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1941-11-25
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT,
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
NEW YORK, N. Y., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1941 No. 23
// NEGOTIATING COMMinEE WINS ''10 & 10
COASTWISE DIFFERENTIAL
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Five Major Atlantic Operators Grant SjU
$10 Wage Boost and 90 cents Overtime;
Bull and Insular Eliminate Differential
1942Nominations Closed}
SixtyFour Candidates
(COMPLETE LIST OF CANDIDATES ON RASE FOUR)
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After painstaking examination
• i <ot all .ciedentialfl submitted by
• caudidates for 1942 ofllce in the
Seafarers' International Union,
the Committee on Candidates
made its report to the branches
and revealed that sixtyfour men
had aualified to run for office.
This brings to an end the
period of notninations; the actual
election will start immediately
and proceed for the next two
months. The new Union offlcens
will take office' on the , flret
Monday in February. '
The Committee on Candidates
revealed that a number of bro
thers had been disqualified to
run for office. Some were marked
off because they failed to submit
discharges proving sufficient sea
service; others mailed in their
papers after the legal deadline,
and in some cases the men
failed to prove citizenship.
There are several offices to
which no one has been nomi
nated. These will be filled by the
man receiving the highest write
in vote, provided he receives
onethird of the total votes cast
for that particular office.
The Committee on Candidates
was composed of J. H. Yolgian,
J. Arras, J. Cruz, Theodore
Thomson, Vincent Kadian and
Richasd R. Tyler.
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Ships to Sail AH Seas;
^ President Roosevelt has signed the neutrality revision
resolution which passed Congress last week and which allows
AUierican merchant ships to sail all belligerent waters. The
U.S. Navy is now proceeding with its program of arm
ing these ships so that they may defend themselves from
Axis attackers.
This revision raises many
questions for the union men that
sail these ships. What sort of
compensation are they going to
receive" for risking their lives in
subinvested waters? Will they
receive bonuses, adequate insur
ance to protect their families in
case they are killed?
Who will man the newly in
stalled guns? If Navy men are
to man them, where will they be
quartered? The focs'ls of most
ships are already overcrowded.
And of primary importance is the
question of whether or not the
more reactionary shipowners will
try anti use the presence of Navy
men aboard these ships as an
excuse to break down union
working conditions and wages.
• These are vitally important
questions upon which the Gov
erament has taken no official
stand. The seamen will vigilantly
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Seaman Reveals Hellish
Conditions on NM. U.Ship
The NMU is always sounding off about how militant it
is and what wonderful conditions it has won for the rank
and file seamen. These beautiful pictures are painted ineach
issue of the PILOT, but arefseldUm translated into real hard
facts aboard the NMU sh^s. The super super conditions
that Ourran keeps yelling about are a lot of malarky. If you
doii't believe it, ask Jim Flynn, Jr., SIU No. 2023; he just
got off a NMU ship. ^ ——
Jim hit the beach in New York
oh November 17, after a run on
the Elxecutlve of the .American
Elxport Lines, dnd he had'a story
that would make your hair curl.
But let him tell it in his own
words.
."Edy, I wouldn't have belieed
It;" Jlni said. "No air, I wouldn't
lM>Ueved It if I hadnt seen It
;my own; eyea. , The bri^
ity of the officer^ and the meek
ness of that crew was enough to
make a good union man burn up.
For a while I thought that the
men were just no good, but when
we hit New York I saw that it
wasn't the men that we're no
good; It was the NMU qffi!oials.
The crew could, have been mili
tant as hJIl, hut theywould have
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With Coastwise
Ship Operators
The deadlock in negotiations
between coastwise operators and
the International Longshore
men's Association, was punctuat
ed this week by a new threat
from Joseph Ryan, ILA presi
dent, to strike the operators if
they didn't come to terms.
The old contract expired on
Get. 31 and the union has been
attempting to get a new agree
ment ever since. The ILA seeks
an increase of 15 cents an hour
above their present pay of $1.10
an hour for regular time and an
increase in overtime from $1.42
to $1.65 an hour.. ;
Joe Ryan warned that 15,000
longshoremen in all North Atlan
tic ports would walk out before
December 1, if no agreement was
reached.
In the meantime the II.A
struck three sugar refineries in
Brooklyn and Yonkers. The com
panies affected were Sucrest Cor
poration, American Sugar Refin
ing Company and the Syrups
Sales Corporation. According to
Ryan, the freighter Agwimonte,
carrying a cargo of sugar de
stined for the American Sugar
Refining Company in Brooklyn,
has put about and is reported
heading for Baltimore to dis
charge her cargo there. If the
ship arrives at that port, Balti
more members of the Refinery
Workers Union, Local 1476 of
the IL.^ will be instructed not
to handle the sugar.
The Aflantic District negotiating committee headed
by SecretaryTreasurer John Hawk, won from five major
operators this week a $10 boost in wages and a 10 cents
per hour increase in overtime. Thus the SIU again takes
the lead in improving wages and working conditions for
the seamen of America.
The agreements are between the Union and the A. H.
Bulj, BaltimoreInsular, Alcoa, and Raritan Steamship
Companies, and Seatrain Lines, Inc. These agreements
not only give ail SIU men 90 cents per hour in overtime
rate — the highest in the industry — but in the case of
the Bull and BaltimoreInsular lines the differential between
offshore and coastwise runs is eliminated. Henceforth all
runs will pay the same scale. This amounts to a $12.50
raise in scale for The coastwise men.
Negotiations between the "Union and many of the
companies are continuing on working rules — but a spe
cial addendurh providing for the new scale and overtime
has been signed and in most cases is retroactive to
November 1st.
These benefits put in the shade the loudly trumpeted
contract between the NMU and the American Merchant
Marine Institute. The NMU receives only 85 cents per
hour overtime and continues to accept*a coastwise dif
ferential.
Free Advice Concerning
Selection of Officers
Sit Down and. Write
To the LOG
All Brothers at sea or on
the beach are urged to
wnte for the SEAFAR^S
LOG. Beefs, e^rienoe,
ideasTsend them all along
to the Editor. If yon have
anytldilg on j^hr ohestr
:pntit in the LOG.
Dear Editor:
By the time you get this leUer
all the nominations will be in,
and it would be a good idea to
have a little discussion, I think,
about the elections themselves.
I have a few ideas that I'll
pass out for what they are
worth. I think they deserve care
ful attention by the SIU mem
bership.
Brothers, the coming year is
going to be about the toughest
year our organization will ever
have to face—what with the
NMU's sellout for government
regimentation and the pressure
being put on Congness by the re
actionary elements to have laws
passed to shackle labor.
This year's elections may be
the last time you will have a
chance to exercise your right of
democratic Control over your or
gahization if you don't put men
in office who are able to win our
fight against the reactionary
^powners and their govern
ment stooges who want to put us
under a dictatofsbip.
I repeat, if you don't put damn
good men in office this year, our
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Shipbuilding Men
Withdraw peef
From the NDMB
As an aftermath of the Nation
al Defense Mediayon Board's re
fusal to grant the United Mine
Workers a closed shop contract
in the captive coal fields, the Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers
(CIQ) have withdrawn their dis
pute with the Robins Drydock
Company from the Board's con
sideration.
The Shipbuilding Workers had
previously struck the Robins out
fit in an attempt to gqt a pay
boost and better working condi
tions. The workers went hack to
work when the NDMB promised
to m'ediate a settlement'
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AHiANTIC & GULF DISTRICT
of the
Sea/ittrers' Intemationcd Union
of, Nojth 'America
Affiliated teith the American Federation of 'Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERG, Acting International President
110: Market Street, Room 402, San Francisco, Calif.
AVBRE8S ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS
PUBLICATION TO:
"THE SEAFARERS' LOG" .
P. *0/ Box 2^, StAtioa P, New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOvtling Green 9*8346
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Bioff and Browne
George E. Browne and Willie Bioff were finks at heart.
Although one was president and the other a West Coast of
cial of the. International Association of Theatrical Stage Em
ployees, they had not the slightest interest in the welfare of
the workers in their union. Bioff and Browne didn't think
or act or even look like union men. They blackmailed the
.Hollywood movie producers with the threat of calling a
strike of the projection room operators. To them a picket
line was nothing more or less than a weapon to be used for
their own personal gain—to line their pockets.
With cold and calculated contempt for the working man,
these two leeches subverted their union and betrayed their
trust. With typical gangster reasoning, Bioff and Browne
thought the world was divided into two classes—the suckers
and the wise guys. They were the wise guys (they thought),
and they, no doubt, considered both the movie magnates and
the rankandfile members of theor own union as suckers.
But like so many wise guys, they outsmarted themselves
For the next ten years they will be sitting behind bars.
There are those in the labor movement who are rejoicing
that the courts finally caught up with these two rats.
Rather it should be an occasion for deep concern; concern
that the rank and file of the lATSEmre unable to take care
of their doublecrossing leaders in their own manner with,
out governmental interference. It is always, better that labor
clean its own house.
The BioffBrowne case has brought home to labor once
again the necessity of union democracy. In this respect the^
SIU sets an example others would do well to follow. No fink
or racketeer could seize and hold control of the SIU. The
rank and file wou^d speak up—and when the rank and file
of the SIU speaks, people jump—and damn fast.
Now that Bioff and Browne have been picked off, the
hundreds of good trade unionists in the lATSE will have a
chance to clean out the entire Browne machine and establish
an honest and militant union. It is up to them to. reestablish
democracy within their union. It is vital that they do this,
for until the rights of rankandfile members are protected
within the trade imlons, working men can expect no democ
racy jn society itself.
bonuses, increased insurance, and the extension of bonus
payments to the West Indies runs. All these demands were
entirely justified and well within the ability of the operar
tors to meet. Yet, the Aluminum mpuopoly and theother
profit swollen shipowners J%hdiandedlytrefused'itb even con
sider the • demands.
Then came the Board. Give your dispute to us, it said,
and Weill see that justice is. dqne.
Justice was done all right: Shipownerbrand of justice.
The seamen didn't get a boost in insurance and they didn't
receive any bonus for the West: Indies. All they, receiyed
was a few minor bonus increases on the runs wl|ere they had
already won them.
Nor did the Board act as a "mediator." Its decision was
handed to the seamen in the form of an ultimatum. The jSRU
was warned that it; had better acqept the Boajrd's findings
. . . "or else."
No, the seamen won't shed any tears at this funeral.
But now a new threat arises. With the resignation of the
010 representatives from the Board,and the calling of * a
strike in the . captive coal'mines, reactionary, employers and
Congressmen are screaming for antistrike, legislation.
Onthis score there, canbe no division in labor. All Union
men must oppose any legislation that will restricttheir free
dom as union men and their hard won economic rights.
To deny labor the right to strike is to deny it ALL bar,
gaining rights. No employer would bargain* with his em
ployees on an equal basis if he knew that the men were for
bidden by the government to leave their jobs.
If Congress says to the workers, "You cannot strike for
better conditions and wages," it will amount; to sajdng,
"You can no long'er bargain collectively with your em
ployer."
This must not happen. Complete labor unity on this issue
will defeat it.
More About:
Free Advice
Oil Eiection
(Continued from Page 1)
Union may crumble under the
ebmbined attacks ot tfie NMU
and the government And ' 'the
shipowners. If we dp fa)l, it Svill
be many years before seamen
can get back their present con
ditions.
You fellow workers kpow, by
experience who the olliclals arei
that have been doing a good job.
Select them and, throw, out the
deadheads!
You also have, run into som#
of the new candidates while you.
were on the job. If you think
tliey would do better than tjio
men now. in office, vote for them
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instead of the present holdera,
I always guide my vote hy the '
following, rules:
1.' Don't vote for a map just
because' he has been in office' he
fore. If he isn't doing a good job,
put a new man in.
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Editor 's Mail Bag
The National'Dtefense Mediation Board is (lead. It con
tinues to go through the motions of "mediation," but its
voice has a death's rattle." With the resignation of the 010
representatives it iS' nothing but a hollow shell, possessing
fittle authority and demanding no respect from the working
men of the United States.
Who will Tnourn its death? Certainly not the seamen.
Certainly not the coal miners. Certainly not the thousands
of workers who turned to the Board for aid in settling their
just demands, only to be doublecrossed ancl driven back to
work with little or no improvement in their wages and con
ditions. *
There are occasions when the Board handed down deci
sions entirely favorable to the workers, but this happened
wken the union involved in'the dispute was , strong enough
to enforce its demands. On very few occasions did the work'
eps get a break when their union was weak and the employer
was'strong.
Take the Siu beefas an example,
SIU men hit the bricks over the question of increased
Dear Editor:
Since it ia around election, time
I tliougiit yon might like to print
the foUowing, little item I ran
across. It is titled—LIFE QP A
BUSINESS AGENT and was
was printed in "Kenosha Labor."
"First be gets elected le servo
the members. That's what he
lliiiiks, but soon he ffnds that
serving the membership is a.
• miall item.
"His job is to get the member
sliip going in»the right, direction,
to straigliten out the chiseling
employer, then hear all the beefs
from tlm disgruntled boys, always
be ready to have an excuse,, for.
the wife of the good brother who
goes to a union meeting at least
twice a week, see that the boys
pay tlieir dues. You are a soand
so if they don't keep paid up, and
you are a dictator if you ask
them for their dues.
"Ypu should be at work at' 7
a.m. and be tlmrc at 10:30 p.m
if .some dummy wants to call
about, something he forgot to tell
you, and !yoii shoflld be bh every
jab and also in the office all the
tirn«, find at home yon are a night
owl, never homo with the Missus,
you have lost your love for lipme
end her, you need a lantern and
not a bed.
''Among the boys yoii used to
work with you are a swell head
and a liigli hat, the job hag gone
to your bean,, you are getting too
much dough for what you do, even
make more than some of the
members.
"When you buy fi new. car, it
belongs to. them; you got..'H out
of, their dues .they_ pay into tho
union. So. all in all you are
soandso if you do and :i dirty
name if you don^t. And just wait
till next elee.tion and on and on
"Wlio in hell invented tliis job,
anyway?"
Even so—I don't suppose it
will discourage tiie boys from
running for office.
Ihaternally,
2. Don't vote for a man who is.
always blasting .somebody. He.
may be. sincere, but the chances
are he is trying to work off;, a
personal beef. If he really had
something, he. would prefer
charges instead of trying.to dis
credit theman. Also, if he brings
up personal matters at a Union
meeting, the chances are that he
will carry his personal beefs into
office if elected. Personal mat
ters don't mix with; Union busi
ness.
3. DonT put a
whcj has a poor
man in, office,
strike record
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More About
(Continued from Piiije 1)
watch for the first attempt to
scuttle theii Conditions and will
fight it relentlessly.
While Ignoring the' labor as
pects of the situation created by
neutrality revision, the Govern
ment. has re:vealed a few details
of its armament plans.
Present' plansdo hot call for
arming: coastwise . ships, accordr
ing Lo the. Navy Department, at
leftst not until giins have heen
Installed on ships Tunhiug to
England and Russia and other
war ports. As to the guns them
selves, they will be, thj^ee, four
and five Inch weapons, depend
ing upon the structure of the
ship they are to protect.
The" new fiverinch "dualpur
pose" guns will be placed aboard
only the newer ships built espe
cially to absorb the recoil of
these heavy weapons. All ships
wiH' also be eciuipped with 50 ca:
Ilbei antiaircraft machine guns.
: The iargfe guns require a crew
of from eleven to sixteen men.
Two of these guns will be mount
ed: on each ship—;one on the fore
.deck and one on the poop, These
jflvelnch weapoi^ h.ave a, thin
metal turret capable of deflect
ing shell splinters and machine
gun bullets, except those fired at
'close range. These guns, plus the
imounts and handling mechan
ism, will cost. $32,000 each.
At the same time President
Roosevelt signed the neutrality
revision act, he sigiied another
law which gaye the Coast Guard
full authority over the ' move
ments and anchorage of ships in
port, 'i
We can't afford to take chances
now. *
4. Don't vote for a man jusj,
because he i.s at the top of the;
ballot. Check the rnftn's record
hefpi;e voting for him.
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5, La st, but not least, vote for,
the man who will fight to protect
youK inteersts. because it is your
livelihood that is in danger.
Before signing off, I' want to
say a word about supermilitants.
The Commies are out to wreck
the SIU because we are mgking;
the "Saviors of the working.^^
.class" look like a hunch of saps
with our better wages and '^rotk
ing conditions.
So, beware of the man. who
wants to tie up the ships or take
some other action that w,ill 'dis
credit the Union. He may be
sincere, and then agpin he. maV;
he trying to make a stlnlcso that
the government will have an ex
cuse to step in and take oyer ̂
the ships. If thgt ever, fiappenfi,,
we would Ipse everythipg ,wp.
have fought for. • ,
And <18 R fina}, word—don't put,
too much, faith in the man or of
ficial whp talks big; 'Talk' is,
cheap. Make sure he is a piodulc^
er before he gets your vote.
' Pmternally,
J, F. VANOEGRIFT, G14
P.S. I am, pot running for ofe
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Editor, I Seafarers Log
Dear S^r and Brother;
The ijohin item of the week Is
that t^e major Gulf companies
have all, agreed to the raising of
the wa^es and overtime rate of
pay..The new rate is ten and ten
over th<j! old.
This, is not included in the
base pay rate at this time, but
the forner emergency increase
is now' included as base pay.
Thei'efo|e, if you want to be
technica|l,. the. present score is a
sevenfifty increase in the base
pay and| the'ten to be carried as
the whr rate raise for the
present,;
Any ^ay you look at the ques
tion, still the fact comes up that
the SIIJ takes the lead again.
Even thpugh the Pileit devotes
cousiderttble chatter to Jipw and
why thCj NMU is willing to, take
flve uiidj five. At the time of
writing ihis, I would like to point
out thai the NMU's ' overtime
clarifications are tho same as
the SlUihas been collecting for
the past yeai'. For instance,
when the fireman on watch after
five and ibel'ore eight, has to sup
ply steaiin for the winch, etc.,
they col ect and have been col
lecting for some time. Now, li
hally, this if; to include the, Com
mie boysl. This, my children, is
the NMlf's 1941 style, of making
conditions for men that man the
ships.
If and when the rank and file
of the NMU take the power
away from the Commies that
now have it, than they nvgy be
able to keep up with the SIU in
the matter of pay and conditions.
At this year's negotiationB, the
NMU was the skeleton in the
closet that plagued the commit
tee down here, and I'm sure the
Same goes for tthe West Coast.
If instead of having to fight this
«.sort of thing, a committee cpuld
go in knowing that all hands
were fighting together, then we
would have the world by the tail.
So, any day now we can ex
pect to see a blast against the
SIU for again "disrupting the
industry" by raisingi the wages
of the workox, while Mirtton
head was talking to the English
workers instead of talking for
the American seamen that pay
his freight..
When will the men that are
sailing the only big company in
the Gulf get tired of taking a
horsing around and come over
to the .SlU? If Lykes here in the
Gulf were SIU, then, my chil
dren, tile indiistry woul.d he solid,
for this would eliminate the
coastwise differential and the
present differential being paid
by the companies. The ten and
ten would look just as big to the
Lykes sajlors as it does to all
the rest.
Pr.'iteinally,
ARM.Y
MONEY DUE
The fotlowing Goamen each has
a check for $41.66 in the New
Orleans Hall. This money is from
the P. & O. strike settlement.
J. BARBER
J. JOY
Et SHAW
R; S. ABREU
N. R. RUDNiCK
The following brothers have
money coining from the Alcyone
for standing by. Collect from
Rolnick «1 Asofsky, 11 Broadway,
New Yorit City.
JOSEPH MILLER
» C. SERRANO
J, VELASAQUEZ
G. WINFIELD >
G. M. LAURIE
W» PARREL
P. POWERS
L. BOYER
GARCIA
GEORGE BROWN
A SANCUSKY
LOST
A dark brown suit case dis
appfared from the Boston
hall. It had the Initials on the
side, J.T.W. The, owner of the
bag is ndt so much concern
ing aboiiti the loss of the bag
itself, but rathsr about the
personal
it. These
lapers that Were In
papers are the prop
erty of John T. Welsh, SUP
No. 2258, Anyone 'coining
across these papers, please
forward them to the owner in
care of tl(e Seafarers Log.
Cliff(^rd Jackson
Contact Glenn F. Waugh, at
torneyatlaw, First Natl,onal
Bank Bldg., Fairsburg, .Ne,
foraska. Tfhe attorney states
ho has information thatwill
prove to your advantage.
A.F.L. Urges Union
Label Christmas
Wiishiuglon. D. C. — T. M.
Oruhuru, SecretaryTreasurer
of the Union Label Trades
Department, announced the
annual drive urging Christ
mas shoppor.s to buy only
union label gifts.
Because of the increased
sales of merchandise dhring
the holiday season, the A. F.,
of Ix asks members of labqr
lyiipns, their families and
friends to demonstrate the
value of the union label mar
ket by purchasing Christmas
presents only from firms that
display the union label, shop
card and service button.
Seafarers' Log
Honor Roll
CREW OF 8. S. GREYLOCK
Niels Kastrup
G. E'hmsen ..,
Hodges
M. Ludwick; ..
J. Spaulding . .
Phillips
C., Barthlum .
I. Welnstein .
J. Ochab ...
L, Gallo
J. Cataldo
^H. De Bpor .,
L. Basner
O. Leary
Toy
Ai Macmupn .
L. Donovan • • •
0. Cooper ..
J.. CroniiT • '• • • •
T. Shea
Bolger
J." Mucphyj,,';
$.200
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3.00
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2.00
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Total $41.00
SAVAISNAH
Editor, Seafarers Log
Dear Sir and Brother:
Shipping around Savannah is
still good. Ships are still leaving
here shorthanded. The S.S. City
of Savannah came in the other
day with the sailors demanding
that they be moved out of their
old quarters. This beef has been
hanging for a longtime. Due tn
the cooperation of the Quarter
masters, Oilers and Watertend
ers aboard this ship, we were
very successful in placing the
A.B.'s two men to a room.
Also had the S.S. Alcoa Puri
tan in here. This ship came from
the Pacific Coast via Chile. This
being a new ship and an addi
tion to the Alcoa Steamship Co.
fleet,'there was a lot of disputed
overtime aboard this ship. After
taking it up with the three de
partment deeigates, the Chief
Mate and the . Chief Engineer,
thi.s was cleared up, so there
won't he any delay in paying off
in Norfolk, Va., as" they all have
transportation back to th'e Paci
fic Coast.
Also had the S.S. Helen of the
Bull Steamship Co. in here. All
beefs on this ship were settled,
and she sailed for Jacksonville,
twQ . AB's and one Oiler short.
Right now I'ni hunting for an
AB and an Oiler for the S.S.
City of Birmingham. After an ab
sence of two years we are hav
ing the S.S. Shiekshinny in hei'e
tomhrrow from the Far East.
Brother Biggs dropped in here
the other day for the purpose of
signing an addendum to the new
agreement, and we were success
full in getting the same adden
dum as the Waterman Steam
ship Co,
That's all for now. Steady as
she goes,
CHARLES WAID, Agent
Savannah Branch
SEAMAN FINDS
ARMY TRUCKS
LIST TO PORT
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
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Room 213 2 Stone Street. New York City
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MORE ABOUT
Conditions on NMD Shh»
Dear Sir and Brother:
I sure am glad about the raise
of pay the boys got on the hrmus.
I head about it in a copy of the
Log you sent me here at the
Army post: Say, does the union
hear much from the other broth
ers in the army?
It seems to me that it is about,
time the shipowners and. the gov
ernment started to put some ar
tillery on the ships for the pro
tection of the boys.
Me—I'm running land ships
now, and not so good either. I
turned my truck over three
times the other night • during
maneuvers when I was driving
40 miles an hour without lights.
We were being attacked from
the aii;, while riding, along on a
convoy of about 15 trucks. It was
so dark I couldn't see a foot in
front of my fenders and when a
turn came, in the road, I went
straight ahead into a ditch and
turned over.
Well, nothing more to write
about except ta say, keep up the
swell work, guys. I sure wish 1
was back Ah the hall ready to
sail out again to sea.
I still say that the chow here
is lousy. Never could bo like the
chow we get out at sea.
So. keep, hpr steady as she
goes for a hell of a long time to
come. .
SEAGOING ROOKIE
(Continued from Page 1)
been sold out by the piecards if
they had raised a beef.
"But I'm getting ahead of my
self. because the story starts in
Singapore last June. I was taken
off my own ship, the S.S. City of
Alma, with typhoid fever. When
I recovered from the fever, I
couldn't find any SIU ships. Fi
nally, after waiting a couple of
weeks, I shipped on the Execu
tive, an American Export rust
bucket manned by a NMU crew.
I signed on as fireman.
"Well, the. scow took on oil at
Calcutta and then set for Hono
lulu. About a day out of Calcut
ta, when I'm on watch, tthe Sec
ond Engineer comes down to me
and says, 'Get up there, and clean
the forepeak where the oil
slopped over.'
"I explained to him that I was
on watch, but that didn't make
any difference. 'You heard me,
get up there,' he yelled. I warned
him that it was oveitime. work.
'We'll see about that,' he said.
"When I finished my watch, I
took my overtime to the engine
delegate and asked him to
straighten things out. 'Well, you
are not a union man,' he said to
me, 'and so I don't think there is
much we can do about it.'
" 'What do you mean, I'm not
a union man,' I said, 'I belong to
the SIU.' Weil, the minute I men
tioned the SIU, this bozo threw
up his hands in horror and would
have nothing more to do with
me. Later I ^ras to see thqt me
beiijg a member of the SlU was
only an excuse with him for
dodging the beef. He never want
ed to speak up to the skipper,
even on legitimate NMU beefs—
and there were plenty that
should have been brought up.
' "So T can't get any satisfac
tion from the delegate. So I fig
ured that I'd wait until I.got,to
New York and saw the agent.
"We tied up at Honolulu be
fore heading for the Canal, While
in port theie, a fight broke out
between a fireman and an oiler.
The fireman, who had been get
ting the worst of the fight, sud
denly pulled a sixinch knife and
lunged for the oiler's throat. His
reach was a little short and in
stead of stabbing the oiler in the
throat, the knife split his chin,
I was standing midships when
this happened., When I saw the
knife work, I jumped on tthe
fireman who was below mO on
the well deck. The force of my
jump knocked him to tlie deck
and the^icnife out of his hands.
Once he dropped the knife, the
rest of the deck, gang piled in
and tied bin" up.,
"Again I went to the K'MU
t
A'
.. s'
delegate a n d demanded that
union charges be brought against
the fireman for carrying con
cealed weaopns and for attack
ing a union brother. AgaLi tlie
delegate sniveled around and re
fused to do anything about it. I
said that the least the union
could do was to demand that the
skipper send ashore for a doctor
to patch up the knife cuts. But
the crew took absolutely no ac
tion, and the oiler continued to
worlc without even receiving any
shots for lockjaw.
"Weil, this hell ship pulled
anchor and headed for the Canal.
But before we lost sight of Hono
lulu Another fight broke ouL
"This time a cooky little
S.O.B., who wa.s Deck Cadet,
• started to beat up the pantry
man. The thing boomeraii.gtMl,
and the pantryman gave him a
real shellacking. It so happened
that the Deck Cadet was the first,
cousin of the Chief Mate. The
Mate ' couldn't stand seeing liis
relative getting beaten up, even
if he did start the fight, so he
plied in on the pantryman from
behind, knocked him to the deck,
grabbed him by the feet and
damn near threw him over the
port rail. He really beat that
poor pantryman until he couldn't
stand.
"This time I thought I'd wait
and see how the crew acted. I
waited—but no action. Finally I
spoke up and asked why the
crew didn't take some action—
why they didn't prefer charges
against the Mate for. corporal
punishment.
"The Mate heard me make that
demand, and came running up to
me and said, 'I'll push your face
in if you don't pnll your nose
out of this.'I asked him who he
thought he was talking to. . .
Some NMU stumble bum? H[e
calmed down when he,saw I
• wouldn't fold.
"For the rest of the trip that
Mate terrorized that crew, and
acted if he lifd never heard of a
trade union.
"When we hit New York, the
NMU patrolman showed up. I
began to tell him the beefs, but
he turned on me and said that
he couldn't do anything about
them. He ,spent practically his
entire time on board bawling oijt
some guy that was back on his
dues.
"It makes me laugh when I
hear the NMU piecards sound
ing off about how wonderful
their union is. What crap! If I,
had to ship through the NMU, '
I'd probably leave the sea;
'"Thank God "for the SIU . , .
that's all I got to say."
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Candidates for 1942 Ofifrce US. Freighter
SECRETARYTREASURER
i (Vote for 1)
i PAUL GONSORCHICK ..
! SIDNEY GRBTCHER ....
............... ̂741
#6700
j JOHN HAWK #2212
ATLANTIC REPRESENTATIVE
(Vote for 1)
: HARRY COLLINS #496
i CARL M. ROGERS #G2
GULF DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE
BOSTON AGENT
JOHN MOGAN
BOSTON DECK PATROLMAN
VINCENT YAKOVONIS
#216
#1774
BOSTON ENGINE PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1)
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i CLYDE R. COBURN ... #106
J. E, SWEENEY #1530
BALTIMORE STEWARD'S PATROLMAN
(Votfe for 1)
CARLTON DOUGLAS #4911
WM. HAMILTON #3400
JOHN F. RYDER #1114
JOHN VECHIO #1616
NORFOLK JOINT AGENT
BERGER HANSEN #3135
NORFOLK JOINT PATROLMAN
BUD RAY #647
PUERTO RICO JOINT AGENT
Vote for 1)
DANIEL BUTTS #190
A. E. QUINONES #G13
cHico SOLAS : #1002
JOSEPH WAGNER #G153^
#427
#425
BOSTON STEWARDS PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1)
^ S. E. BAYNE #13
; HAROLD BURKE .., #1077
PROVIDENCE JOINT AGENT
; ! (Vote for 1)
; JOSEPH E. LAPHAM .........
J. L. MCHENRY
NEW YORK JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1)
DON RONAN
PRANK WILLIAMS ............
<NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN
(Vote for 2)
GEORGE (GUS) JOHNSON ..
#1374
#6161
CLARENCE E. NORMAN
#2025
#987
NEW YORK DECK PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1) '
LOUIS GOPFIN
DOUGLAS MUNCASTER
NEW YORK ENGINE PATROLMAN
#4526
#297
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NEW YORK STEWARD'S PATROLMAN
(Vote for 2)
A. J. COBB #371
' CLAUDE FISHER #362
FERDINAND HART #488
PHILADELPHIA JOINT AGENT
JOSEPH FLANAGAN
0
PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN
I Vote for 1)
I ROBERT HILLMIN
EDWARD M. LYNCH
BALTIMORE JOINT AGENT .
XVote fori) .
T LEROY P. DEUTSCH v....
DURWOOD STOREY ..."
SAVANNAH JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1) .
ALTON V. DAWSON #2198
CHARLES B. MARTIN ...T. #G16
CHARLES WAID #054
JACKSONVILLE JOINT AGENT
MIAMI JOINT AGENT
(Vote fori) ^
L. O. BAKER .?..... .#G190
W. A. (BILL) O'BERRY #G14
JOHN LOPEZ #G127
J. K. SHAUGHNESSY #G118
MARTIN TRAINOR .#50060
TAMPA JOINT AGENT
(Vote for i)
E. L. GREENWELL #§85
D. L. (JACK) PARKER #G160
RAY WSWEENEY '.. #G20
Rear Admiral' fiSnory' S. Land,
chairman of the Maritime Com
mission, released figures this
week on the progress of the U.S.
ship building program, which is
aimed at the creation of a mer
chant fleet "second to none other
in the world."
"The original plan for the con
struction of 500 ships," said Ad
miral Land, "has now pyramided
because of the national emei'
I.
gency into a composite' program*
involving the construction of ap
proximately 1,606 ships from the
inception of the program In 1937
until approximately the end of
1943."
The Admiral further revealed
that in the naval program there
have been 2,831 ships ordered
since1940. They will cost a total
of 17,234,262,178.
Government to
Requisition $0
Joe Curran Has
Labor Troubles
MOBILE JOINT AGENT
OLDEN BANKS
MOBILE DECK PATROLMAN
I • • • • *• #G1
MOBILE ENGINE PATROLMAN
ROBERT A. MATTHEWS ....#G154
MOBILE STEWARD'S PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1)
CHARLES E. TURNER ...i.»#G15
EDISON WALKER #G21
NATHAN W. WELBORN #G6
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NEW ORLEANS JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1)
A. W. ARMSTRONG
#542
#3188
#3693
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BALTIMORE DECK PATROLMAN
REXPORD B. DICKEY • • • • • *• • aX* « • t
BALTIMORE ENGINE PATROLMAN
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#2860
#3012
#652
#4^
H. J. (SMOKEY) SCHREINER
NEW ORLEANS DECK PATROLMAN
, .#G1S6
, .#G308
(Vote for 1)
PETER P. JASON #G11
M. C.(JAKEALOtJ) STAMPLEY ..... .#G347
E. (JACK) VOREL #G10
NEW ORLEANS ENGINE PATROLMAN
C. J. (BUCK) STEPHENS #Gf6
NEW ORLEANS STEWARD!8 PATROLMAN
TEDD R. TERRTNGTON >..... #G68
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TEXAS CITY JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1)
J. iL (JOHNNY;) DABM08 .1;
B. it WALLACB • • • • • 0 0 4 • • 'i «#>.'(#Gb2ST
Recently the NMU opened a
nevy headquarters and accom
panied the occasion with typ
ical Curran. bombast. The
building was called the "best"
and the 'biggest" and the
"most modern," etc., etc. The
PILOT damn near broke the
typewriters In an ecstasy of
selfpraise.
W h a t WASN'T revealed
during all this horn blowing
was the fact tbat when the
NMU went tq renovate its
"supercollossal" headquarters
it ran into, labor trouble. This
fact only leaked out this
week'.
Curran hired, AFL electri
cians and .. plasters and car
penters and painters to fix up
h^s headquarters before he
moved in.' The ^CIO,.which has
been trying, to muscle In on
"trades in' New
this and raised
Is vicepresident of
dhd he ip |be7ng ac#
Moving swiftly after' the pas
sage of Neutrality Act" amend
ments, the Maritime Cdinmiss'ioa
is preparing to virtually' requisi
tion the 80odd merchant vessels
operating in the Red Sea and Pa
cific defense runs in order to ac
celerate the delivery of lend
lease cargoes and the receipt of
strategic and critical materials
from abroad, it was leaihed from
reliable information. " '
The new measure of control,
.superimposed on the control the
commission aheady exerts.through
the Ship Warmnts Act, will re
sult from a revision of pre.sent
charter arrangements between the ,
commission and the owners of
these vessels.
The effect of the revision would
be the equivalent" of Government
requisitioning of the ships In that
complete direction of operations
will be In the commission's hands
without further ado.
According to Washingtofn au
thorities, • the revised agreement
provides for a time charter of
vessels for the length of the ernier '
gency, t^t a rate acceptable to the
commission and the owners.
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the' building
York, heard
Kell.;. 7
Curran
thfecip,
cused of sabotaging " his own
organization.
: Hm, bm, hm. What have we
heard . thaat accusation be
fore?
DO NOT SHIP
November 14, 1941
Editor, Seafarers' Log:
Dear Sir and Brother:
L am in receipt of a letter from
the .ship's Dejegata of tbe S.S,
Edith of the Bull Lines. In which
he states that there is a man
named C. Gorddhi perhiit 944, on
that vessel, who has not paid any
dues since April of this year.
Prom the letter I get the impres
sion that Gordan " hangs around
the docks in small ports where
there is no Union 'Hail and ships
off of the dock. He always quits
before the" ship reaches a port
where there is a Union Hqll, This
way he Is a hard man to catch.
In the regular meeting held iri
Mobile' on April 28, 1941 the
membership voted tor revoke this
man's permit and to refuse him
membership In the Seafarers' In
ternationalUtilon; of N. A.
"This action has bee^concurred
In up and down the coast. IVill
yoa^.please; pidot Udd.:jnfpnnation
Ca'the Log.'; • • • : '
OLDEN BANKS
Three Finnish tankers' which/
were familiar tO American ports
before the war, #erc sunk last
week somewhere In. the Baltic.
Sea. • . d
The ships were iTie 4,360tott
Hogland, formerly in service be
tween Petsamo," Baltihiore and
Norfolk; the 2,517^i Taurl,
which formerly traded between
Havana and Newport Nejypi and
the 1,848ton Cisil. ^iv5eiity*nea
meii lost their lives on the three
ships.
When the ships were stink'," they
were reportedly aiding the Nazis
in. their war on the SOvleit Uhlbh.
It has also been reported thai;; .
three other Finnish ships that
used to run between Gulf' and
Southeastern American ports,
have been captured by the Bflfr V
ish. These ships were' '
desta, Rolfsberg and Solbritt' "
Ickes' Gas Scare
ProWs Fake Alann
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Well, one scare Is over—
the scare of a gasoline shorL,.^^'
age. Not that many seamen .
have automobiles tp whiz.',,
around in when they are on
the beach, but Secretary of .
the Interior lakes let out such
bellyyells about the' ghs
shortaage that It could be
heard by a blackgang ten'\ '
miles at sea. • '
iNow Mr. Ickes reluctant
ly admitted that it was ail: ^
a mistake. There's plenty'As
of gasoline after all. • In the
meantime, of course, the bif)'
oil companies cleaned up.
They threw about 100,000 em "^^7i1
ployees out of work and, f
many. Instances bposted.
price of .fuel, • v V"V'
Somehow the employers air j
waysiseem to come , out on .top ' ) ̂
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT,
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
NEW YORK, N. Y., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1941 No. 23
// NEGOTIATING COMMinEE WINS ''10 & 10
COASTWISE DIFFERENTIAL
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Five Major Atlantic Operators Grant SjU
$10 Wage Boost and 90 cents Overtime;
Bull and Insular Eliminate Differential
1942Nominations Closed}
SixtyFour Candidates
(COMPLETE LIST OF CANDIDATES ON RASE FOUR)
'hi * •
After painstaking examination
• i <ot all .ciedentialfl submitted by
• caudidates for 1942 ofllce in the
Seafarers' International Union,
the Committee on Candidates
made its report to the branches
and revealed that sixtyfour men
had aualified to run for office.
This brings to an end the
period of notninations; the actual
election will start immediately
and proceed for the next two
months. The new Union offlcens
will take office' on the , flret
Monday in February. '
The Committee on Candidates
revealed that a number of bro
thers had been disqualified to
run for office. Some were marked
off because they failed to submit
discharges proving sufficient sea
service; others mailed in their
papers after the legal deadline,
and in some cases the men
failed to prove citizenship.
There are several offices to
which no one has been nomi
nated. These will be filled by the
man receiving the highest write
in vote, provided he receives
onethird of the total votes cast
for that particular office.
The Committee on Candidates
was composed of J. H. Yolgian,
J. Arras, J. Cruz, Theodore
Thomson, Vincent Kadian and
Richasd R. Tyler.
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Ships to Sail AH Seas;
^ President Roosevelt has signed the neutrality revision
resolution which passed Congress last week and which allows
AUierican merchant ships to sail all belligerent waters. The
U.S. Navy is now proceeding with its program of arm
ing these ships so that they may defend themselves from
Axis attackers.
This revision raises many
questions for the union men that
sail these ships. What sort of
compensation are they going to
receive" for risking their lives in
subinvested waters? Will they
receive bonuses, adequate insur
ance to protect their families in
case they are killed?
Who will man the newly in
stalled guns? If Navy men are
to man them, where will they be
quartered? The focs'ls of most
ships are already overcrowded.
And of primary importance is the
question of whether or not the
more reactionary shipowners will
try anti use the presence of Navy
men aboard these ships as an
excuse to break down union
working conditions and wages.
• These are vitally important
questions upon which the Gov
erament has taken no official
stand. The seamen will vigilantly
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Seaman Reveals Hellish
Conditions on NM. U.Ship
The NMU is always sounding off about how militant it
is and what wonderful conditions it has won for the rank
and file seamen. These beautiful pictures are painted ineach
issue of the PILOT, but arefseldUm translated into real hard
facts aboard the NMU sh^s. The super super conditions
that Ourran keeps yelling about are a lot of malarky. If you
doii't believe it, ask Jim Flynn, Jr., SIU No. 2023; he just
got off a NMU ship. ^ ——
Jim hit the beach in New York
oh November 17, after a run on
the Elxecutlve of the .American
Elxport Lines, dnd he had'a story
that would make your hair curl.
But let him tell it in his own
words.
."Edy, I wouldn't have belieed
It;" Jlni said. "No air, I wouldn't
lM>Ueved It if I hadnt seen It
;my own; eyea. , The bri^
ity of the officer^ and the meek
ness of that crew was enough to
make a good union man burn up.
For a while I thought that the
men were just no good, but when
we hit New York I saw that it
wasn't the men that we're no
good; It was the NMU qffi!oials.
The crew could, have been mili
tant as hJIl, hut theywould have
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With Coastwise
Ship Operators
The deadlock in negotiations
between coastwise operators and
the International Longshore
men's Association, was punctuat
ed this week by a new threat
from Joseph Ryan, ILA presi
dent, to strike the operators if
they didn't come to terms.
The old contract expired on
Get. 31 and the union has been
attempting to get a new agree
ment ever since. The ILA seeks
an increase of 15 cents an hour
above their present pay of $1.10
an hour for regular time and an
increase in overtime from $1.42
to $1.65 an hour.. ;
Joe Ryan warned that 15,000
longshoremen in all North Atlan
tic ports would walk out before
December 1, if no agreement was
reached.
In the meantime the II.A
struck three sugar refineries in
Brooklyn and Yonkers. The com
panies affected were Sucrest Cor
poration, American Sugar Refin
ing Company and the Syrups
Sales Corporation. According to
Ryan, the freighter Agwimonte,
carrying a cargo of sugar de
stined for the American Sugar
Refining Company in Brooklyn,
has put about and is reported
heading for Baltimore to dis
charge her cargo there. If the
ship arrives at that port, Balti
more members of the Refinery
Workers Union, Local 1476 of
the IL.^ will be instructed not
to handle the sugar.
The Aflantic District negotiating committee headed
by SecretaryTreasurer John Hawk, won from five major
operators this week a $10 boost in wages and a 10 cents
per hour increase in overtime. Thus the SIU again takes
the lead in improving wages and working conditions for
the seamen of America.
The agreements are between the Union and the A. H.
Bulj, BaltimoreInsular, Alcoa, and Raritan Steamship
Companies, and Seatrain Lines, Inc. These agreements
not only give ail SIU men 90 cents per hour in overtime
rate — the highest in the industry — but in the case of
the Bull and BaltimoreInsular lines the differential between
offshore and coastwise runs is eliminated. Henceforth all
runs will pay the same scale. This amounts to a $12.50
raise in scale for The coastwise men.
Negotiations between the "Union and many of the
companies are continuing on working rules — but a spe
cial addendurh providing for the new scale and overtime
has been signed and in most cases is retroactive to
November 1st.
These benefits put in the shade the loudly trumpeted
contract between the NMU and the American Merchant
Marine Institute. The NMU receives only 85 cents per
hour overtime and continues to accept*a coastwise dif
ferential.
Free Advice Concerning
Selection of Officers
Sit Down and. Write
To the LOG
All Brothers at sea or on
the beach are urged to
wnte for the SEAFAR^S
LOG. Beefs, e^rienoe,
ideasTsend them all along
to the Editor. If yon have
anytldilg on j^hr ohestr
:pntit in the LOG.
Dear Editor:
By the time you get this leUer
all the nominations will be in,
and it would be a good idea to
have a little discussion, I think,
about the elections themselves.
I have a few ideas that I'll
pass out for what they are
worth. I think they deserve care
ful attention by the SIU mem
bership.
Brothers, the coming year is
going to be about the toughest
year our organization will ever
have to face—what with the
NMU's sellout for government
regimentation and the pressure
being put on Congness by the re
actionary elements to have laws
passed to shackle labor.
This year's elections may be
the last time you will have a
chance to exercise your right of
democratic Control over your or
gahization if you don't put men
in office who are able to win our
fight against the reactionary
^powners and their govern
ment stooges who want to put us
under a dictatofsbip.
I repeat, if you don't put damn
good men in office this year, our
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Shipbuilding Men
Withdraw peef
From the NDMB
As an aftermath of the Nation
al Defense Mediayon Board's re
fusal to grant the United Mine
Workers a closed shop contract
in the captive coal fields, the Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers
(CIQ) have withdrawn their dis
pute with the Robins Drydock
Company from the Board's con
sideration.
The Shipbuilding Workers had
previously struck the Robins out
fit in an attempt to gqt a pay
boost and better working condi
tions. The workers went hack to
work when the NDMB promised
to m'ediate a settlement'
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AHiANTIC & GULF DISTRICT
of the
Sea/ittrers' Intemationcd Union
of, Nojth 'America
Affiliated teith the American Federation of 'Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERG, Acting International President
110: Market Street, Room 402, San Francisco, Calif.
AVBRE8S ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS
PUBLICATION TO:
"THE SEAFARERS' LOG" .
P. *0/ Box 2^, StAtioa P, New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOvtling Green 9*8346
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Bioff and Browne
George E. Browne and Willie Bioff were finks at heart.
Although one was president and the other a West Coast of
cial of the. International Association of Theatrical Stage Em
ployees, they had not the slightest interest in the welfare of
the workers in their union. Bioff and Browne didn't think
or act or even look like union men. They blackmailed the
.Hollywood movie producers with the threat of calling a
strike of the projection room operators. To them a picket
line was nothing more or less than a weapon to be used for
their own personal gain—to line their pockets.
With cold and calculated contempt for the working man,
these two leeches subverted their union and betrayed their
trust. With typical gangster reasoning, Bioff and Browne
thought the world was divided into two classes—the suckers
and the wise guys. They were the wise guys (they thought),
and they, no doubt, considered both the movie magnates and
the rankandfile members of theor own union as suckers.
But like so many wise guys, they outsmarted themselves
For the next ten years they will be sitting behind bars.
There are those in the labor movement who are rejoicing
that the courts finally caught up with these two rats.
Rather it should be an occasion for deep concern; concern
that the rank and file of the lATSEmre unable to take care
of their doublecrossing leaders in their own manner with,
out governmental interference. It is always, better that labor
clean its own house.
The BioffBrowne case has brought home to labor once
again the necessity of union democracy. In this respect the^
SIU sets an example others would do well to follow. No fink
or racketeer could seize and hold control of the SIU. The
rank and file wou^d speak up—and when the rank and file
of the SIU speaks, people jump—and damn fast.
Now that Bioff and Browne have been picked off, the
hundreds of good trade unionists in the lATSE will have a
chance to clean out the entire Browne machine and establish
an honest and militant union. It is up to them to. reestablish
democracy within their union. It is vital that they do this,
for until the rights of rankandfile members are protected
within the trade imlons, working men can expect no democ
racy jn society itself.
bonuses, increased insurance, and the extension of bonus
payments to the West Indies runs. All these demands were
entirely justified and well within the ability of the operar
tors to meet. Yet, the Aluminum mpuopoly and theother
profit swollen shipowners J%hdiandedlytrefused'itb even con
sider the • demands.
Then came the Board. Give your dispute to us, it said,
and Weill see that justice is. dqne.
Justice was done all right: Shipownerbrand of justice.
The seamen didn't get a boost in insurance and they didn't
receive any bonus for the West: Indies. All they, receiyed
was a few minor bonus increases on the runs wl|ere they had
already won them.
Nor did the Board act as a "mediator." Its decision was
handed to the seamen in the form of an ultimatum. The jSRU
was warned that it; had better acqept the Boajrd's findings
. . . "or else."
No, the seamen won't shed any tears at this funeral.
But now a new threat arises. With the resignation of the
010 representatives from the Board,and the calling of * a
strike in the . captive coal'mines, reactionary, employers and
Congressmen are screaming for antistrike, legislation.
Onthis score there, canbe no division in labor. All Union
men must oppose any legislation that will restricttheir free
dom as union men and their hard won economic rights.
To deny labor the right to strike is to deny it ALL bar,
gaining rights. No employer would bargain* with his em
ployees on an equal basis if he knew that the men were for
bidden by the government to leave their jobs.
If Congress says to the workers, "You cannot strike for
better conditions and wages," it will amount; to sajdng,
"You can no long'er bargain collectively with your em
ployer."
This must not happen. Complete labor unity on this issue
will defeat it.
More About:
Free Advice
Oil Eiection
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Union may crumble under the
ebmbined attacks ot tfie NMU
and the government And ' 'the
shipowners. If we dp fa)l, it Svill
be many years before seamen
can get back their present con
ditions.
You fellow workers kpow, by
experience who the olliclals arei
that have been doing a good job.
Select them and, throw, out the
deadheads!
You also have, run into som#
of the new candidates while you.
were on the job. If you think
tliey would do better than tjio
men now. in office, vote for them
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instead of the present holdera,
I always guide my vote hy the '
following, rules:
1.' Don't vote for a map just
because' he has been in office' he
fore. If he isn't doing a good job,
put a new man in.
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Editor 's Mail Bag
The National'Dtefense Mediation Board is (lead. It con
tinues to go through the motions of "mediation," but its
voice has a death's rattle." With the resignation of the 010
representatives it iS' nothing but a hollow shell, possessing
fittle authority and demanding no respect from the working
men of the United States.
Who will Tnourn its death? Certainly not the seamen.
Certainly not the coal miners. Certainly not the thousands
of workers who turned to the Board for aid in settling their
just demands, only to be doublecrossed ancl driven back to
work with little or no improvement in their wages and con
ditions. *
There are occasions when the Board handed down deci
sions entirely favorable to the workers, but this happened
wken the union involved in'the dispute was , strong enough
to enforce its demands. On very few occasions did the work'
eps get a break when their union was weak and the employer
was'strong.
Take the Siu beefas an example,
SIU men hit the bricks over the question of increased
Dear Editor:
Since it ia around election, time
I tliougiit yon might like to print
the foUowing, little item I ran
across. It is titled—LIFE QP A
BUSINESS AGENT and was
was printed in "Kenosha Labor."
"First be gets elected le servo
the members. That's what he
lliiiiks, but soon he ffnds that
serving the membership is a.
• miall item.
"His job is to get the member
sliip going in»the right, direction,
to straigliten out the chiseling
employer, then hear all the beefs
from tlm disgruntled boys, always
be ready to have an excuse,, for.
the wife of the good brother who
goes to a union meeting at least
twice a week, see that the boys
pay tlieir dues. You are a soand
so if they don't keep paid up, and
you are a dictator if you ask
them for their dues.
"Ypu should be at work at' 7
a.m. and be tlmrc at 10:30 p.m
if .some dummy wants to call
about, something he forgot to tell
you, and !yoii shoflld be bh every
jab and also in the office all the
tirn«, find at home yon are a night
owl, never homo with the Missus,
you have lost your love for lipme
end her, you need a lantern and
not a bed.
''Among the boys yoii used to
work with you are a swell head
and a liigli hat, the job hag gone
to your bean,, you are getting too
much dough for what you do, even
make more than some of the
members.
"When you buy fi new. car, it
belongs to. them; you got..'H out
of, their dues .they_ pay into tho
union. So. all in all you are
soandso if you do and :i dirty
name if you don^t. And just wait
till next elee.tion and on and on
"Wlio in hell invented tliis job,
anyway?"
Even so—I don't suppose it
will discourage tiie boys from
running for office.
Ihaternally,
2. Don't vote for a man who is.
always blasting .somebody. He.
may be. sincere, but the chances
are he is trying to work off;, a
personal beef. If he really had
something, he. would prefer
charges instead of trying.to dis
credit theman. Also, if he brings
up personal matters at a Union
meeting, the chances are that he
will carry his personal beefs into
office if elected. Personal mat
ters don't mix with; Union busi
ness.
3. DonT put a
whcj has a poor
man in, office,
strike record
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watch for the first attempt to
scuttle theii Conditions and will
fight it relentlessly.
While Ignoring the' labor as
pects of the situation created by
neutrality revision, the Govern
ment. has re:vealed a few details
of its armament plans.
Present' plansdo hot call for
arming: coastwise . ships, accordr
ing Lo the. Navy Department, at
leftst not until giins have heen
Installed on ships Tunhiug to
England and Russia and other
war ports. As to the guns them
selves, they will be, thj^ee, four
and five Inch weapons, depend
ing upon the structure of the
ship they are to protect.
The" new fiverinch "dualpur
pose" guns will be placed aboard
only the newer ships built espe
cially to absorb the recoil of
these heavy weapons. All ships
wiH' also be eciuipped with 50 ca:
Ilbei antiaircraft machine guns.
: The iargfe guns require a crew
of from eleven to sixteen men.
Two of these guns will be mount
ed: on each ship—;one on the fore
.deck and one on the poop, These
jflvelnch weapoi^ h.ave a, thin
metal turret capable of deflect
ing shell splinters and machine
gun bullets, except those fired at
'close range. These guns, plus the
imounts and handling mechan
ism, will cost. $32,000 each.
At the same time President
Roosevelt signed the neutrality
revision act, he sigiied another
law which gaye the Coast Guard
full authority over the ' move
ments and anchorage of ships in
port, 'i
We can't afford to take chances
now. *
4. Don't vote for a man jusj,
because he i.s at the top of the;
ballot. Check the rnftn's record
hefpi;e voting for him.
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5, La st, but not least, vote for,
the man who will fight to protect
youK inteersts. because it is your
livelihood that is in danger.
Before signing off, I' want to
say a word about supermilitants.
The Commies are out to wreck
the SIU because we are mgking;
the "Saviors of the working.^^
.class" look like a hunch of saps
with our better wages and '^rotk
ing conditions.
So, beware of the man. who
wants to tie up the ships or take
some other action that w,ill 'dis
credit the Union. He may be
sincere, and then agpin he. maV;
he trying to make a stlnlcso that
the government will have an ex
cuse to step in and take oyer ̂
the ships. If thgt ever, fiappenfi,,
we would Ipse everythipg ,wp.
have fought for. • ,
And <18 R fina}, word—don't put,
too much, faith in the man or of
ficial whp talks big; 'Talk' is,
cheap. Make sure he is a piodulc^
er before he gets your vote.
' Pmternally,
J, F. VANOEGRIFT, G14
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Editor, I Seafarers Log
Dear S^r and Brother;
The ijohin item of the week Is
that t^e major Gulf companies
have all, agreed to the raising of
the wa^es and overtime rate of
pay..The new rate is ten and ten
over th<j! old.
This, is not included in the
base pay rate at this time, but
the forner emergency increase
is now' included as base pay.
Thei'efo|e, if you want to be
technica|l,. the. present score is a
sevenfifty increase in the base
pay and| the'ten to be carried as
the whr rate raise for the
present,;
Any ^ay you look at the ques
tion, still the fact comes up that
the SIIJ takes the lead again.
Even thpugh the Pileit devotes
cousiderttble chatter to Jipw and
why thCj NMU is willing to, take
flve uiidj five. At the time of
writing ihis, I would like to point
out thai the NMU's ' overtime
clarifications are tho same as
the SlUihas been collecting for
the past yeai'. For instance,
when the fireman on watch after
five and ibel'ore eight, has to sup
ply steaiin for the winch, etc.,
they col ect and have been col
lecting for some time. Now, li
hally, this if; to include the, Com
mie boysl. This, my children, is
the NMlf's 1941 style, of making
conditions for men that man the
ships.
If and when the rank and file
of the NMU take the power
away from the Commies that
now have it, than they nvgy be
able to keep up with the SIU in
the matter of pay and conditions.
At this year's negotiationB, the
NMU was the skeleton in the
closet that plagued the commit
tee down here, and I'm sure the
Same goes for tthe West Coast.
If instead of having to fight this
«.sort of thing, a committee cpuld
go in knowing that all hands
were fighting together, then we
would have the world by the tail.
So, any day now we can ex
pect to see a blast against the
SIU for again "disrupting the
industry" by raisingi the wages
of the workox, while Mirtton
head was talking to the English
workers instead of talking for
the American seamen that pay
his freight..
When will the men that are
sailing the only big company in
the Gulf get tired of taking a
horsing around and come over
to the .SlU? If Lykes here in the
Gulf were SIU, then, my chil
dren, tile indiistry woul.d he solid,
for this would eliminate the
coastwise differential and the
present differential being paid
by the companies. The ten and
ten would look just as big to the
Lykes sajlors as it does to all
the rest.
Pr.'iteinally,
ARM.Y
MONEY DUE
The fotlowing Goamen each has
a check for $41.66 in the New
Orleans Hall. This money is from
the P. & O. strike settlement.
J. BARBER
J. JOY
Et SHAW
R; S. ABREU
N. R. RUDNiCK
The following brothers have
money coining from the Alcyone
for standing by. Collect from
Rolnick «1 Asofsky, 11 Broadway,
New Yorit City.
JOSEPH MILLER
» C. SERRANO
J, VELASAQUEZ
G. WINFIELD >
G. M. LAURIE
W» PARREL
P. POWERS
L. BOYER
GARCIA
GEORGE BROWN
A SANCUSKY
LOST
A dark brown suit case dis
appfared from the Boston
hall. It had the Initials on the
side, J.T.W. The, owner of the
bag is ndt so much concern
ing aboiiti the loss of the bag
itself, but rathsr about the
personal
it. These
lapers that Were In
papers are the prop
erty of John T. Welsh, SUP
No. 2258, Anyone 'coining
across these papers, please
forward them to the owner in
care of tl(e Seafarers Log.
Cliff(^rd Jackson
Contact Glenn F. Waugh, at
torneyatlaw, First Natl,onal
Bank Bldg., Fairsburg, .Ne,
foraska. Tfhe attorney states
ho has information thatwill
prove to your advantage.
A.F.L. Urges Union
Label Christmas
Wiishiuglon. D. C. — T. M.
Oruhuru, SecretaryTreasurer
of the Union Label Trades
Department, announced the
annual drive urging Christ
mas shoppor.s to buy only
union label gifts.
Because of the increased
sales of merchandise dhring
the holiday season, the A. F.,
of Ix asks members of labqr
lyiipns, their families and
friends to demonstrate the
value of the union label mar
ket by purchasing Christmas
presents only from firms that
display the union label, shop
card and service button.
Seafarers' Log
Honor Roll
CREW OF 8. S. GREYLOCK
Niels Kastrup
G. E'hmsen ..,
Hodges
M. Ludwick; ..
J. Spaulding . .
Phillips
C., Barthlum .
I. Welnstein .
J. Ochab ...
L, Gallo
J. Cataldo
^H. De Bpor .,
L. Basner
O. Leary
Toy
Ai Macmupn .
L. Donovan • • •
0. Cooper ..
J.. CroniiT • '• • • •
T. Shea
Bolger
J." Mucphyj,,';
$.200
2,00
2.00
3.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2,00
5;0Q
4.00
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2.Q0
1.Q0
2.0P
2.00,
2,00
1.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
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1.00
Total $41.00
SAVAISNAH
Editor, Seafarers Log
Dear Sir and Brother:
Shipping around Savannah is
still good. Ships are still leaving
here shorthanded. The S.S. City
of Savannah came in the other
day with the sailors demanding
that they be moved out of their
old quarters. This beef has been
hanging for a longtime. Due tn
the cooperation of the Quarter
masters, Oilers and Watertend
ers aboard this ship, we were
very successful in placing the
A.B.'s two men to a room.
Also had the S.S. Alcoa Puri
tan in here. This ship came from
the Pacific Coast via Chile. This
being a new ship and an addi
tion to the Alcoa Steamship Co.
fleet,'there was a lot of disputed
overtime aboard this ship. After
taking it up with the three de
partment deeigates, the Chief
Mate and the . Chief Engineer,
thi.s was cleared up, so there
won't he any delay in paying off
in Norfolk, Va., as" they all have
transportation back to th'e Paci
fic Coast.
Also had the S.S. Helen of the
Bull Steamship Co. in here. All
beefs on this ship were settled,
and she sailed for Jacksonville,
twQ . AB's and one Oiler short.
Right now I'ni hunting for an
AB and an Oiler for the S.S.
City of Birmingham. After an ab
sence of two years we are hav
ing the S.S. Shiekshinny in hei'e
tomhrrow from the Far East.
Brother Biggs dropped in here
the other day for the purpose of
signing an addendum to the new
agreement, and we were success
full in getting the same adden
dum as the Waterman Steam
ship Co,
That's all for now. Steady as
she goes,
CHARLES WAID, Agent
Savannah Branch
SEAMAN FINDS
ARMY TRUCKS
LIST TO PORT
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
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Dear Sir and Brother:
I sure am glad about the raise
of pay the boys got on the hrmus.
I head about it in a copy of the
Log you sent me here at the
Army post: Say, does the union
hear much from the other broth
ers in the army?
It seems to me that it is about,
time the shipowners and. the gov
ernment started to put some ar
tillery on the ships for the pro
tection of the boys.
Me—I'm running land ships
now, and not so good either. I
turned my truck over three
times the other night • during
maneuvers when I was driving
40 miles an hour without lights.
We were being attacked from
the aii;, while riding, along on a
convoy of about 15 trucks. It was
so dark I couldn't see a foot in
front of my fenders and when a
turn came, in the road, I went
straight ahead into a ditch and
turned over.
Well, nothing more to write
about except ta say, keep up the
swell work, guys. I sure wish 1
was back Ah the hall ready to
sail out again to sea.
I still say that the chow here
is lousy. Never could bo like the
chow we get out at sea.
So. keep, hpr steady as she
goes for a hell of a long time to
come. .
SEAGOING ROOKIE
(Continued from Page 1)
been sold out by the piecards if
they had raised a beef.
"But I'm getting ahead of my
self. because the story starts in
Singapore last June. I was taken
off my own ship, the S.S. City of
Alma, with typhoid fever. When
I recovered from the fever, I
couldn't find any SIU ships. Fi
nally, after waiting a couple of
weeks, I shipped on the Execu
tive, an American Export rust
bucket manned by a NMU crew.
I signed on as fireman.
"Well, the. scow took on oil at
Calcutta and then set for Hono
lulu. About a day out of Calcut
ta, when I'm on watch, tthe Sec
ond Engineer comes down to me
and says, 'Get up there, and clean
the forepeak where the oil
slopped over.'
"I explained to him that I was
on watch, but that didn't make
any difference. 'You heard me,
get up there,' he yelled. I warned
him that it was oveitime. work.
'We'll see about that,' he said.
"When I finished my watch, I
took my overtime to the engine
delegate and asked him to
straighten things out. 'Well, you
are not a union man,' he said to
me, 'and so I don't think there is
much we can do about it.'
" 'What do you mean, I'm not
a union man,' I said, 'I belong to
the SIU.' Weil, the minute I men
tioned the SIU, this bozo threw
up his hands in horror and would
have nothing more to do with
me. Later I ^ras to see thqt me
beiijg a member of the SlU was
only an excuse with him for
dodging the beef. He never want
ed to speak up to the skipper,
even on legitimate NMU beefs—
and there were plenty that
should have been brought up.
' "So T can't get any satisfac
tion from the delegate. So I fig
ured that I'd wait until I.got,to
New York and saw the agent.
"We tied up at Honolulu be
fore heading for the Canal, While
in port theie, a fight broke out
between a fireman and an oiler.
The fireman, who had been get
ting the worst of the fight, sud
denly pulled a sixinch knife and
lunged for the oiler's throat. His
reach was a little short and in
stead of stabbing the oiler in the
throat, the knife split his chin,
I was standing midships when
this happened., When I saw the
knife work, I jumped on tthe
fireman who was below mO on
the well deck. The force of my
jump knocked him to tlie deck
and the^icnife out of his hands.
Once he dropped the knife, the
rest of the deck, gang piled in
and tied bin" up.,
"Again I went to the K'MU
t
A'
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delegate a n d demanded that
union charges be brought against
the fireman for carrying con
cealed weaopns and for attack
ing a union brother. AgaLi tlie
delegate sniveled around and re
fused to do anything about it. I
said that the least the union
could do was to demand that the
skipper send ashore for a doctor
to patch up the knife cuts. But
the crew took absolutely no ac
tion, and the oiler continued to
worlc without even receiving any
shots for lockjaw.
"Weil, this hell ship pulled
anchor and headed for the Canal.
But before we lost sight of Hono
lulu Another fight broke ouL
"This time a cooky little
S.O.B., who wa.s Deck Cadet,
• started to beat up the pantry
man. The thing boomeraii.gtMl,
and the pantryman gave him a
real shellacking. It so happened
that the Deck Cadet was the first,
cousin of the Chief Mate. The
Mate ' couldn't stand seeing liis
relative getting beaten up, even
if he did start the fight, so he
plied in on the pantryman from
behind, knocked him to the deck,
grabbed him by the feet and
damn near threw him over the
port rail. He really beat that
poor pantryman until he couldn't
stand.
"This time I thought I'd wait
and see how the crew acted. I
waited—but no action. Finally I
spoke up and asked why the
crew didn't take some action—
why they didn't prefer charges
against the Mate for. corporal
punishment.
"The Mate heard me make that
demand, and came running up to
me and said, 'I'll push your face
in if you don't pnll your nose
out of this.'I asked him who he
thought he was talking to. . .
Some NMU stumble bum? H[e
calmed down when he,saw I
• wouldn't fold.
"For the rest of the trip that
Mate terrorized that crew, and
acted if he lifd never heard of a
trade union.
"When we hit New York, the
NMU patrolman showed up. I
began to tell him the beefs, but
he turned on me and said that
he couldn't do anything about
them. He ,spent practically his
entire time on board bawling oijt
some guy that was back on his
dues.
"It makes me laugh when I
hear the NMU piecards sound
ing off about how wonderful
their union is. What crap! If I,
had to ship through the NMU, '
I'd probably leave the sea;
'"Thank God "for the SIU . , .
that's all I got to say."
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Candidates for 1942 Ofifrce US. Freighter
SECRETARYTREASURER
i (Vote for 1)
i PAUL GONSORCHICK ..
! SIDNEY GRBTCHER ....
............... ̂741
#6700
j JOHN HAWK #2212
ATLANTIC REPRESENTATIVE
(Vote for 1)
: HARRY COLLINS #496
i CARL M. ROGERS #G2
GULF DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE
BOSTON AGENT
JOHN MOGAN
BOSTON DECK PATROLMAN
VINCENT YAKOVONIS
#216
#1774
BOSTON ENGINE PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1)
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i CLYDE R. COBURN ... #106
J. E, SWEENEY #1530
BALTIMORE STEWARD'S PATROLMAN
(Votfe for 1)
CARLTON DOUGLAS #4911
WM. HAMILTON #3400
JOHN F. RYDER #1114
JOHN VECHIO #1616
NORFOLK JOINT AGENT
BERGER HANSEN #3135
NORFOLK JOINT PATROLMAN
BUD RAY #647
PUERTO RICO JOINT AGENT
Vote for 1)
DANIEL BUTTS #190
A. E. QUINONES #G13
cHico SOLAS : #1002
JOSEPH WAGNER #G153^
#427
#425
BOSTON STEWARDS PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1)
^ S. E. BAYNE #13
; HAROLD BURKE .., #1077
PROVIDENCE JOINT AGENT
; ! (Vote for 1)
; JOSEPH E. LAPHAM .........
J. L. MCHENRY
NEW YORK JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1)
DON RONAN
PRANK WILLIAMS ............
<NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN
(Vote for 2)
GEORGE (GUS) JOHNSON ..
#1374
#6161
CLARENCE E. NORMAN
#2025
#987
NEW YORK DECK PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1) '
LOUIS GOPFIN
DOUGLAS MUNCASTER
NEW YORK ENGINE PATROLMAN
#4526
#297
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NEW YORK STEWARD'S PATROLMAN
(Vote for 2)
A. J. COBB #371
' CLAUDE FISHER #362
FERDINAND HART #488
PHILADELPHIA JOINT AGENT
JOSEPH FLANAGAN
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PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN
I Vote for 1)
I ROBERT HILLMIN
EDWARD M. LYNCH
BALTIMORE JOINT AGENT .
XVote fori) .
T LEROY P. DEUTSCH v....
DURWOOD STOREY ..."
SAVANNAH JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1) .
ALTON V. DAWSON #2198
CHARLES B. MARTIN ...T. #G16
CHARLES WAID #054
JACKSONVILLE JOINT AGENT
MIAMI JOINT AGENT
(Vote fori) ^
L. O. BAKER .?..... .#G190
W. A. (BILL) O'BERRY #G14
JOHN LOPEZ #G127
J. K. SHAUGHNESSY #G118
MARTIN TRAINOR .#50060
TAMPA JOINT AGENT
(Vote for i)
E. L. GREENWELL #§85
D. L. (JACK) PARKER #G160
RAY WSWEENEY '.. #G20
Rear Admiral' fiSnory' S. Land,
chairman of the Maritime Com
mission, released figures this
week on the progress of the U.S.
ship building program, which is
aimed at the creation of a mer
chant fleet "second to none other
in the world."
"The original plan for the con
struction of 500 ships," said Ad
miral Land, "has now pyramided
because of the national emei'
I.
gency into a composite' program*
involving the construction of ap
proximately 1,606 ships from the
inception of the program In 1937
until approximately the end of
1943."
The Admiral further revealed
that in the naval program there
have been 2,831 ships ordered
since1940. They will cost a total
of 17,234,262,178.
Government to
Requisition $0
Joe Curran Has
Labor Troubles
MOBILE JOINT AGENT
OLDEN BANKS
MOBILE DECK PATROLMAN
I • • • • *• #G1
MOBILE ENGINE PATROLMAN
ROBERT A. MATTHEWS ....#G154
MOBILE STEWARD'S PATROLMAN
(Vote for 1)
CHARLES E. TURNER ...i.»#G15
EDISON WALKER #G21
NATHAN W. WELBORN #G6
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NEW ORLEANS JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1)
A. W. ARMSTRONG
#542
#3188
#3693
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BALTIMORE DECK PATROLMAN
REXPORD B. DICKEY • • • • • *• • aX* « • t
BALTIMORE ENGINE PATROLMAN
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#2860
#3012
#652
#4^
H. J. (SMOKEY) SCHREINER
NEW ORLEANS DECK PATROLMAN
, .#G1S6
, .#G308
(Vote for 1)
PETER P. JASON #G11
M. C.(JAKEALOtJ) STAMPLEY ..... .#G347
E. (JACK) VOREL #G10
NEW ORLEANS ENGINE PATROLMAN
C. J. (BUCK) STEPHENS #Gf6
NEW ORLEANS STEWARD!8 PATROLMAN
TEDD R. TERRTNGTON >..... #G68
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TEXAS CITY JOINT AGENT
(Vote for 1)
J. iL (JOHNNY;) DABM08 .1;
B. it WALLACB • • • • • 0 0 4 • • 'i «#>.'(#Gb2ST
Recently the NMU opened a
nevy headquarters and accom
panied the occasion with typ
ical Curran. bombast. The
building was called the "best"
and the 'biggest" and the
"most modern," etc., etc. The
PILOT damn near broke the
typewriters In an ecstasy of
selfpraise.
W h a t WASN'T revealed
during all this horn blowing
was the fact tbat when the
NMU went tq renovate its
"supercollossal" headquarters
it ran into, labor trouble. This
fact only leaked out this
week'.
Curran hired, AFL electri
cians and .. plasters and car
penters and painters to fix up
h^s headquarters before he
moved in.' The ^CIO,.which has
been trying, to muscle In on
"trades in' New
this and raised
Is vicepresident of
dhd he ip |be7ng ac#
Moving swiftly after' the pas
sage of Neutrality Act" amend
ments, the Maritime Cdinmiss'ioa
is preparing to virtually' requisi
tion the 80odd merchant vessels
operating in the Red Sea and Pa
cific defense runs in order to ac
celerate the delivery of lend
lease cargoes and the receipt of
strategic and critical materials
from abroad, it was leaihed from
reliable information. " '
The new measure of control,
.superimposed on the control the
commission aheady exerts.through
the Ship Warmnts Act, will re
sult from a revision of pre.sent
charter arrangements between the ,
commission and the owners of
these vessels.
The effect of the revision would
be the equivalent" of Government
requisitioning of the ships In that
complete direction of operations
will be In the commission's hands
without further ado.
According to Washingtofn au
thorities, • the revised agreement
provides for a time charter of
vessels for the length of the ernier '
gency, t^t a rate acceptable to the
commission and the owners.
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Sea
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the' building
York, heard
Kell.;. 7
Curran
thfecip,
cused of sabotaging " his own
organization.
: Hm, bm, hm. What have we
heard . thaat accusation be
fore?
DO NOT SHIP
November 14, 1941
Editor, Seafarers' Log:
Dear Sir and Brother:
L am in receipt of a letter from
the .ship's Dejegata of tbe S.S,
Edith of the Bull Lines. In which
he states that there is a man
named C. Gorddhi perhiit 944, on
that vessel, who has not paid any
dues since April of this year.
Prom the letter I get the impres
sion that Gordan " hangs around
the docks in small ports where
there is no Union 'Hail and ships
off of the dock. He always quits
before the" ship reaches a port
where there is a Union Hqll, This
way he Is a hard man to catch.
In the regular meeting held iri
Mobile' on April 28, 1941 the
membership voted tor revoke this
man's permit and to refuse him
membership In the Seafarers' In
ternationalUtilon; of N. A.
"This action has bee^concurred
In up and down the coast. IVill
yoa^.please; pidot Udd.:jnfpnnation
Ca'the Log.'; • • • : '
OLDEN BANKS
Three Finnish tankers' which/
were familiar tO American ports
before the war, #erc sunk last
week somewhere In. the Baltic.
Sea. • . d
The ships were iTie 4,360tott
Hogland, formerly in service be
tween Petsamo," Baltihiore and
Norfolk; the 2,517^i Taurl,
which formerly traded between
Havana and Newport Nejypi and
the 1,848ton Cisil. ^iv5eiity*nea
meii lost their lives on the three
ships.
When the ships were stink'," they
were reportedly aiding the Nazis
in. their war on the SOvleit Uhlbh.
It has also been reported thai;; .
three other Finnish ships that
used to run between Gulf' and
Southeastern American ports,
have been captured by the Bflfr V
ish. These ships were' '
desta, Rolfsberg and Solbritt' "
Ickes' Gas Scare
ProWs Fake Alann
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Well, one scare Is over—
the scare of a gasoline shorL,.^^'
age. Not that many seamen .
have automobiles tp whiz.',,
around in when they are on
the beach, but Secretary of .
the Interior lakes let out such
bellyyells about the' ghs
shortaage that It could be
heard by a blackgang ten'\ '
miles at sea. • '
iNow Mr. Ickes reluctant
ly admitted that it was ail: ^
a mistake. There's plenty'As
of gasoline after all. • In the
meantime, of course, the bif)'
oil companies cleaned up.
They threw about 100,000 em "^^7i1
ployees out of work and, f
many. Instances bposted.
price of .fuel, • v V"V'
Somehow the employers air j
waysiseem to come , out on .top ' ) ̂
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