shore authorities. MILITARY POUCE USED The fireman and oiler missed their watches. After the fireman had been back on board the ship {Continued on Page 5) -.U't. • 'A..".. A CORRECTION In the July 9 issues of the Seafarers Log, J. L. wrote in his column "Out of the Focs'l" that the Bull Line wss guilty of mis­ treating survivors of one of their torpedoed ships. We find now that the information upon which J.L. ba.sed his comments was inaccurate and the Bull Line was not responsible for the mistreatment accorded the men. We hasten to make this correc­ tion of fact. We should like to add that the Bull Line has been outstanding­ ly fair in its treatment of tor­ pedoed seamen — a statement which can be made for very few shipowners. �w niffa Two TBE SEAFARERS £6G •,' "/. •^:' vMMt, jmriSi, m' •SWTS pom oi\ Pu^sbed by the n,^ASHir\GTOIV SEAFABEBS' INTERNAHOHAL UNICN OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Libor HARRY LUNDEBERG President 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. P.. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty » MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. VM Washington,' D. C. w '« Wi Directory of Branches BRANCH PHONE ADDRESS NEW YORK (I) 8 Stone St Deck & Engine Diejpatcher. . BOwlins Green 9-34S0 Stewnrd Oispatctier. .. ^. .BOwling Green 9-0786 Agent poking Green 9-3437 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave Llbertr 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. Eomhard 7651 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PL.'. Norfolk 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS (*6) ... 309 Cbartres SL Canal 3338 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay SL Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St.. ...Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tlorm GALVESTON 219 20th Street .....Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 www Maritime If ur Emergency Board: PUBLICATION OFFICE: ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET New York City BOwling Green 9-8346 You're A Hero —Brother YES SIR SAILOR, YOU'RE A HERO, THAT'S WHAT THE PAPERS SAYBUT YOUR RATING' 0ROP8 TO 2ER0, WHEN YOU REQUEST MORE PAY. YES SIR, YOU'RE A BRAVE GUY, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO KEEPS 'EM SAILING; BUT DESPITE HOW HARD YOU TRY, STILL YOU'VE GOT ONE FAILING. YOU BELONG TO A UNION BROTHER; TO THE SUP OR SlU; SO THE POLITIC08 CAN'T DO OTHER, THAN TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON YOU. BROTHER YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS, THEY RUN THE W.S.A. THEIR DESIRE TO HELP YOU HAS NO ENDS; EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO PAY. THEY'VE STRUCK OFF A BUNCH OF MEDALS BOYS, AND A BUNCH OF LITTLE GREEN CARDS, THEY'RE A GANG THAT REALLY ENJOY, PROVING THEY'RE YOUR PARDS. AND JUST TO PROVE IT, THEY'RE RECRUITING, A QUARTER OF A MILLION MEN, TO TAKE YOUR PLACE WHEN ITS "FINISHED WITH SHOOTING," YOU GET YOUR ^TIME OFF" THEN. SO DON'T TRY TO GET ANY SECURITY PAY, FORGET ABOUT BONUS AND OVERTIME, LET YOUR CONDITIONS FADE RAPIDLY AWAY, THEY'RE FOR YOU ALL OF THE TIME. '/irv THE SHIPS WILL GO BACK TO THE OWNERS SOME DAY, AND YOU'LL GO BACK ON THE BEACH— IF YOU TAKE THE GUFF OF THE W.S.A. AND HEED THE CRAP THEY PREACH. — Sfaw Bell — ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR JULY im TO tm DECK ENGINR STEWARD TOTAL SmFFED 3»i m IM 671 REGlSTEBfP i...,tap ^5 6a aSSi 84 6T ksi ON HAND: •t • 106 A. W- Armstrong, Agent, SIU, to do what the shipowners could New Orleans: The WSA has no­ not accomplish, and using the tified their agents in New Or­ old WAR baloney to put this leans to pay the crew of the SS over? Is it the Longshoremen's Abemathy transportation back compensation act, or something to the Pacific Ckiasfc. Tbis Is one simiiiar to it. of the vessels that was in dis­ If seamen agreed to some pute last December and the policy simlUar to the LongslioreWSA ruled tltat all vessel? of men's compensation act that the three compaifies inyo.lyed— will cover seamen's disability or Grace, Luckenbach, and Moore death during the war, what ar­ MacOormack, that arrive back gument would the seamen have on the Pacific CJoast are to be the war in fighting any considered under West Coa.st after bill that may be presented to contracts. This vessel has ar­ rived at a Paci^c Ckiast port congress along the s^me lines? since the WSA made that ruling, It seems to me that the Board so this vessel comes under the is making another attempt to go SUP agreements, and the SIU beyond their jurisdiction, or is agent in New Orleans should see using its influence to saddle the that this crew is manned by seamen with some compensa­ men from the SIU haW. Watch tion act that is not hi the inter­ Grace line to see that they do est'of the seamen, and is enter­ not chisel. ing a field wherein it has no business, unless they are at last coming out and showing their true colors as not being an im­ partial board to settle disputes, but are trying to saddle the sea­ men with laws that the ship­ owners were not capable of put­ ting across. son who willed the states of Caiifomla, Oregon, and Wasifington to the SUP and SIU. It; seems that they feel they must! challenge the right of a claim, then try and find out if there was any claim, etc., right down the line. And finally when ai Claim is settled, the persons en­ titled to bonuses will have whi$H kers longer than Mr. Pamell oI the Holy Rollers. War Shipping Administration: !l The SIU committe that waa elected at the conference to come to Washington was notin fied by a representative of the WSA that the WSA had what they called Plan No. 10, fof Ll^ erty ships. This Instructed the ship yards to bring the after deck house forward nearly to thfl winches, and to extend the deck house amidships on the skippefs deck, so that two other rooms would be added. This plan was held up for some alterations Have been advised that the shiip yards can now go full speed/ ahead with Plan No, 10. J. H. Volpin, Patrolman, SIU, NY:SS B, H. Lee—Board has ruled that there was an enemy attack in Algiers on March 28, 1943, and If the ship was there at that date crew is entitled to Believe that it is about time attack bonus of $125.00. S.S. that the unions notify the board Atlantic Fishermen*s Panama City—^Board is chcck= once and for all to stay within Union (SIU): ' ing for further inforifiation. Pa- their jurisdiction, and keep the The CPA set ceiling prices oni j'olman Sweeney, S.S. G. Galo— hell out of seamen's interest what the fishermen are to re­ Same as S.S. Oity» S.S. E. that they have no concern with. ceive on the New England Coast, Nott—Sanje status. Stay to their job of settling dis­ The fishermen feel that through' Members of the MWEB on putes on bonuses and war risk June 16^ 1943 sent a letter to insurance, and I can state right this order their wages that they received in 1942 lare being low­ Admiral Land regarding in.sur- now that their decisions are not ered. To date there are over 100 ance for seamen. Copies of this at tail favorable or fair in any fi.shing boats that have not left letter have been sent to the .sense of the past practices that port, as the fishermen are maritime unions for their com­ existed in the industiy prior to fusing to saU them under the ments. their being appointed by the OPA ceiling prices. Some more In this letter the Board, states President. If they have in mind Washington boondongling b y hat all vesse^ ighd their cargoes making this War time insur­ the superior minded chairwanhare fully protected against any ance along the lines; of the pres­ ers. marine peril. The^ board feels ent 2nd seamen's war risk in­ that seamen should also be proT surance, or their bonus decis­ The OPA dug away back $0 tec ted, regardless of the cause ions, they can stick the whole the time when the fisherm^ which results''in the loss of life proposition 'down the scuppers. were working for pretzels, and or disability. My advice to the union is for used that scale of wiages (which, The Board has suggested that all the. branches to hold meet­ was practically nil) and what the WSA should bake steps, as a ings on this subject and notify they could make under the new wartime measure, to provide the Board in very strong langu­ regulations of their ceiling death and disability insurance age what the members feel on prices as their basis for what to cover industrial risks. this proposed ,War Time insur­ they termed good wages. But ance. Let's not lose sight of the they forget to mention that the Under the Jones Act seamen faet that the seamen are the scale of wages that they used are protected, and have the only workers who have the right to sue tlje employer for rights that are guaranteed them were in effect at the time when the fishermen were not prganany disabilit;y or death incurred under the: Jones Act. iMd. Under the stabilization or­ due to Industrial accidents. TTie der they are not supposed to board ciaims that there are Ed. Coester, Agent, SUP, Se­ lower wages that were received some cases where a seaman attle: Letter to the Board of in September of 1942. They ora would not be fully covered. June 17, 1943, regarding crews using the old roll ba/ck baloney of the vessels who were at Mas­ It seems to me that before the sacre Bay and Attu —Board to try and put their new regu­ unions can fully go along with finally was notified by the lations over. They have failed any new insurance proposition, Army and Navy that there were to set a ceiling price on the re­ the Board or the WSA should attacks while the campaign was tailing price? that the magketa send a draflf of any proposed in­ going on around May*22-23 and sell their fish. The only ones th^ are being kicked in the pants pn surance to the miions. Certain­ 24th.' the roll back are the fishermen. ly no man with any sense would Possibly some of the OPA ofiBgo to a country fair and, just buy Board wants the names of the a horse. If he knew what he was vessels that were, there when cials are thhifcing of going fish­ doing he would give the horse a I there were attacks and the dates ing when they get the skids. One thorough overhauling before the that the crews claim there was of their ex-regulators that they sale is completed. Yet the boayd an attack made. All members had here in Washington is now wants the union to comment on who were on board vessels driving a taxi here. He is; pi^?a .letter that has no. .defljjite iarour\d this time are notified to sibly the bird who lationed gas­ proposals on what a seaman is send in all the particulars into oline .so that the taxi would have to receive in the forms of bene­ the Seattle Agent so that he can to go out of business, and he moved into the picture. Sueh is fits, ojr what the cost of this, in­ reshape these claims. life here when you have -the surance shall he. The method ^opted by the power to make regulations. Big The letter states that this hi- Board in settfin# these, claims, shot one day and taxi driver" the surance shall be a WAB TEM® one would thinfc that they were next. Of such men is our Wash­ AffiASUBl?. Is the Board trying handling the estate of some per- ington bureaucr-aey composed. �f:. Vm'A: T 9 a 8 E AJ? A B E R 8 L O G •I tcatj'.. I..-! Mister Wyekoff {Continued from Page 1) John Banvard tcfi; 13 hours and was getting ready to go to work the next toy, the Chief, without contact­ ing him to find out what was the trouble, had him taken off the ship at riflepoint by M.P. Anped Guards, as if he was some des­ perate criminal. He had the oiler also put in jail as soon as he came aboard. They were both held in the Army Guardhouse from May 22nd until May 25th. 1 {Continued front- Page 1) S,S, Gmee Abbott and the davits were broken and twisted. The forward boat on the starboard side had the for­ ward falls carried away and we almost lost it. There was not any notice posted as to where the men in those boats were to go in case anything happened. SEOP CHEST EMPTY '3- WHArS POtNO Around the Ports NEW ORLEANS What I see by the papers is enough to make any one roll over in his grave. The RMO puts full page ads in the local papers to plead for more and more men to enroll under the merchant marine banner. At the same time we have more and more local boards issuing orders to bon fide seamen that they can not leave the country as they must stand by to be inducted into the army. Does this make sense? In NcTmreek of July 12, 1943 in the periscope it states that there is a lengthy debate going on as to the type vessel we should build. Some flaim the Victory type as they have more speed, some claim the Liberty type as they can be built faster. In the same magazine in the foreign section they devote two pages to outlining England's program after the war. England, through her spokesman, issues figures and facts to show what she intends to do. First and fore­ most is her intention to raise her export trade. Naturally she will do this in her own bottoms. And for the interest of those who»should be interested, her Empire ships are built for 14 knots, our Libertys for a fast nine or slow ten. Our Victory ships are supposed to be built for 14 also. If they build these ships we have a chance of com­ peting with the English vessels. But i^ they make the usual mis­ take then, my buckos, all the late seamen that we are now getting will have a chance too —the same chance that we had after the last war. Loaded ships out. In balla.st back, ships tletf? up in every channel where there was room. American, seamen laid on the beach begging foe ships to sail on. The Govern­ ment paid and paid subsidy af­ ter subsidy for what? So that we could again'1)^ out millions of dollars so that the lawmakers could again sit back and argue the type of vesel which would be outmoded first so that once again we could have the same sort of set-up. If the brains that are supposed to run this country of ours can't leam by experience then it is time to start anew. The WSA is still on the beam. We have a beef to collect trans­ portation on practically all ships but the RMO can recruit men aa far away as San Juan. Everything is lovely though^ the war effort is in the bag. My wife can't get a pound of butter without a letter from FJDJ?. Eggs were just raised two cents a dozen wholesale here. There just is no beef, but the papers, came out with big headlines CABBAGE AND LETTUCE PRICES ROLLE5D BACK, and my babies don't like either one. Who is crazy besides me? ARMY, Agent There was no heavy clothing in the slop chest except a few suits of heavy underwear, a few NO CHARGES heavy socks and some watch , They tried to N find out what caps. That was our heavy cloth­ charges were filed against them ing to go 75 miles south of Cape The Captain left his brief case but the officials told them that Horn in December. with our pay lying in the bot­ all that they knew was that the tom of the boat. The clerk and When we arrived in Capetown the Ensign had been fighting in Chief had told them to come the Captain made the statement the boat and they were both aboard and arrest these men. On Monday they were taken be­ that he was not going to stay pretty well marked up. fore an Army Officer and fined long enough to have repairs OVERTIME CHISEL $75.00 each. Then the Chief tried made. The Inspectors came to have the men paid off and aboard and took pictures of the left in Oran. When he found out damage and the result was that ; The Captain let the mates he couldn't do this he told the we stayed in Capetown 0 days. stand all night watches in the Persian Gulf at $1.15 an hour men that if they caused any While in Capetown we put in before they would give it to the trouble at all he would have a second petition, which we gave them put in irons on the way to the American counsul. The crew at 90 cents an hour. They hired a shore gang at 30c a day back to the States. Chief mate also put in a com­ to tend lines while we were in The fact is the men had never plaint about the same things we at the dock. If any gear broke caused him any trouble at all petitioned for. The counsul told or parted, the mate§ would and he was always treated with the officers to try and stick it break out a man or two to fix it the respect that was due him. out so as to get the cargo to the as they would not dirty their Of course, the men were guilty Persian Gulf as it would take pretty Maritime Commission of missing their watches, but weeks to have the Captain taken uniforms. , things like that can happen to off as the whole thng had to go It was at this time that our anybody. If he had logged the, to Washington. food gave out completely as the men as much as he was allowed CALLED "AGITATOR" Captain would not allow the there would have been no Steward to take more than squawks. But to wait almost 14 We left Capetown the. 12th of the benefits achieved by mem­ days' stores in Capetown. They "FREE RIDERS" hours when the men are going Jan. The Captain then called There's one in every organiza­ bers over a period of years. bought vegetables in Iran that to work and having them jerked the deck delegate to his room tion. You know whom we mean Ask the man next to you if he gave the crew dysentary. The off the ship, is going a little to and accused him of being an ag­ —the fellow who dccepts all the has joined the union yet. Ask meat that came aboard was not far, we think. All this was done itator and of being the one who benefits, services and privileges to see his paid-up dues book. fit to be used. There were car­ without the Captain's knowl­ drew up the petition. He told without a.s.sauming any of the Tell him that it was not so long, casses of sheep that had not had edge. He didn't learn of it until him that he was going to turn responsibilities and obligations. ago that you worked 12 hours a him over to Naval Intelligence the entrails removed. * We had Unions have them. The Team­ day for half the pay you are he came back aboard. when we went up the Indian butter that you could not stay sters have them. now receiving, and that there in the same messroom with. The PROVOCATIONS Ocean. In these days when manpower was no overtime and no vaca­ milk was diluted with 5 parts of Also this Chief had a habit of The Captain was di'unk and water and the coffee was com­ turnover is so great there are tions, Tell him that in those sticking nasty notices all over went up and down the mess- pletely gone. The- Ensign got drivers , and dockworkers who days the boss could fire you if the dtew's mess room until it room ringing the ship's dinner some toilet paper for the gun are trying to get a free ride at you looked at him the wrong looked like a bulletin board in bell and hollering that it was a crew, but it was five days before the expense of their fellow way. some news room. Several days general alarm. Tell him that it was only we received a couple of rolls. In workers. These free riders just don't seem to get down to the before arrival he had all the through a strong union that the mean time we had been us­ those conditions were done away water shut off from the crew's While laying at anchor in the ing up the ship's library. When union hall to pay their dues. bath and made them use buck­ Persian Gulf the motor life boat we arrived at East London, Perhaps it is indifference. with. ets, pLnchhoses and salt water. was used by the Captain as a South Africa, there was about 1 More likely it is ignorance — In order to keep our unionsThis was all right but he refused regular excursion boat. The dozen cans of dry stores left in ignorance of the sacrifice and strong, everyone must bear hia toil and suffering that made the fair share of the obligations and to cut water off for his own use Captam and a few of the officers the store room. fine conditions under which responsibilities of organization. or the other licensed men. If made repeated trips to a Greek ship and would take American they work. Nor do they And in order to maintain our BLABBER MOUTH we were running short of water cigarettes over and bring back realize that to keep those work­ high working standards, it ia it should have been cut off every wine, gin and whiskey. When we arrived in East Lon­ ing conditions the union must imperative that we keep them don the Captain bragged about remain strong, for employers are strong. where and rationed if necessary. the trip v/e had just made, he ever on the alert for an advan­ Es the man next to you a free PHONEY UNIONISM Finally, a few days before we gave the name of the ship, port tage to wreck the organization rider? One day the Captain came in­ of depaipture, port of dischiarge came in port they were turned —The Ohio- Teamster to the crews' mess and threw a and nature of cargo, also for and eventually do away with on again. The.se and numerous picket card .ron the table and other things causes lack of co­ wanted all hands to read it so whom consigned. The Ensign had a nervous breakdown after operation betwe^ officers and they could see he was no fink. talking to some survivors who men. After all, we are human But he was continuously brag­ were in port aboard the Robin beings and don't like to be treat­ ging about his service with the Tuxford. He had to be removed Swayne & Hoyt outfit (a com­ ed like a bunch of cattle or pany that all good union men under armed guard. The Capbain and the 2nd mate were also sheep because some one tries to know well). removed under armed guard. use their authority a little too Lou Musial has been trying to get out of the Army and all our On the 24th of February the The authorities; then ^ut a much for their own advantage. Captain, the clerk and the En­ Captaip aboard: that had been letters are not doing much for him. He is stationed at Camp Hale Shore liberty was stopped for sign in charge of the gun, crew sailing as 2nd, mate on one of the with the Ski troops. He says Hello to Mike Davis and the rest of the merchant crew but was went to the Agent's office to get Liberty ships that was in the the boys and wishes he could be with them.' Pete Rydzewski ia soon to be a pappy. He and his wife are now living in New York. money for a draw. When they harbor at the time. given to the Navy crew about 4 Good luck, Pete. returned the bosun from.; an­ diays before sailing. If you went other ship had to. bring them On July 7th. at sea volunteers Frank Gambicki is back from Hot Springs, He says his arm. to, the Captain ho said-, go to the back in the boat as they were were asked for to paint the main feels, better opd h© hopes to. be back ayt sea soon. His friend: Mate or Chief Eng. They would too drunk to handle it. Thpre deck. As the ship was going into yieras ha-s, ah^eody shipped. Joe Niowicki spent a week at Hot know nothing, just keep you go­ was broken glass and rations drydock and it was only 2 days Springs, a^id says all SCU men should go there. The treatment from the emergency rations before apriyalv apd- sffice all would, 49 them a wpijld of good. Mike (Don Juan) Rossi and the ing from one to the. other- Ry.eiiy scattered all oyer the .^at. The hands were beginning to, get ail­ Greek returned from a four month voyage with animals of all thing was so confusing that; you rations were all spoiled.. The ments fromt continuous: wiatch sorts from. South America. Mickey Quinn wrote us from Gladdidn't knosT which of the. three three of them had to-be hoisted standing, o^. ope oyectimewould; like to have scnne of the brothers to write him as he says its lonely u), IJiosA Jersey woods. hungfy 0.8. volunteered. aboqrd: with a. line aroun<jl them, . th« Master. y/tom. Jhe, (pMiA.— Out of the Foesl by '^:>r �Page Four Friday, July 23, 1943 THE SEAFAREBS L aG ifih 'H r :' Joe Curran And The "American Way Of Life TlTsunaJdam WASHIINIGTON, July 21-^ohn L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers of America split the The recent NMU convention adopted a resolution which ranks of the country's bitumin­ described John L, Lewis, President of the United Mine ous coal producers today by Workers, as "an enemy promoting a program designed to signing a seperate agreement destroy the American way of life." with the Illinois Coal Operators Association, calling for portalJust what is this "American way of life" which Curran to-portal pay, denied by the Na& Company are defending against the "seditious" John L. ti'onal War Labor Board in the Lewis? It is, of course, different things to different people. Appalachian fields, and other To the mine owners and the shipowners and the mill concessions to increase weekly and factory owners, it is the "right" J;o capriciously hire pay materially without raising and fire workers at will, to pay them slave wages and work basic hourly wage rates. About them long hours, and from their productiveness to amass 30,500 miners are employed in great personal fortunes. the Illinois fields. To the workers the "American way of life" most cer­ Under the agreement there is tainly must include job security and the right to protect to be a two-year no-strike con­ their living standards through strike action. tract, with the seven-hour work During the recent coal strikes it was clear where John day at the mine "face" increased L. Lewis and the miners stood in regard to these two con­ to eight, with time-and-a-half ceptions of "Americanism." It was equally clear just where overtime paid for the eighth the mine owners and bankers and newspaper publishers hour, and payment of all vaca­ stood. tion and other benefits allowed It is now also clear where the Stalinists in the NMU by the WLB in the Appalachian stand. area. Portal-to-portal pay, for travel between the mine entrance and the "face," would be accepted by the operators as having been in effect and unpaid since Oct. 24, 1938, when the Fair Labor The following men have dis­ Standards Act went into opera­ charge papers in the office of A new type combination boat tion, and would be paid, to the the Secretary-Treasurer in New extent of 50 per cent, up to York: HERBERT M. CLARK, and raft. Intended for use on April 1, last, after which date it AXEL V, HAGSLEN, HAROLD all ocean going vessels, has been would be met in full for the dur­ SANDER-SON, JOHN M. STEW­ designed and is how in produc­ ation of the contract. ART and CHARLES H. WISNER. tion, the Globe American Cor­ Coal Rise Is Asked to Pay Costs «• * Having signed the agreement, The following men have pa­ poration has announced from its the operators sent it to the "WLB pers, receipts or books in the headquarters at Kokomo, Ind. for its approval and for collater­ New Orleans Hall: STANLON The lall-steel, non-inflammable al action by the Office of Price GRICE, E. E. FLETCHER, HOW­ raft, known as the Kokomo Life- Administration to permit ad­ ARD GRAY, CECIL BRITT, Saving Kraft, can be catapulted vances in maximum prices suf­ DONALD E. BLOOM, LYI.ES ficient to cover the increased FOWLER, EUGENE CARBART, from the deck of a sinking ves­ costs to the coal producers that HUBERT DOUGLAS, THOMAS sel, a feature which is a decided would result. DEAR and HELMER PETERSON. advantage in cases where ves­ Doubt was expresesd at WLB tire sels are so badly damaged that headquarters that the board CARVILLE COUNCILMAN: they sink before the launching would give approval to all of the Get in touch with the Mary­ provisions of the agreement, al­ land Minute Men at Diindalk, of a life boat is possible, it was though it was predicted unoffi­ said. Md. Crew of S.S. Matt Ransome cially some might be allowed. It Explosive bonus is payable to X » • » Reversible and self-bailing the was recalled that in the Appala­ HE'S 3 days subsistence and crew of S.S. John Riddle. Collect LOUIS P., BERNICK, Jr.; craft has water-tight stowage chian case the board, in declin­ transportation money coming. Wright & Pugh, Kaiser Bldg., Your passport has been found compartments available on ing to grant portal-to-portal Collect Smith & Johnson, 80 Baltimore. Also, overtime for and is in Room 213, 2 Stone Deck Department is collectable either side, which contain full, pay, suggested .that this issue Broad Street, New York City. . Street, New York City.' might be resolved either by ne­ in New York office of Seas Ship­ » * life boat equipment, contrasting gotiation or by court test. ping Company, 39 Courtland St. Bosun of : S.S. Matt Ransome . ..The following men have the with the comparatively meager UMW spokesmen said they has 97 hours overtime coming. » » » wrong numbers stamped in their supplies with which present type preferred negotioian. Meanwhile See Patrolman Hart, Room 502, Crew of SJ5. Charles B. Aycock books. They should stop in the rafts are furnished, it was as­ however, the Southern Appala­ 2 Stone Street, New York City. have $125 coming. Collect Miss­ office of the Secretary-Treasurer chian Coal Operators were * * * issippi Shipping Company, 17 and have them corrected. PHIL­ serted. studying the possibility of legal Following Steward Depart­ Battery Place, New York City. IP POSSIN, WILLIAM KANEY, Protection for Occupanfjs < action to determine whether the ment men have money coming WILLIAM F. HOYT, MARSHALL * * » miners had a legal claim to un­ from the last trip on the S.. S. The outstanding feature of Oilers on last trip of S.S. Del GEVIR, IRVING COLLMAN, derground travel pay. Josiah Bartlett: the new type raft lies in the . Mr. Lewis will meet again with Norte have overtime coming. Col­ HUGH O'DONNELL, DAVID C. KARL KARLSON—$2.53 protection it provides for its oc­ the UMW's 200-member policy lect from Mississippi Line, 17 Bat­ JAMES WEST—$2.53 WALKINS, DONALD L A I N E , tery Place, New York City. cupants. Where the present committee tomorrow to plan JAMES BATTLE—$2.53 THOMAS KEMPHUR, CHARLES • » • • '* » raft floats practically awash, further strategy in the contro­ PUCKETT, NORMAN CHENEversy Involving the Administra­ VERNON WALDRON has Craw S.S. John Steven, and S.S. with ^urvivors swept by waves VERT, PETER FAY, GEORGE tion, the union and the other $60:91 coming from the last trip Pan Gulf have attack bonus com­ ROBINSON, NATHAN M.^SHEI- and exposed to winds and the operators. Meanwhile-, negotia­ on the S.S. Madison. ing. Collect Waterman Line, 19 OFF, FRANK GAGES, JOHN sun, the hew raft lies high in tions between the UMW and the Rectcr St.,, New York City. ULAS, THOMAS LANDRY, CU­ the water and is equipped with anthracite operators, which have EUGENE BRUNDAGE has * * K PID W. ROBERTS. a completely enclosed canopy. not been carried to the WLB, $174.62 coming from the last trip Firemen on S.S. Richard Alvey » • • on the S.S. Madison. Ma.st, sails and rudder are p"ro- will continue. have overtime coming. Collect Bull MORRIS ROSENBERG: t * * Lino, New York City. vided for navigation, blankets Your book has been found and Crew of S.S. Richard Bassett Deck Department which made and a heating stove for warmth, which made voyage No.. 1 to last voyage on S.S. George Gale is in the office of the Secretarynight and daylight signaling de­ Murmansk, has the Russian ha. overtime coming from Mis.i..Treasurer. vices and many other articles bonus ccming. Collect at Amtorg -ippj necessary to meet emergencies SIMQN HENRY FOKGETTE: Trading Company, 210 Madison * » » Ave., New York City. Your union book, Australian' which arise. After examining Entire Deck Department of S.S. a model of the, craft, which was registration and assorted papers designed by the company after Deck Department of S.S. Grace Josiah Parker has overtime due. JOHN JUREY are in the Norfolk SIU Hall. dozens of survivors had testified Abbott has overtime coming. Collect Mississippi Steamship Com­ ANTHONY J. DURKE to the undesirable features of Collect Cahnar Line office in pany, New Orleans. TED ZACK J. H. WHITEFIELD New York. C. A THORNASON Picket cards, photographs and the present type of wood raft, * * • . the'two seamen stated they were Deck & Engine Dept. S.S. Samuel MATTHEW PURGATOVIO : papers are in Norfolk SlU Hall. of the opinion the life-saving D. Carpenter and H. Roger,s: Griffin having personal effects EDWARD E. CLARK raft would alleviate much of the Overtime coming from the South claim see Robin Line claim agent, GERALD H. SMITH A. MICHLEAU Atlantic Line office in Savannah. Cortland St., N. Y. C. WIIJIAM J. COFFEY Your shirts were removed from suffering now, undergone by sur­ » • » vivors of torpedoed ships and » » e WILLIAM PATRICK the S.S. Dynastic and are now in would be instrumental in bring­ Oilers on 8-12 and 12-4 Steward Dept. S.S. Broholt LlvRALPH E. ALFORD - * the New York halt Please call ing back hundreds of sailors who JOSEPH YARNATZ Watches on S.S. John Hillard ingston have overtime coming. Cdlwould otherwise die at sea. for them. have disputed overtitne coming, lect Bull Line. WILLIAM P. KLEIN sxscnms /•ir. MINERS WIN PORTAL DISPUTE NEW RAFT IS SEEN AS GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER OLD ONES ARBEITER, JAAN FOW BLACK, ROBERT ^ Oiler CARPENTER, ROBERT OilS: CARROLL, REUBAN ._ CooK CIPOLLONE, DOMENIC „. OS COMBS, ROBERT Wiper CURMA, GEORGE Oiler ENGELBRETSON, WILLIAM „ Wiper FINCH, EUGENE AB GONYA, LEO Deck Engr. GWALTNEY, WARREN OS HALE, JAMES Messman LEHR, KENNETH •Bosun McGUINNIS, MERLE - : Messman NILSSON, KARL AB OLSON, KENNETH ... OS OLSZEWSKI, JOHN - OS PERKINS, DWIGHT . • OS PROCTOR, JOSEPH steward RAY, LOUIS OS REDDEN, ORVILLE 1 Messman ROSS, CARL Messman SALUS, LOUIS STOKES, MELVIN FOW WHITE, EARL ^ Utility WISNIEWSKI, EDWARD ; OS >»'«• •» » MONEY DUE »• i:.; I'A- • y: . 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Title A name given to the resource July 23, 1943 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. V, No. 17 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: HERE ARE TWO CASE HISTORIES FOR MISTER WYCKOFF GREEN DEMANDS PRICE ROLL BACK AT ONCE -- OR ELSE YOU'RE A HERO -- BROTHER JOE CURRAN AND THE "AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE" NEW RAFT IS SEEN AS GREAT IMPROVEMENTS OVER OLD ONES MINERS WIN PORTAL DISPUTE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/23/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log