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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