https://seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/f2b0d8709804ace4854f08603dc571e2.PDF d7bb58d25be8fd82ee744b61fdb784dd PDF Text Text ^ARERS JOQ OS'FICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1945 No. I Hawk, Weisberger To London Meet SIU MAN CAPTURED BY ENEMY SUB—AND ESCAPES Brother Harold R. Lee is a modest guy—so modest in fact that when he sat down to tell his experiences to the LOG he protested that there was no "story" in what he had gone through, and that "after all a lot of men have been torpedoed without any fuss being made over them." But after laboriously prying the story out of him, it was re­ vealed that Lee has probably gone through the most gruesome experience of any seaman ? lir ,..v r L: t> in tills war—and what is more* "They took a group of ten important, he conducted himself Here's Some Advice aboard first, bound them with in a manner to bring credit upon From A "Friend" ropes, stripped them of all their the merchant marine and the rings and money and watches, SIU. So-called "Friends of la­ Last spring Lee signed on an smacked them around with clubs bor" are always full of ad­ and then hurded them toward the SUP ship for the first trip of his vice on how we should run stern deck. One of the boys did­ career, and left, 'Frisco for Aus­ our affairs. One of these n't walk fast enough, so the of­ tralia. After leaving Australia, "friends" of ours recently ficer shot him in the head, and Lee took to his bunk with a vio­ appeared on a platform with threw him overboard. They then lent attack of appendicitis. His AFL President William case was so bad that he would took the rest of us aboard, gave Green, and revealed how he us the same routine, then ma­ have been operated on immedi­ would run a union if he were ately except for the fact that chine gunned the life boats and a pie-card. Here is the advice sank them. there were no rubber gloves given by H. W. Prentis. Jr., "The Captain of the sub spoke aboard. President of the Armstrong Two days out of Columbo, at English with a Brooklyn accent. Cork Company: 7:07 in the evening, the ship got He separated all of our officers "If 1 were a labor leader. torpLdoes in holds'No. 3 and No. and sent them -below. This left I'd stay out of politics, stop 5. Lee, picked himself off the about 95 of us standing on the looking to the government deck and staggered to his lifeboat stern deck with our hands tied. "On the forward deck the Jap for protection, get rid of la­ station as the Captain ordered bor legislation, outlaw the officers had the crew to form a the ship abandoned. closed shop, put my fedth in gauntlet of 8 men on each side. Then followed a night spent in the open life boats watching the Then he came back to us and be­ the boss and think about his profits before asking higher red glow of the slowly burning gan choosing the men to run wages for the workers." through the gauntlet. This took freighter. Toward d^wn the attacker sur­ part on the otherside of the con­ It's Seffe to predict that Mr. faced, coming out of the water ning tower and we couldn't see Prentis won't be pie-carding. like a dripping grey monster. "It what was happening to our ship­ v/as the biggest Japanese sub I mates who were led forward, but overhead and the Japanese offcer we could hear the screams. gave orders for a crash dive. This "On the third trip the officer meant, of course, that the 30-odd chose me. Prodding me with a tied and bound seamen on deck "lii club, he marched me around the were to be sucked down to their conning tower, and then I saw death. the gauntlet lined up waiting for Brother George Kenmore Hess, me. The men were armed with AB, was one of those still on clubs and knives. Half way deck. He had sawed through his through the line lay my two ship­ bonds with his finger nail. When mates on the deck in a pool of the sub dove, Kenmore grabbed a blood. They had collap.sed be­ knife and sawed frantically at fore finishing the gauntlet, the bonds of his shipmates. He is knew that I would never come credited with setting free and through the gauntlet alive, so re­ saving the lives of at least three gardless of the fact that my hands of his shipmates. The rest of them were tied, I dove overboard, were dragged down with the sub. felt a blow on the back of my Lee observed all this from, the head from the officer's club as distance—swimming all the while made the dive. Then everything with tied hands. After the sub blacked out." dove, another period of torture Unconscious from the blow, of a different kind took place. Lee sank rapidly in the water. The few survivers tried to huddle The cold revived him, however, together in the water. Lee's apand he swam underwater with all endix was kicking up like hell, his strength away from the sub. but he never complained. In­ When he came up for air, he stead, he gave a packing box he could see the sub in the distance had discovered to Cully Stone, HAROLD LEE crusing in a great circle as the Navy radio man, who was about ever saw," said Lee. The actual bloody work aboard continued. to go down for the last time. size and the details of its bristling After Lee dove overboard, the Lee swam for 12 hours—part of deck armament are being sup- officers returned to the survivors the time towing a Navy gun crew pr^sed by the Navy Intelligence. huddled aft of the conning tower, member named Butler. In the The sub cruised among the life and continued to methodically middle of the night the sharks bolts, hurding them into one herd the men through the gaunt­ arrived. They attacked viciously si»t, tying them together, and let. when ever the exhausted men lay finally began taking the survivors About sixty men had .been dis­ still in the water for a moment. aboard. Here is what followed, in posed of in this manner when an One man was decapitated, anLee's own words: allied plane suddenly appeared (Continued on Page 4) Brothers John Hawk and Morris Weisberger left this week for London to represent the American seamen in the conference being called by the Joint Maritime Commission of the International Labor Organization for January 8th. The conference will discuss proposals of the various inter-! national maritime unions for an» — • international charter governing nine shipowner's organizations, working conditions in the ships and two members of the governing body of the International La­ of the world's sea powers. bor Office. Hawk, Secretary - Treasurer of The seamen propose a mini­ the Atlantic & Gulf District, and mum wage for all seamen based Weisberger, New York Agent for on rates of £8 a month for an the SUP, were designated as of­ able seaman, £22 10s. for a third ficial SIU delegates by President mate or fourth engineer and Harry Lundeberg, and will speak £16 for an assistant radio officer. at the London conference for all Among their other demands American seamen. They will give are standardized internati9nal fraternal support to the foreign practices governing overtime pay, trade unions in their fight to win war risk bonuses and other ad­ wages and conditions approxim­ ditions to basic pay; continuous ating those held by the SIU in employment, with national man­ America. ning pools and pool pay for men The Commission is composed awaiting assignment to ships; of representatives of nine sea­ standard hours of work with leave men's unions, including the SIU, ashore in compensation for work­ ing a seven-day week when at sea; minimum manning scales; annual leave of at least 12 work­ ing daj's with pay and subsistence allowance; improvements in ac­ commodation and amenities aboard ship; adequate safety measures; improved catering and medical care; comprehensive so­ cial insurance; fuU recognition of trade unions; and modernization of the legal status and rights and obligations of seamen. Hot Breath MORRIS WEISBERGER If you feel a hot breath on your neck nowadays, the chances ' are it isn't' that little blonde "hostess" down at the corner gin mill, but rather your draft board taking a look at the date on your last discharge. Selective Service has announ­ ced that it intends to: 1. Reclassify in 1-A all men up to 38 who left the sea after being deferred as seamen; 2. Grant occupational defer­ ments to men 18 to 38 who enter the merchant marine. The new steps will mainly ef­ fect men over 30 who have been defered, but have either taken a shore job or overstayed their shore leave since getting the de­ ferment. Concerning this group. Col. McDermott, New York City Selective Service Director, said; "Now that they have been de­ fered from military service for a long time, and have acquired the skill as merchant seamen, they ^1 should not be permitted to leave the activity in which they are best qualified to promote the war effort and in which they are vi­ tally needed." ' All local boards are now in the process of "reviewing" all de­ fered seamen, and giving thent the choice of the army or the sea. �„,. "Pv.,r-';,vr™'s-r':.r;.';^»'{»i^ Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS ^ LOG Friday, January 5, 1945 He Don't Say Nothin' — Where's Hitler N ^ Vublished by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Another week has passed with­ out any word from Admiral Land on the vital question of maintainence of union working rules for the war's duration. Land was asked bluntly by the SIU whether or not he stood behind the "Statement of Policy" signed by him at the beginning of the war. He doesn't say yes—he doesn't say no! The shipowners under contract to the SIU are attempting to open to negotiation (and chisel) the working conditions contained in the contracts. The "Statement of Policy," signed by the union and the WSA at the beginning of the war, froze those working rules for the duration. It was on the basis of this protection that the union signed a no strike pledge. We are now asking Land whether or not the WSA intends to see that its operators live up to the Statement of Policy. Upon his answer depends the continuance of our no strike pledge. It is time for him to speak. Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - President 10 J Mai'kct Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m m Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St PHILADELPHIA 25 Commercial PI NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... 339 Chartres St 68 Society St CHARLESTON (9) 220 East Bay.St SAVANNAH 423 East Piatt St TAMPA 920 Main St..... JACKSONVILLE 7 St. Michael St. MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., 45 Ponce de Leon PUERTO RICO 219 20th St GALVESTON PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 405 7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-12) t Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 —Justice PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. 267 WSA Compares Seamen's Wages In "GI" Bill Survey WASHINGTON, D. C.—Statistical information sup­ porting the principles laid down in the Peterson Bill, HR 5477, extending the Gl Bill of Rights to merchant seamen, has been set out by the War Shipping Administration's La­ bor Agreements Division in a comparative analysis of the rates of earnings and conditions" of work of the merchant marine of able seamen of various coun­ personnel on foreign flag and tries as follows: Base War United States vessels. Country Pay Bonus Total This document, comprising $36 $36 $73 forty pages with an appendix of Argentina 57 29 86 tables on earnings of seamen and Australia 49 49 98 bther data, also deals with unem­ Belgium 25 18 43 ployment insurance covering Brazil 81 40 121 inerchant marine personnel as Canada 17 34 51 provided in the Jackson BiU, HR Chile France 54 40 94 5256, referred to the House Ways Great Britain 56 40 96 and Means Committee. Greece 44 68 112 American seamen generally 62 40 102 fare better than all foreign sea­ Netherlands 19 87 men in matters of hours of work, New Zealand .... 68 58 57 li5 subsistence, bonuses, and war risk Norway Poland ; 56 50 106 insurance. 53 125 178 Foreign seamen are generally Sweden much better protected in regard United States .... 100 102 202 200 to the emergencies of life. All Yugoslavia countries except the United Living Costs Cited States and Canada provide un­ - In presenting this table of earn­ employment benefits for seamen. ings of able seamen, the WSA During the war all the Allies ex­ study cautions, however, that a cept the United States have re­ fair comparison requires that liv­ serve pools and seamen are paid ing costs in the various countries standby wages. Most nations pay be taken into account. It is 100 per cent of basic wages plus pointed out that $50 may go as subsistence in the pool. far in a fcireign nation as $100 in The Dutch have gone much the United States. further. They provide for the un­ The WSA report sets forth employment of seamen after the comparative information on mar­ war on the following basis; Full itime services of various na'tions wages for nine weeks, 80 per cent dealing with hospitalization and of full wages for the next eight medical care, readjustment alweeks, and 75 per cent for 27 Im^ances, provision for depend­ weeks more, depending oh length ents of deceased seamen, disabil­ ity payments, unemployment in­ of service. A table in the WSA /eport lists surance and vacations. wages and bonus for all ratings The Peterson Bill, which em- Editor's MaO Bag Editor, Seafarers Log, Dear Sir: Here are a few suggestions which might serve a purpose if included in the next reprint of "Instructions to Delegates." It doesn't seem to be common knowledge that departmental and joint meetings can be held aboard ship. The wartime conditions as they affect seamen require, how­ ever, that at least one man in each department be kept on watch while the meeting is in session. Toward the end of a voyage, a joint meeting should be held, at which to discuss elegibility of trip cacd men for union books; the different delegates should check the standing of all hands as to union dues; and a. list of repairs needed in the crew's quarters should be drawn up and included in the minutes of the meeting. Two copiies of the list should be handed to the chief mate; one for himself and one for the Port Engineer. At this meeting, all beefs which have accumulated during the voyage should be discussed and entered in the minutes. If these sepm important or of educational value, a copy of the minUtes should be made made for print­ ing in the Seafarers Log. together with any unusual happenings during the trip. The ship's copy of these minbraces the program outlined by the WSA in behalf of merchant seamen, will be reintroduced at this Congress by Represen­ tative Peterson (Dem., Fla.), a member of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The Ways and Means. Commit­ tee will beNurged at this ses­ sion of Congress to act ort the Jackson Bill providing unem­ ployment insurance for maritime personnel. utes should be left with some member of the crew making an­ other trip, and read at the next meeting which is to be held as soon as the hew crew has signed articles. This start - of - voyage meeting will be chiefly for the purpose of getting acquainted and to elect new delegates. While in peace time only full book members had voting powers' in ship's meetings, it may seem advisable nowadays to extend this privilege to probationary members in order to form a quorum. In no case, however, should permit or trip card men be allowed to vote. And when the question of granting books is to be discussed, these last are to be excluded from the meeting. Special meetings should be called whenever necessary— chiefly for disciplinary reasons. Of late there have been cases where stewards have taken men up to the Old Man for laying down on the job. Such action is neither necessary nor good union­ ism. The men in his own de­ partment should be able to straighten out any faker. Call a special meeting, and if he won't come clean bring him up oh union charges at the end of the trip. This recommendation ap­ plies to all departments, and to performers as well as shirkers. Many ships are sailing either without libraries aboard or with libraries which, not having been replaced, are no longer of inter­ est. It's up to the delegates to see that a fresh library is added at the end of the trip^ for often the purser or deck cadet should have taken care of it, but fails to do so. Just ask the patrolman when he comes aboard where to telephone to get the-books replac­ ed. While you're ordering the books, ask for a few batches of magazines. JIM CORSE, No. 6217 •1-^ 'F^SOHals SURVIVIRS OF SS BIENVILLE Get in touch with attorney ilichard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. » • « EMILJOHN CIPAR: Get in touch with attorney Richard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. • '», » EMIL HUPMAN: Your wife is worried about you. Write her at once. * • '« ROBERT KENNEDY: You Jost your discharges aboard the SS Joshua Leach . and they were found by Delegate James E. Roche. They are now at Head­ quarters office; Pick them up. Money Due SS R. M. PEARSON Linen money is coming to E. Hardeman, Barrett, L. E. Bragg, V. Bodine, J. Kreig, McCurdie, J. L. Danzey, and R. M. Gee. Col­ lect at Mississippi Line office in New Orleans. 6 * • SS JOtiNATHON GROUT J. Bucker has one hour penalty time coming Which he did not collect at payoff. Collect from New York office of Mississippi Line. Keep tn Touch With Your Draft Board •Only One Out of F1V6 Can Cdunt on.a | Job Under Selective Service Rules: ^ UnioHs Prtttebt All w �Bfeene > '>• ' Friday, January 5, 194S THE SEAFARERS Page ThxM By BUNKER making every ship, and staying until the last dime is paid, and setting all the beefs right aboard. From my talk with every pa­ trolman here in New York, the ship's delegates are doing a good job and seeing that the overtime is presented in good shape so we can go to work on them. But we are still waiting to pay off a ship without running into some guy all gassed up, taking up the patrolman's time with some phoney beef and then hold­ ing up the payoff when it comes time for him to get his dough. Every brother should lay off this drinking until after the payoff. It helps you get what's coming to you, and also the patrolman who may need all the time he can get to make another ship. JOHNNIE JOHNSON. Patrolman Honor Roll SS Homas Lyons L. Frott R. F. Amachles W. Kenefick A. L. Addison J. Doyle G. E. Swannie Luster W. T. Youngblood V. P. McGuirk A. Walter M. Hall C. Niicking S. H. Zydel L. Almeila R. McDonald - V ."uir- FORE 'N AFT Around the Ports Captain W. Touschean of the SS Cape Coi-win would have in­ Twenty-one ships were paid dulged in intoxicants at such a off by the New York patrolmen time of responsibility. Whatever last week, with nineteen signing the cause of his hoi'ror, Capt. W. Touscheon was pjersistant in his The Calmar office looked like demand that the patrolmen be a patrolman's convention on ejected and that the men would Tuesday. There were six patrol­ payoff without representation and men paying off four ships. The like it. The men didn't like it, Holt, Marr, Gibbs and, Latrobe nor did the men payoff on the paying off two hours apart. The ship. With the exception of one only trouble was that the skip­ man, the crew stood by their pers of a couple of them gave agreement and paid off in • the the crews the wrong informa­ company office the next day with tion on the time, and it took two representation and all their beefs patrolmen the next day to clear settled. Among the ships paid off here up the beefs for the boys that with all beefs settled aboard were not there at payoff time. Patrolmen Coffin, Manners, and were the Marjorie, Griswald, Fisher ran into a skipper Thurs­ Peckham, Emory, and the Whiteday that dates back to the days field. The Cranston Victory had of old. Comes time for the pay­ a number of food beefs, but they off, all the office force are lined wore turned over to Frenchy up in their usual position around Michelet who convinced the the table. The commissioner is Steward that he could get more all set, the money is neatly stack­ cooperation from the crew than ed and the saloon door is opened from the company. There are quite a number of for the men to come in and get their money. Then this modern beefs coming from the men who Bligh lets out a scream of sa­ come in on ships in transit. A botage. When all the excitement number of these beefs are in ref­ had cleared away, the Captain erence to conditions and food screamed out that the patrol­ which cgn be remedied here, if man who was talking to the the ship comes along side for a commissioner must leave the sa­ day or two. Another is men who cred sanctum of the officers' sa­ want to sign off articles. This has been practically an impossibility loon immediately. The Patrolman and the Com­ as men are not available to re­ missioner patiently explained to place the men getting off. the Master that the: patrolmen J. P. SHULER. Patrolman were there for the purpose of representing the unlicensed per­ sonnel and that it was a custom­ The New Year is here and ship­ ary practice. We know that it ping in New York is greater than would be sacrilege to state that ever before. The patrolmen are ,i' LOG WHArS DOING NEW YORK .f-'/ 13.05 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 A Quiet Comer In SIU Lounge /» "these brothers are relaxing in the SIU lounge bstween bouts with North Atlantic storms and Nasi tin fish. Easy chairs and books out of the SIU library make the afternoon pass quickly and restfully. Row about looking over our new library? You're sure to find a book to lit your mood out of the 300 voluthes on hand. ^ « The brothers pictured are (left to right) Willie Toomen Chief Cook; Frank Russo, Ordinary Sea­ man: Frank McLaughlin, Fireman-Oiler-Watertender; and Nathan Middlaton, Chief Sfewatd^ As you know if you were in New York around Christmas, the board was so full of ships there, weren't enough spaces for all of them. There were ships of all kinds: C-2s, Hogs, Lakers, Liberties, Tankers, Victories, and tugs. Any kind of job you wanted. Most of these ships were bound for the fighting fronts—many with vital supplies for the lads who are giving the krauts one hell of a battle over there in the Belgian mud. The boys who are fighting v/ould have liked being home for Christmas. Many of them haven't seen the States for two years or more. They are homesick but they have to sweat it out. A lot of SIU men would like to have been home for Christmas, too. But they knew there was something bigger than Christmas parties and dinner with the folks at home this year. "We didn't dog it when it was really tough in '42 and '43," they said, "so why start now?" They gave up Christmas ashore this year and kept those war cargoes moving. These men are at sea now—in the North Atlantic, tljp "Med," the Caribbean, and the Pacific. They had the Christmas spirit—the right spirit. They knew that the big holiday hasn't started yet. Here's to them! • • • * Manpower Commissioner Byrnes closed the race tracks recently. Now the horse race crowd will know there's a war going on. But what will become of the bookies, the touts, and the jockies? Here's a suggestion, Mr. Byrnes. Send 'em all to Sheepshead Bay and train a special detail to man these Liberties that the Mari­ time Commission is converting into mule carriers. In case you haven't heard, there will be 13 Liberty ships con- ; verted (at a trifling cost of $300,000 each) to carry several hundred tr, mules—and a hundred men. « • • • We suppose these ships will be fitted with donkey boilers to keep the cargo warm. « • • • DID YOU KNOW ... ? Although Switzerland is a nation without a seaport, she does have a merchant marine. At present ten ships fly the Swiss flag. They sail under regulations of the Geneva convention, using the same rules that apply to hospital ships; reporting their position regularly and using lights at night. Crew Reports Good Trip On SS Thomas Lyons This letter is written to bring the membership up to date in re­ gard to the SS Thomas J. Lyons, Smith & Johnson Line. You will undoubtedly recall that last June the crew then on this vessel wrote a letter asking that a Pa­ trolman meet the ship when she came into New York in order to take up beefs about the Captain. The entire-crew, with the excep­ tion of about three men signed off foreign articles in New York by mutual consent, and the un­ dersigned was one of those who took a call off the board to re­ place them. Those of us who answered the call had serious misgivings about signing on, in the light of what the old crew told us, but several of us who had sailed with Smith & Johnson before had a talk with Captain Anderson and we found he was ready to back us up in the event of trouble. On that voyage I was Deck Delegate, as I was on the trip just completed, and together with my brother delegates we proceeded to edu­ cate the Captain as to his rela­ tions with SIU. The upshot of the whole mat­ ter is ^hat he has completely changed in his attitude and dur­ ing these two voyages no single incident hBU occurred that calls for any criticism of him. The best evidence of this is that six of the Deck Dept. and two of the Engine Dept. signed back on for a second trip which we have jiist completed. Knowing how the members feel about our contract with Smith & Johnson, and knowing in turn something of the respect which Mr. Fasick and Capt. Andersen have toward our union, I felt it incumbent upon us as a crew to show our appreciation of that at­ titude by taking the vote, which we did. Needless to say it closed the incident to the complete sat­ isfaction of the Captain. Yours very truly, M. A. DUNHAM. Deck Delegate Book No. 22568 Notice! Reward for first hand informa­ tion of any enemy action in waters between Porto Rico and Mass. in January 1943. Insurance claim for loss of vessell requires such proof. Telephone collect, Parkside 5004, or write Box 904, Reckford, IIL WELSH 8e WELSH, Attorneys •r. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January' 5, 1945 STALINIST FAKERY IN MARITIME IS TRACED Seamen Jeopardize Gains By Listening To Curran And Co. By STEELY WHITE The National Maritime Union is making a coordin­ ated effort to gain control of ESSO and the War Emer­ gency Tanker Companies. This is known not only to the companies but to the SIU membership. However, it is doubtful if the seamen as a whole and even the rank and file members of the NMU realize• the what consequences and impact what the lack of conditions seamen sailing such tankers such NMU control would have on would llave to join the NMU or the marine industry. quit that branch of the industry It is an established fact that whether they liked to or not! the Stalinists within the NMU Those seamen, with the NMU have complete control of that or­ designated as the bargaining ganization and manipulate all agency, and their ships controlled policies that are laid down to the by Communist NMU members, NMU membership with the dic­ would be at the mercy of the dic­ tatorial order . . . "Do it ... or tations of Moscow. else!" It is well known among ship­ We know that these officials of ping circles and labor, men that the NMU have connived with the number one point of the and offered the various shipown­ agenda of the Communist Party's ers very attractive propositions waterfront section has been and in the form of "company-union" is "control of the .-maritime in­ contracts with the NMU's abor­ dustries of all the nations through tion of the check-off system. This the world." This policy was an­ would operate at the expense of nounced by S. Ambrovitch Dridthe men on the ships and militate zo of the Communist Intex'nationagainst them as an economic ale of Labor Unions at the In­ stranglehold. (The latest example ternational Marine Transpoit of the NMU's sell-outs is their Workers Congress held in Ham­ contract with Keystone). burg in 1930. (Mr. Dridzo, under The Communists within the his true name, is today Abraham NMU and in the marine industry Lozovsky, one of the mainsprings have striven only for one thing: of Joe Stalin's "government" in Primary control of the men on Moscow. Another who attended the ships which would mean the the same congress was Thomas economic life and death of the Ray, now one of the mainsprings seamen in their calling. The pur­ of the NMU's so-called "Port pose of this is multi-fold. The Committee," an ardent stooge for seamen, as NMU "members" with Stalin and one of the real orderdues and levies, would financially givers within the NMU.) maintain the programs of the The Communists' tactic has Communist Political Ass'n. (suc­ been simple — for they have cessor to their so-called Party) worked chiefly within the labor both inside, the NMU and in other unions of the various nations— with a particular emphasis on the fields. marine unions — by establishing With signed "contracts" in their "units" within such unions tanker companies — no matter to work from within. Once es­ tablished, the task of such "units" has been "to gain control of the particular union or destroy it to set up a rival organization." And a few years ago the Communists almost gained this goal in the U.S., as within other countries, by striking at opportune mom­ ents and almost paralyzing world trade through partial control of the labor movements in trans­ portation and communications. It is well known that where they have an opposition within a union they will force a strike and immediately sabotage the union's* effort by cunningly reversing their stand and attempting to lay the blame on their opposition for the loss of the strike action. Countless examples of this exist. The union's memberships are al­ ways the goats of this powerseeking mob. They have shown that they care no'* more for the workers than they care about the work­ ers' needs; for the Communists have shown that they will trade with the bosses and the shipown­ ers and play along with them as READ YOUR CONTRACT long as their industrial programs or policies are useful to or assist the Soviet Union. Once this ceases, the Communists stand as a menace and ready to destroy. Recall the early days of the war when Stalin was hobnobbing with Hitler. The NMU officials were crying to high heaven and bitterly opposing all industrial policies and programs to aid the Allies. Bixt as soon as Hitler got on Joe Stalin's toes, the NMU of­ ficials like the rest of their tribe of labor fakers, reversed their stand and since have been busy sabotaging every gain that labor made in the last decade under the guise of assisting Russia. Russia is a vast country with almost unlimited resources and manpower. She is in the act of industrial development as a na­ tion. With that accomplished she will acquire a huge merchant marine to bid for world trade. We can be certain that the Com­ munists will then support Russia against the American seamen with our higher wages and work­ ing conditions, for we will be in competition with Russian inter­ ests. The fact that the NMU has some so - called contracts with some companies would mean nothing—merely scraps of paper. It is not to the benefit of the seamen, nor to anyone else for that matter to be a part of or have business connections with an organization that, is controlled by or partial to the Communist Party. A large majority of the NMU membership aboard the ships are not aware of these things. A few of the old timers know the set up and stay within the NMU hoping someday to be able to oust the Communists and gain member­ ship control over that organiza­ tion. Bitter experience has shown that to be impossible. There is one answer—they are swinging to the AF of L Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, the Union that is fighting for and obtaining wages and conditions and overtime on the job; • iSW'lA KNOW YOUR RIGHTS •? - •• , ,, • ,f. By "FRENCHY" MICHELET The earth has swung full cycle again. This troubled old globe has made yet another lap around the sun. We did most of this trip seated on our fanny at a desk job. We can't say that we like, it though. - More and more v/e have found ourself dreaming of far places. This is the season of resolu­ tion. Let us all resolve to try to have the spirit of goodfellowship that prevails at payoff time and in gin mills under the mellowing influence of a few beers extended to our living and working to­ gether throughout the voyage. We are having quite' a bit of trouble, with several chiseling operators who try to get out of fumigating their ships no matter how lousy they get. They invari­ ably try to give us the old ex­ terminating routine. We don't go for it of course, but it makes for a lot of trouble just the same. We have learned the hard way that fumigation is necessary to get rid of bugs. The only way you can kill them with that goo the ex­ terminator spreads around is to hit them on the head with the can. Several cooks have complained to us about the scarcity of bones for stock. They contend that the beef comes aboard boned and that they are consequently fre­ quently short of material for the stock pot. The truth is that there's actually no shortage at all. A cook must plan ahead that's all. There's plenty of good beef stock in your prime rib stores. Cook the meat with the bone on it if you prefer it that way. Save the cooked bones, they make a fine stock. Open the bones with a cleaver to free the savory juices. Throw them in a stock pot, add a few pounds of lean beef, a few onions and soup vegetables, add several gallons of water and let simmer all day. Strain through a china cap into gallon vegetable cans. When cool, store the cans in the ice box. Remove as much each day as you need for the day's cooking. The fat that will have accumulated on top must not be removed as it protects the stock from souring. By treat­ ing your veal and fresh and smoked ham and fowl bones in the same manner, you can store up a variety of stocks for every occasion. Every time we catch a cook parboiling chickens for soup stock, we blow our cork. Saye the legs, wings, neck and trim­ mings of the chicken for this pur­ pose. Add a little veal stock, a pinch of saffron for color and you have k fine stock for any chicken soup. Always open the legs and other bones with a cleaver to get at the full flavor. If you think the chicken is too tough for roasting, don't boil all the flavor out of it. Cooks who pull this old ship dodge are just asking for trouble. Try this with a tough old hen: Cut up the chicken as for fricaseeing. Wash thoroughly in a collender. Soak the meat in cook­ ing oil for a half hour. Now sea­ son it well with a liberal sprink­ ling of salt, pepper and paprika. Put it in a baking pan with sev­ eral quartered onions and a clove of garlic, cover it with another pan and bake for a half hour. Meanwhile have a mixture of on can of tomato paste and two cans of No. 2V2 tomatoes simmerir , away on the range. After the meat has baked for a half hour, pour the tomato mixture over the chicken and cook until tender. Our cousin, Danny Byrne, wil' soon be in New York after put­ ting almost ten months on the England-France shuttle. We are looking forward to quite a little binge as he will naturally be live as hell after all those fine days on the other side. Danny was the hero of the sweetest setup we., ever ran into on. this good green earth. It was in the spring of '41 that we chanced into Santos, Bra­ zil on the old Arizpa and found that Ds^nny had proceeded us there by a few days on the Del Sud, and that he was head man with "Mussolini," a dark - eyed darling who ran the best gin mill in South America. Imagine breez­ ing into a port and finding that your cousin has full authority to ladle out the cold beer! c a-i'-V-il m I I. Escapes From Enemy Sub (Continued from- Page 1) other had his leg bitten off by the sharks. Finally planes appeared again and dropped life rafts. And two days later a Bhitish trawler ap­ peared and took the men to a small island. From the island they were later taken to Colom­ bo, and. then back to the States where Lee finally Ijad his aperidix removed. And now Lee is ready to ship out again, and is in the New York SIU hall looking for a job. Oh, yes, but there is a hitch. He lost his papers when he was torpedoed. And so he can't take a ship until duplicates come through. And that will take weeks . . . and weeks. In the meantime he is broke. And the draft board is breathing on his neck. The boy's around the.haU are kiddhig him by saying, "Hell, you were better off on that ii*3 raft than you are now. At least you-had emergency rations and could eat." 5 r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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