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OFFICIAL GROAN OF TOE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT,
.SEAFARERS' INTERNAWONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
V. NEW YORK^ CTKIDAY, JULY 2, 1943 No; i4
Passes Fascist Labor Bill
House Committee Studies Job
Insurance For Merchant Men
by Matthew Dushane
J "Washington, D. C.—The House sub-committee on merchant marine and fisheries
is conducting hearings on unemployment insurance benefits for merchant seamen. Hear
ings started Thursday, continued on Friday and will be held again next Monday.
There are two proposed drafts; Committee draft No. 1 was drafted by Mr; Murray
Lattimer of the Railroad Retirement Board at the request of the Social Security Board,
report and will here after in this
be known as No. 1. Committee
draft No. 3 was drafted by Dr.
Gray of the N. Y. State Unem
ployment Commission at the re
quest of the IJf^ar Shipping Admin
istration, and will here after in
this report be known as No. 3. Dr.
Gray had previously submitted^ an
other draft, committee print No;
2, he made some changes and later
submitted committee print No. 3.
Mr.. Johnson, the representative
of the Lakes Carriers Association,
who represents the'largest group of
steamship employers in the United
States, stated that they were in fa
vor of No. 3 but opposed, -the
union hiring hall clauses. The rea^
son that they were in favor of the
rest of the draft was because the
The fascist Smith-Connally bill is ndw the law of the
land, having been overwhelmingly passed by both houses
of Congress over a Presidential veto last week end. But this
is not the end, for labor will continue to battle the repres=
sive measures by all available weapons. William Green,
President of the AFL, warned Con-^
gress that labor would "rebel
benefits payable to the seamen un
der that draft were not as liberal
as draft No. 1.
Committee bearing on theie
bills ended this week with no
prospect of either measure be
ing submitted to the House at
this session.
Mr. Gregory Harris, represent
ing the Pacific American S.S. own
ers association, stated that they
were in favor of No. 3, they also
opposed the union hiring hall clause
in that draft. They also were
favor of the rest of the draft* be
cause the benefits._.payable. under
No. 3 were not as liberal as No. 1.
He also challenged the legal right
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"Red Lead" Anderson
Receives A Vacation
NORFOLK—"Red Lea,d" Anderson, notorious. Wat
erman Line Bucko skipper and log book expert, arrived in
Norfolk three weeks ago with the usual cargo of beefs, a
well-filled log book and a stack of charges against th^ crew.
On the other side of the picture, however, were a set of
charges and specifications fiW
the crew agamst Red Lead. ge„ i„ ^Red Lead's" quarters.
Let this be an object lesson. Skip
pers are subject to rules the same
as unlicensed men. When they vio
late these rules make then answer
to the proper authorities and stick
around until the case is prepared.
The crew stayed long enough in'
this case to accomplish the desired
result.
Two logs against ordinaries for
failing to respond promptly to the
call of the whistle were upheld in
an inspectors hearing and "Red
Lead" smiled happily. His charges
of inefficiency against the 2nd.
Mate were then dismissed and the
smile faded.' "Then came the rev-,
olution" and "Red Lead" himself
w,is on the' carpet being cross-
examined by Marty Trainor, Nor
folk Agent.
. "You - can't dp this to me—ay
vont lisden to. no union agitators'
fumed the indignant Bucko; "Ay
vent to, sea before the mast." Alas
and alack,. however, he was forced
to listen and to try and defend
himself.
His ship sailed again and up to
the last minute it looked as though
"R^d Lead" had beat thg rap. He
signed on the new crew and his
smile had almost returned-when he
was called back to the inspector's
office, relieved of his license for a
period, of thirty, days and told to
pack up and get gone.
The ship sailed with full crew
ninety per-cent. book members and
skippered by, a new skipper. The
Mate who had also been on charges
was exonerated but as a result of
They failed in another obliga
tion to themselves and their union
brothers, however. The crew was
largely composed of SUP members
apd permit men, plus a few SIU
West Coast black gang book mem
bers. Protested overtime amounted
to over a thousand bucks. MUCH
OF THIS OVERTIME y COULD
HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
HERE IN NORFOLK IF THE
CLAIMENTS WOULD HAVE
STUCK AROUND. Now they
are scattered -from hell to break
fast and reluctantly Norfolk has
to forward-the, overtime claim, to
gether with this article to head
quarters. STICK AROUND
BROTHERS AND SETTLE
YOUR BEEFS IN THE PAY
OFF PORT. It relieves pressure
on already overworked. headquar
ters and makes things better for all.
against it" in event the bill was
passed—and rebel we will.
The legislation won't work—^it
can't work as long as there exists
ill this country free and democrat
ic unions. It may succeed in har
assing union leaders, in creating
Unionism—-N.M.U. Brand
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On For Offshore Trip
NEW YORK — Union officials endorsed!
completely the request of WSA Administrator
[Edward Macauley last week that seamen tak-
ling newly coiumissioiicd .ves-
[seh out of the shipyard to
[loading poiis remain on the
[ships for the first offshore
[ operation.
Macauley urged that
Isign oM-sl)ore articles to prevent
I delay caused by the signing , on of
I replacements and to maintain the
I complete efficiency of the vessel.
I He pointed out, "Obviously the re-
j placements, particularly during the
• initial phase of the offshore ope
jtion, cannot ^tch
I of the crew yr.hich
I vessel from the slj
Commcntinjf
Itional Seci
•Smith stated;
|in this comi
receiv;
turn to shipyards and sign coasl-f
wise articles on another newly,
commissioned vessel, etc.
2. The efficiency is impaired by j
the practice of such seamen leav-J
ing the vessel at the loading pory
Tlie seamen who leave the
at the loading port do not
the rcplacemejj
ities of the i
ly-commissij
the repli
ing the
opqr
This.reproduction of a PILOT article graphically shows how the
'N.M.U. leaders 'slavishly bow before- each new- ukase handed down
by the W.S.A. Last week the 8.1.U.'denounced the W.S.A. demand
for deep-sea articles at port-of delivery, as a move to chisel the
' seamen out of conditions. But the rank and file seamen's rights and
conditionsare not factors-lo influence the sell-out artists in the
N.M.U.
irrespective of the policies of "No-coffee-time" and his coterie,
the S.LU. will continue to fight the W.S.A. every time that outfit
attempts to chisel the seamen (and this is about every day in the
week).
The law allows men who sign coastwise articles to sign off whop
-the ship goes dfep sea. -^We will continue to demand that Maeauley
observe the law. v .
momentary confusion and defec
tions in the ranks, but the entire
history of the American labor
movement is such that one thing
is certain, the reactionary labor
haters in Congress and their capit
alist masters are due for a lacing.
"The effect of the bill," declar
ed N. Y. State Federation Presi
dent Thomas A. Murray, "is to.
impose involuntary servitude on
the American workers."
This the workers will not accept
lying down.
Collective bargaining will be
impaired, union men will have to
operate in the shadow of prosecu
tion, employers will double their
anti-union provocations, but the
workers will fight back and defend
their way of life—make no mis
take about that.
We have been told that the bill
was aimed at John L. Lewis and
the members of the United Mine
W<vkers of America. This is true
an-.so far as the-miner: have been
in the vanguard of labor's fight
for justice and the bosses hoped
that by smashing the miners they
could smash all labor.
- But even if the miners hadn't
been forced out on strike by the
coal operators, even the auto and
rubber workers and the machinists
and the teamsters and the seamen
had passively retreated before each
new boss offensive, the Smith-Con
nally bill would still have passed
the Congress in some form. For
the goal of these gentlemen is the
complete smashing of the unions
for all time.
It is a finish fight and no con
cessions by labor (short of com
plete dissolution) -will appease
these gentlemen.
What is to be done? Smith and
Connaliy and their henchmen
must be removed from office.
Henceforth labor must see that
Congressmen wear the union. label.
No finks in the plants and- on
the ships—no finks in Congress!
ALL ABO.OARD FOR
THE GRAVY TRAIN
As has been predicted by the
Seafarers Log many times, the War
Shipping Administration is now
lobbying in Congress for an enor
mous increase in its appropriation.
The WSA. plans to use the rtioney
to build ships—to be sure—but al
so to continue and expand its fink
training program. Undaunted by
the fact that it can't place the
men already graduated from its
schools, the RMO is asking $72,-
000,000 for its training fund.
The total appropriation asked by
the WSA for the comiqg year is a
cool" 2 billion dollars. This- is a
boost of almost 100% over last
)-ears appropriation.
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Once in a lifetime we hear of
things that are worth repeating,
here's one; Ralph Piehet, OS, sailed
on a convoy from up North and
the ship was sunk. Time went by
iand the man was given up as lost,
his wife notified and in time the
check was sent out. On one eve
ning that the favorite indoor sport
in England was standing by the
radio listening to the German
squawks go off the air, the sup
posedly dead Bro. Piehet was heard
broadcasting over the air from a
German prison camp, asking that
tf anyone heard him/to please no
tify his wife and babies of his
whereabouts. A bombardier in a
Flying Fortress heard the report
and because he too was from the
crescent city, in the next letter to
his mother he told her and she call
ed to bring the good news in person.
Upon arrival she found that wel
come as she was, that the news had
preceded her. Mrs. C. Danils of 70
Rains' Av., "Worksop, Notts, Eng.,
had heard the news broadcast and
had immediately written to Mrs.
Piehet.
For the information of you salt
water birds, Worksop is in the coal
mining section. (I know because I
was privilaged to read the letter)
and the Lady who <lid the writing
stated that she is a coal miners
wife. Further, for you salty guys,
I bcleive that this is one of the
sure fire proofs of the solidarity
existing btween the workers of the
world that has come to my atten
tion during this squabble.
A further evidence of solidarity:
One morning upon entering the
hall I am met by the query,
"Where are your old clothes?" Up
on a little checking I find that the
local U.S.S. has inserted an article
in the local press asking the kind
citizens to donate light weight old
clothes to wear while the officials
of the U.S.S. are attending ban-
iquets, etc., asking for more old
clothes, so they can attend more
hanq say who the hell started
this merry-go-roimd. Maybe they
still don't remember that the
WHAr S DOIwG
Around the Ports
in quite a while and we are short
of all rated men, having to get
mes: from all over the Now Eng
land area.
JOHN MOGAN, Agent
SAVANNA
Unions stated at the inception of
this organized charity racket that
we have been and still are able to
take care of our own.
In line with this, I made a trip
over to Camp Kittiwake last Sun
day as quite a number of stories
were being spread about this set
up. The only trouble I could find
after talking to our mmbers (ex
cepting the usual squawks wUch
any sailor has) was that they could
not find Logs even though there
was an abundance of Pilots around.
More on this later. Outside of this,
Fm thinking of getting torpedoed
(Royal St.) just to get out there
for a while, it is the berries.
' ARMY, Agent
BOSTON
Shipping in the Savannah dis
trict has greatly increased in the
last couple of months. Even had a
couple of ships come in here and
pay off. Had the S.S, Delaires of
the Mississippi Co., and S.S. James
Hoban of Waterman Steamship
Co., with quite a few hours of
overtime in dispute but every thing
was settled satisfactorily to every
one concerned.
Shipping for the future looks
very promising but at the present
time I have nobody on the beach.
Am still looking for all kinds of
rated men.
It should also be brought to the
attention of these young fellows
that arc coming from the Mari
time Schools and shipping out on
our contract ships, that they do
not have to report back to the Re
cruiting and Manning Organiza
tion to ship out, that thfey can re
port to any Union Hall along the
coast to ship out, and ship almost
any time they check on the ship-
{wng list. Also some of our book
members are reporting to the Re
cruiting and Manning Organiza
tion to be shipped out. These
members should discontinue this
practice immediately as there are
enough jobs for all Union members
in all Union Halls along the coast.
Steady as she goes,
CHARLES WAID,
Agent
PHILADELPHIA
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Has been some time since Boston
had anything in the Log, but
brother, the reason is that nothing
has happened until lately.
But now with all the shipjMng
and dispatching going on, we in
Boston are having our hands full,
especially with a few members get
ting drunk and missing watches,
also refusing to obey the orders of
the Officers of the ships. We all
know that they think they are
Little Tin Gods and all that, but
with the C. G, on your tails, do
what they tell you and take it up
later in Po^. When paying off in
the past few weeks there has been
quite a few of the members with 6
nionr:hs probation put on them,
also a few with the seamen's papers
Invoked.
Shipping and business is the best
Well, here we go doing business
at the same old place again. Broth
er Gillis has severed his relations
with the United Seaman's Service.
He was formerly connected with
that organization as Chief Sanitary
Engineer. He states that his rea
sons for qutting were that he
wanted to get back to the line of
production.
We have a brand new situation
here in this port, when a ship
comes in from a foreign trip the
Captain and the purser take all the
records of the pay, over time draws
and what have you, to their New
York office and the next day they
bring back a payroll that was made
up in the companies office and pro
ceed to pay the crew off. Where
the rub comes the company officials
in New York have cut a few hours
from their overtime, but nobody
seems to know just what overtime
the company has cut, or just what
for. All that the members know
is that the total amount of his
overtime does not jibe, and to fur
ther make things more complicat
ed there is no official from the
company's office in New York
present at the payoff.
When the agent confronts the
Captain with the short overtime he
is told that if the man in question
has any overtime coming to him
he can go to New York and settle
it with the Port Captain. Pretty
cute I calls it. Of course, as I see
it a Patrolman or an Agent can al
ways get to the Captain before he
takes the payroll to New York to
have it made up and see if the over
time is all in order. This has been
done on one ship in particular, the
Benjamin Bourne, and all the over
time was agreed on. But when the
pay-off got under way the black
gang were short from 6 to 15 hours
apiece, and when we took this up
with the skipper, low and behold
if the First, Second and the Chief
hadn't gone ashore. However, we
were able to straighten out the big
gest part of it because it was over
time that had been worked after
the ship had arrived in this Port,
but still we had to relay part of it
to Hawk in New York. But had
an official of the company been
present at the time of the pay-off
I believe that all the overtime
would have been squared away.
As I write this I have just been
informed by the Brothers of James
Hager that he passed away June
28, 1943. Brother Hager was
known to many a Philadelphian as
"Slack-Away-Red" and I am sure
that his passing will be a shock to
his many friends sailing out ot this
Port.
The terrible Greek (George
Karpetos) is still in dry-dock here
and I believe he is getting ready to
ship again as it was overheard by
Hodge that he stated to another
member, "Let me take a look at
her and I will tell you whether I
want to make her or not."
"Well, today being Monday there
isn't much doing around the old
Port but we have been informed
by the powers to be that they ex
pect a slew of ships in here soon.
Well, their isn't much more news,
so until next time, steady as she
goes.
HARRY J. COLLINS,
Agent
were drunk on paying off, and one
of those two was a S.I.U. member
who joined her at Bombay and the
other fellow said he was going to
get a book in the S.I.U. as soon as
he was able.
I went aboard this ship, the first
N.M.U. ship I was ever aboard, to
help olit the S.I.U. man in settling
his beefs and did manage to get in
a few good words before the N.M.
N. Patrolman got wise to me and
had me chased ashore by the Coast
Guard. The old man held the men
three days before paying them off
without giving them the three days
pay.
Steady as she goes and let us
hope for a time when we can get
these N.M.U. boys on a real Union
ship and show them how a real
Union is in operation.
EMILIO DI PIETRO,
Patrolman.
BALTIMORE
The S.S. City of Dalharc is own
ed by the U. S. Lines which has an
agreement with the famous N.M.U.
This ship just came back front a
115.-2 months trip. They were in
port .three days before a patrolman
even went down to the ship and
when he got there all he asked for
was to see the men's books and
when each delegate showed their
reports to him, he said that all
books will have to be paid up be
fore the men could leave the ship.
When they showed him all the
beefs, he just looked them over
and said he cotild not do anything
about them because "we are at
war."
The Captain had the crew work
ing ten hours a day from Bombay
to Baltimore, 2 hours as emergency
lookout in addition to their regu
lar eight hour, trick, using the
"safety of the ship" gag. But the
gun crew only sto^ two hours out
of every twelve as lookout, as they
always do.
The N.M.U. claims to be a nice
Union to be a member of, but if
that is the way they treat their
members, they .would be wise to
have that Captain get a crew from
the S.I.U. on that ship so he could
be put in his place and get ac
quainted with a real Union crew.
There wasn't a beef settled in fa
vor of the members of the crew of
that ship, the Company winning
all of them.
Now I know why the N.M.U.
has so many ships, they have noth
ing but South St^, and So. Broad
way bums similar to No Coffee Joe
when he shipped out last from the
old I.S.U. Hall,
with the exception of two men,
After the last war was over our
fighting men, composed mostly of
abor, came back to this country
only to find it in the hands of
racketeers, gangsters, and their
3olitical stooges. TTiese stooges
)assed laws at the command of
these cut throats. Later, scandals
of teapot domes and such began
to come to light. An aroused
public, in which labor played no
mean part, began the twenty year
war to. get the country back into
the people's hands. About as much
jlood was shed in the course of
this twenty years as there was by
our boys over there. Apparently
history is about to repeat itself.
Our benevolent politicians at
"W"ashington have recently passed
the anti-strike bill. A coincident is
that Hitler and the "ILL DUCK"
passed just such laws immediately
after they took power. We won
der who or whom are planning to
take our country over again. The
voters left in this country should
make it their duty to see that every
politician is ousted that .voted for
that vitdous bill. Do this before it
is too late. For you may not have
the opportunity to do so if they
are re-elected. Also, they should
demand the law be repealed.
It is labor's duty to defend the
gains of labor. Most of our brave
fighters whom are now at the va
rious battlefields would want it this
way. Certainly they would not
hke to return home and find that
everything they fought for was in
vain, and certainly they also would
like to come home and return to
civil life to a job that had the same
or better conditions and pay as be
fore they left. This is really what
they are fighting for—7 economic
security. So voters make it your
business to see that they get it.
JOSEPH FLANAGAN,
Agent
and in the news reel, lo and beholdl
I saw no other than the NMU difr
patcher sending out three men toj
some ship and they were sent tOj
som£ ship by plane. Also on thcuii
sweat shirts was the great and re^
nown N.M.U. emblem of whiclj
they are very proud.
Boy that gave me a pain in ths
^when I see that kind of ad
vertising. I see that kind of ad-
has got to get their own members
to advertise and solicit members in
that manner, right then and there
I would never join that outfit. Oh,
well, we will still continue as we
have alwayr been doing and in the
end we will have accomplished
more than they can ever realize
or can compete with. Namely, bet
ter contracts, wages, living condi
tions and working" conditions.
Two or three days ago I got H
very great surprise when I was at
tending the Agents Conference in
New York. A few days ago Bro,
Blinkie Roberts took a jeffi om onq
of the South Atlantic S.S. Co.*i
ships and I was not expecting tqi
see him for at least thre or fouT
months at the earliest. But by]
George, I saw something that look
ed like an Admiral coming down
Piatt St. and who do you think ii:
was—^none other than Mr. RobcrtI
who left as a fireman and canui
back as an Admiral with enough
gold on him to sink a barge. Tltj
gals have almost got- his lead pen
cil worn out from taking telephone
numbers.
Well, that's all from this port.
I hope to have some interesting;
news for nexf week.
D. L. PARKER, Agent.
NORFOLK:
TAMPA
are Things around this port
about as dead as a las; year's bird
nest. We are getting quite a few
of the Tampa boys here that have
been gone six months or more, and
from what they tell me they had
quite a bit of experience in various
parts of the world.
Bro. Marvin Swint has been "tell
ing us some wierd tales of his ex
perience. There is one thing that
I can say, our members are not so
publicity minded as the N.M.U.
The entire crew, Commrats.
I attended a show the other day
Plenty of men come and go in
Norfolk but damn few stick
around more than two or three
days—^principally because _of the
high price of pork chops and over
crowded conditions. The beer joints
close at eleven P.M. and they arc
generally sold out long before that.
In addition, any eating or drinking
place is generally packed five deep.
Shipping is good with a betteif
selection of ships than almost any
other Port. Anyone that want
any kind of job from a two-stackef
on down to a towboat can get it
here. In Port now ,and calling fta
crews, are the usual half dozen Lib
erties, and a couple of C-2's. Ilii
the last week over seventy m,rt
have been shipped from the hatt
although a good percentage were
trip-card and Maritime Commis
sion trainees.
There is ninety miles of water
front to cover here. Try and cover
a ship at New Port News and an
other at Berkley the same day anA
you will work until midnight, yet:
it often has to be done. TTiis port
wants a special box in the Log in
structing all crews coming into
Hampton Roads ANYWHERE toj
call the hall at once. If ships are
missed here it ie because, no one a^
the hall is notified and the hall is
open from eight to five every day
except Sunday, or unless both the
Agent and Patrolman have to bo
busy paying off or signing on dif
ferent ships.
_The Fairisle came in with a lofi
of collectable overtime plus the
usual beefs found on "Red Lead"
Andersen's ships. But the question
is: How in the hell can the beefs
be. settled and the overtime collect
ed when the crew dumps every
thing in the Agent's lap and thefi
never shows up again.
If anyone wants to ship and se
lect the kind of ship he wants, this
is the place—AND DON'T FOR
GET TO CALL THE HATT'
WHEN YOUR SHIP HITS THIS
PORT. ^
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of the XJiliOu hiruig hall 'bciug uScd
by the government as an employ
ment agency for seamen being en
titled to any unemployment bene
fits.
Mr. Callahan of the Maritime
exchange in New York, an employ
er organization, also went down
the line with the employers, and
had the same argument.
All the employers' representa-
"tives that have attended this hear
ing so far, and who have testified,
are all in favor of No. 3, but are
all opposed to the hiring hall clause.
They have contended that under
No. 1 the seamen would be en
titled to too many benefits, and
that it is a steal of funds that the
^ployer is contributing. From
the general gist of their testimony
it seems that they are all in favor
of unemployment insurance, but
they do not want the seamen to
receive any benefits, or at least un
less they are company stooges.
Regarding the hiring hall I have
tubmitted the following.statement:
"Wo are in favor of unem
ployment Insurance. However,
we feel that the Union Hiring
Hall is our greatest protection
against unemployment, and we
feel that any unemployment in
surance scheme that interferes
with the Union in maintaining
their hiring hall is unsatisfac
tory. We would rather not
have any unemployment insur
ance if, in order to secure any
unemployment benefits, our
members would have to lose the
protection they now enjoy un-
' dec the Union hiring hall."
documented under U. 8. Mari
time laws, and spersts offshore,
coastwise, intercostal. Great
Lakes, rivers, bays, and sounds,'
be included in any unemploy
ment insurance bill that may
be submitted to Congress, pro
vided they are not covered by
any State unemployment com
pensation act."
Under No. 3 the union hiring
hall is, guaranteed. On page No.
50, 4th, 5th, 6th lines of No. 1,
the following lines were deleted,
"EXCEPT INSO FAR AS ANY
SUCH SYSTEM IS FOUND BY
TFIE BOARD TO INCREASE
THE BENEFITS TO BE PAID
UNDER THIS ACT." With these
words deleted from No. 1, the
Union hiring hall is also protect
ed, and has no strings attached.
Un(fcr No. 3, the only fishermen
that would be included are fisher
men who do not work on a share
and share basis, and they would
only receive benefits during thie
fishing season.
That would eliminate all the
fishermen who are affiliated with
the SIU, as they all work on a share
and share basis. It~~would also
eliminate them from receiving any
benefits after a fishing season is
closed. My contention is that the
only time that a fisherman needs
benefits is after a season closes, as
during the fishing season they
would not need any benefits as
they would all be working.
Under No. 1, all fislietnien who
work on vessels of TEN NET
TONS or over and the vessel is
documented under the U. S. mari
time laws, would be entitled to
benefits, and there are no seasonal
requirements attacted to it. They
would be entitled to benefits any
time that they are out of work. All
fishermen affiliated with the SIU
would be entitled to benefits un
der No. 1.
I submitted the following state
ment on the men we wanted cov
ered:
"I have been instructed to
urge your committee that all
merchant seamen, fishermen,
and river boat men, who are em^
ployed on all American vessele
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Under No. 3, the Great Lakes
are covered, but only during the
season. I also contended that the
men need the benefits after the sea
son closes, as during the season
they would all be working and
would not be in nwd of any bene
fits as bad as they would need them
when they are not working.
Under No. 1, they would also
be included on the Great Lakes,
and there would be no seasonal re
strictions attached to them when
the person would be entitled to
benefits. They would be eligable
any time the)' are out of work.
Under No. 3, the River boat
men would be out entirely. In the
majority of cases the States do not
cover them, and they would be the
forgotten men under this bill.
Under No. 1, they are covered
if they are on a scow ten net tons
or over, and all river boats that
hire men on them are ten net tons
or over. The men that Brother
Biggs has in the SIU on the Miss
issippi River are covered by tliis
bill.
Under No. 3, the employer
would be compelled to contribute
3 per cent to the fund, and the
employe would be compelled to
contribute 1 per cent to the fund.
Under No. I, the employer
would be compelled to contribute
3 per cent, and the employee
would not be required to make any
contributions.
I have submitted the following
statement;
"We are opposed to any con
tribution being made b^ the
employe towards any unem
ployment Insurance fu.nd, as it
is not the general practice un
der present State laws of the
48 states that have unemploy
ment insurance benefits. Only
4 States, California, New Jer
sey, Rhode l^and, and Ala
bama, require the employes to
contribute to the State unem
ployment insurance funds."
The employers all beefed about
the contribution. They expressed
the fears that with the employes
not contributing they would in
the near future be required to in
crease their contributions. The
maritime employers are the only
employers who have not been con
tributing to any unemployment
fimds, all other employers have
been contributing for the past
eight years.
Under No. 3, any seaman-who
had his certificate suspended by
the Coast Guard would not be
eligible for any benefits until his
suspension period is complete. He
would then have to accumulate the
original time required (140 days)
before he would be entitled to any
benefits.
Under this draft, a seaman who
would have been to sea for 140
days, and he may have taken a
few days off in some foreign port,
upon his return to the U.S. the
Coast Guard may suspend his cer
tificate for TIF TEEN OR
THIRTY DAYS. He wohld not
be entitled to any benefits, but in
addition to that, after liis suspen
sion, he would be required to ac
cumulate another 140 working
days before he would be eligible to
any benefits.
My statement on the disqualifi
cations:
"We are opposed to any bill
that is encumbered by disquali- ^
fications, and recommend that
the employment practices of
the industry be given consid
eration and that when ever
Ships Articles terminate, em
ployes who do not re-sign ar
ticles for another voyage, are
to be considered quajified for
benefits after the usual two
weeks waiting period."
Under No. 3, any seamen who
makes a trip and his articles ter
minate, and is offered employment
or an opportunity to re-sign on
for another voyage and refuses to
re-sign on would not be entitlec
to any benefits.
Under No. 1, after the complet
ion of a voyage, or a man quits
vessel, he would have a two weeks
waiting period before he would be
entitled to benefits. All unem
ployment insurance laws have
two week waiting period before
any claiment would be eligible to
benefits.
Under No. 3, a claiment woulc
have to work 140 days before he
would be entitled to any benefits,
Only one State of the 48 States
that have unemplo)rment insurance
have such a qualifacation, and that
State is Ohio.
Under No. 1, the time requirec
before any claiment would be elig
ible for unemployment benefits is
90 days.
This is one of the reasons that
the employers are against No. 1, it
requires a 90 days working period
accumulated time, and they woulc
be eligible. Under No. 3, it is 140
days, hence the employers favor
No. 3.
Under No. 3, any person who is
in seasonal work, would oxily be
eligible during the seai^on. This
would mean that vessels on the
Lakes, and in the Alaska trade,
claiments would only be eligible
during the season.
My statement was as follows:
"We are opposed to any bill
wherein certain claiments
would be classed as seasonal
workers, thereby disqualifying
them, and they would not be
entitled to any benefits."
Under No. 1, there is no dis
qualification for seasonal workers,
any time they are out of work they
would be entitled to benefits.
Under No. 3, any member of
any organization who is affiliated
with a national organization, and
some union of the nationl orgni-
zation is out on strike, thereby'
causing the seamen to be locked
out, they would not be entitled to
any benefits.
Example — If the International
Longshofemens Association (AFL)
or any other AFL union is out on
strike and SIU or SUP (AFL) re
spect their picket line, or the SIU
or SUP is locked out (Layed Off)
we would not be entitled to any
benefits, because the union that is
out on on strike is affiliated with
the AFL. However, the NMU
(CIO) would be entiteld to bene
fits because the union that is out
on strike is AFL, and not affiliated
with the CIO. The same would
apply to a tinion that is affiliated
with the CIO, if a union was oui
on strike was affiliated with the
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SEAFARERS LOG
Published by the
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH. AMERICA
Atlantie and Gulf District
Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
HARRY t-UNOEBERC ------ President
110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.
JOHN HA-V^K ------- Secy-Treas.
p. O. Box 25, Station D., New York City
MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - "Washington Rpp.
424 5th Street, N. "W., Washington, D. C.
Directory of Branches
BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE
NEW YORK 2 Stone St.
Diapatcher'e Office BOwIiing Green 0-3430
Aaent BOwlina Green S-M37
BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057
BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539
PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651
NORFOLK 25 Commercial PL Norfolk 4-1083
NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartras St. Canal 3336
SAVANNAH 215 East Bay St. Savannah 3-1728
TAMPA ..423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323
^nnn g S8 So. Concaptlon St.#... Dial 2-1392
PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tlerra
GALVESTON 219 20tfa Street Galveston 3-8043
FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highvray. .Ft. Lauderdale 1601
PUBLICATION OFFICE:
ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET
New York City BOwling Green 9-8346
CIO Longshoresmen. on the Pacific
Coast, the NMU would not be en
titled to any benefits, but the SIU
& SUP members would be entitled
to benefits because the union on
strike is CIO. The Pacific Coast
Marine Firemens, Oilers, Water-
tenders, and Wipes Union, would
be entitled to benefits regardless
of whether the AFL or CIO were
on strike, because they are not af
filiated with any national union,
and are independent.
This proposal encourages unions
to remain independent, and 'not
affiffiate with any national organi
zation, and discriminates against
the AFL and the CIO.
Under No. 1, a claiment would
not be entitled to benefits due to
stoppage of work because of a
strike in the establishment, prem
ises, or enterprise at which he is
employed, provided, that this dis
qualification shall not apply after
the end of the month beginning on
the day on which the board finds
such stoppages of work began.
After thirty days the claiment
Maritime War Emergency Board:
Had a conference this past week with Captain Edward Macauley
chairman of the board, and brought to his attention that the seamea
in the last war had a better insurance policy than they have now.
Under Public Law No. 20-65 the Congress approved June 12^
1917, seamen were entitled to some of the following benefits:
"Section 3 (A) in case of death, permanent disability which
prevents the person injured from performing any and every kind
of duty pertaining to his occupation, or the loss of both hands, both
arms, both feet, both legs, or both eyes, or any two parts thereof,
for the payment of an amount equivalent to one years earnings of
the insured, as fixed in the articles of the voyage (herein after re-
fered to as the principal sum), but in no case shall such amount be
more than $5,000 or less than $1,500."
'resent Policy MWEB First Policy MWEB Public Law 20, 1917.
Life 100% Life 100% life 100%' .
ioth Hands, or both
Arms, or both legs,
M)th feet, or both
eyes 100%
would be entitled to benefits if hi*
union or any other union is out
on strike. The employers blew?
their top on this part of the bilL
Under No. 3, before any claim
ent would be entitled to any bene
fits, the employer must be notified
in. writing that the seamen wh(»a
he had employed requested unem
ployment benefits. This means that
all kinds of loop holes would bo:
encountered by a seaman seeking
benefits. The employer certainly^
would be in a position of block
ing benefits to claiments that they
would not care to see collect.
Under No. 1, the employer
would never know who has apphedi
for benefits.
In comparing both there draftsi>
it can readily be seen the reason
that the employers favor No. 3
because the employers and inde
pendent union have all the advan
tages of the benefits, and it is nat
ural that the employers favor a
bill that encourages independent
unions, as the employer womd have
an easier time to knock them over.
Arm .
dand
oot .
Leg ..
lye ..
ditto
ditto
ditto
50%
65%
45%
Under th^ first policy issued by the board it will be noted that for
these same percentages it was foot 50%, and eye 45%. It will also be
noted that through a Congressional act during the last war it was,
OSS of foot 50% and loss of an eye 45%.
ditto
65% ; ditto
50% ditto
40% Foot 50% Foot
65% 65%
35% Eye 45% Eye .
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Mrs. Scaifc has been looking out for the welfare of the SIU boys,
inviting them to parties at the Cosmopolitan Club, and treating the
boys first rate. Everytime the boys come back from one of her parties,
t|iey tell of what a swell time they had. Our thanks to you, Mrs. Scaife
and keep up the good work. Mae Dillon at the Furuseth Club got some
piublicity by having taken good care of a British seaman's two children.
The boys at the SIU want to-say hello-to Mae, and tell her to keep up
f t good work.
The oldest of the four Jernigan brothers was recently lost through
enemy action. Earl Brown, one of the best cooks in the SIU fleet, was
recently declared lost. The ship has been overdue 7 weeks and has been
officially declared lost. It is the first Liberty ship to lose an entire crew.
Earl was only married three weeks before he sailed on that ill-fated ship.
All his friends in Baltimore will sure miss him. We extend our sym
pathy to both his wife and his family.
I The following brothers are now sailing as licensed officers: R. Lang-
ford, Paul Jones, Leroy (Rah Rah) Parrish, Bill Edwards, Doug Mun-
caster and Vince Yakavonis. Joe Hart is studying for his 2nd Assistant's
ticket. Joe has become a Bcnidict and says he has reformed. We wish
him luck. Karl Johnson is going to New London for his 2nd Mate's
ticket.
Dusan (Chili) De Dusin, who was ashore for 18 months recover
ing from an injury has finally sailed with his buddy Arthur Thompson
on an Alcoa ship. Mae Sclar has been seen at the Somerset having tea.
Red Brady and Mike Walsh made a trip on the same ship and were such
good boys that the Captain called them Gentlemen. Tish, Tish.
Will Print Amendments
In Next Issue of Log
PHILLIP POSSIN
See the Secretary-Treasurers' of
fice next time you are in New
York.
'erne
RAY PUGH
See the Secretary-Treasurer's of
fice next time you are in New York.
The amendments to the Atlan
tic & Gulf Constitution drafted by
the Agents Conference, will be
printed in the next issue of the
Log. They will be printed for the
purpose of general discussion. The
amendments will appear on the
next regular ballot for ratification
by the membership.
MONEY DUE
STEPHEN MORGA^N, KNUT
CATO, E. M. ALLAIN: You havo
two months, nino days difference in
Fireman and Watertender pay, and
one month, nine days bonus coming
from the Waterman Line.
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Deck Department which made
lest voyage on S.S. George Gale
-has overtime coming from Mississ
ippi Line.
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Entire Deck Department of S.S.
Josiah Parker has overtime due.
Gollect Mississippi Steamship Com
pany, New Orleans.
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Steward Dept. S.S. Fitzburgh Lee
have money due from Smith &
Johnson, 80 Broad St.
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Deck & Engine Dept. S.S. Samuel
Griffin having personal effects
claim see Robin Line claim agent,
39 Cortland St., N. Y. C.
Steward Dept, S.S. Broholt Liv
ingston have overtime coming. Col
lect Bull Line..
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J. McLEON: Four hours due
from Mississippi Shipping Com
pany,
see
T. RAYMOND: f42^ coming
from the S.S. Tarleton Brown.
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H. A. STRAUS: Overtime com-
ng. See Goffin, New York Branch.
Oilers on last trip of S.S. Del
Norte have overtime coming. Col
lect from Mississippi Line, 17 Bat
tery Place, New York City.
em*
^Firemen on S.S. Richard Alvey
have overtime coming. Collect Bull
Line, New York City.
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Crew S.S. -Francis Marion have
attack bonus due. Collect Robin
Line, New York City. • * * »
Firemen and Ordinaries on S.S.
Livingstone have overtime due. See
Goffin, New York Branch.
Crew S.S. John Stevens and S.S.
Pan Gulf have attack bonus com
ing. Collect Waterman Line, 19
Rector SL, New York City.
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CREW S.S. RICHARD H. LEE #. $78.00
CREW S.S. FLOUR SPAR ; 30^
CREW S.S. WALTER E. RANGER h.iio
CREW S.S. CHIPPEWA 19.00
CREW S.S. JAMES GUNN r. 1J.0(^
SIMON WILLIARD ; 12.6^
M MURR 10.00
H. PRICE 6.00
CREW S. S. LAFAYETTE .......J. tf.OO;
P. G. BUFORD , J.OO
A. ROMEJKO 5.00
X BOUT^I , 5.00
H. L. NICHOLS 4.5(1
J. S. HART : ^ 4.0(^
J. ARSENAULT ,. 4.0(i
T. TETONIS r 4.00
CREW S.S. JEAN 4.00
L. S. BUGAJEWSKI ...' 3.00
A. C. JUtCHESS 3.00
E. ERIKSON 3.00
J. LYNN ! 3.00
J. W. PICON ....:. ! 3.00
FRANKIE ; 2.()0
G. HEGMANN 2.0^
C. M. RODRIQUES : 2.00
B. G. MORANO 2JOO
F. J. KEAVFENY ; r. 2.00
E. M. SCHIBICQUE 2.00
J. BLAKEY 2.00
M. WERCKSHAGEN : 2.00
C. S. ALBERTSON 2.00
CRFW S.S. RAPHEAL SEMMES 2.0>
S. BAN WORT l.OO
G. SCHMIDT 1.00
T. J. TIGHE l.()0
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.SEAFARERS' INTERNAWONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
V. NEW YORK^ CTKIDAY, JULY 2, 1943 No; i4
Passes Fascist Labor Bill
House Committee Studies Job
Insurance For Merchant Men
by Matthew Dushane
J "Washington, D. C.—The House sub-committee on merchant marine and fisheries
is conducting hearings on unemployment insurance benefits for merchant seamen. Hear
ings started Thursday, continued on Friday and will be held again next Monday.
There are two proposed drafts; Committee draft No. 1 was drafted by Mr; Murray
Lattimer of the Railroad Retirement Board at the request of the Social Security Board,
report and will here after in this
be known as No. 1. Committee
draft No. 3 was drafted by Dr.
Gray of the N. Y. State Unem
ployment Commission at the re
quest of the IJf^ar Shipping Admin
istration, and will here after in
this report be known as No. 3. Dr.
Gray had previously submitted^ an
other draft, committee print No;
2, he made some changes and later
submitted committee print No. 3.
Mr.. Johnson, the representative
of the Lakes Carriers Association,
who represents the'largest group of
steamship employers in the United
States, stated that they were in fa
vor of No. 3 but opposed, -the
union hiring hall clauses. The rea^
son that they were in favor of the
rest of the draft was because the
The fascist Smith-Connally bill is ndw the law of the
land, having been overwhelmingly passed by both houses
of Congress over a Presidential veto last week end. But this
is not the end, for labor will continue to battle the repres=
sive measures by all available weapons. William Green,
President of the AFL, warned Con-^
gress that labor would "rebel
benefits payable to the seamen un
der that draft were not as liberal
as draft No. 1.
Committee bearing on theie
bills ended this week with no
prospect of either measure be
ing submitted to the House at
this session.
Mr. Gregory Harris, represent
ing the Pacific American S.S. own
ers association, stated that they
were in favor of No. 3, they also
opposed the union hiring hall clause
in that draft. They also were
favor of the rest of the draft* be
cause the benefits._.payable. under
No. 3 were not as liberal as No. 1.
He also challenged the legal right
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"Red Lead" Anderson
Receives A Vacation
NORFOLK—"Red Lea,d" Anderson, notorious. Wat
erman Line Bucko skipper and log book expert, arrived in
Norfolk three weeks ago with the usual cargo of beefs, a
well-filled log book and a stack of charges against th^ crew.
On the other side of the picture, however, were a set of
charges and specifications fiW
the crew agamst Red Lead. ge„ i„ ^Red Lead's" quarters.
Let this be an object lesson. Skip
pers are subject to rules the same
as unlicensed men. When they vio
late these rules make then answer
to the proper authorities and stick
around until the case is prepared.
The crew stayed long enough in'
this case to accomplish the desired
result.
Two logs against ordinaries for
failing to respond promptly to the
call of the whistle were upheld in
an inspectors hearing and "Red
Lead" smiled happily. His charges
of inefficiency against the 2nd.
Mate were then dismissed and the
smile faded.' "Then came the rev-,
olution" and "Red Lead" himself
w,is on the' carpet being cross-
examined by Marty Trainor, Nor
folk Agent.
. "You - can't dp this to me—ay
vont lisden to. no union agitators'
fumed the indignant Bucko; "Ay
vent to, sea before the mast." Alas
and alack,. however, he was forced
to listen and to try and defend
himself.
His ship sailed again and up to
the last minute it looked as though
"R^d Lead" had beat thg rap. He
signed on the new crew and his
smile had almost returned-when he
was called back to the inspector's
office, relieved of his license for a
period, of thirty, days and told to
pack up and get gone.
The ship sailed with full crew
ninety per-cent. book members and
skippered by, a new skipper. The
Mate who had also been on charges
was exonerated but as a result of
They failed in another obliga
tion to themselves and their union
brothers, however. The crew was
largely composed of SUP members
apd permit men, plus a few SIU
West Coast black gang book mem
bers. Protested overtime amounted
to over a thousand bucks. MUCH
OF THIS OVERTIME y COULD
HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
HERE IN NORFOLK IF THE
CLAIMENTS WOULD HAVE
STUCK AROUND. Now they
are scattered -from hell to break
fast and reluctantly Norfolk has
to forward-the, overtime claim, to
gether with this article to head
quarters. STICK AROUND
BROTHERS AND SETTLE
YOUR BEEFS IN THE PAY
OFF PORT. It relieves pressure
on already overworked. headquar
ters and makes things better for all.
against it" in event the bill was
passed—and rebel we will.
The legislation won't work—^it
can't work as long as there exists
ill this country free and democrat
ic unions. It may succeed in har
assing union leaders, in creating
Unionism—-N.M.U. Brand
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On For Offshore Trip
NEW YORK — Union officials endorsed!
completely the request of WSA Administrator
[Edward Macauley last week that seamen tak-
ling newly coiumissioiicd .ves-
[seh out of the shipyard to
[loading poiis remain on the
[ships for the first offshore
[ operation.
Macauley urged that
Isign oM-sl)ore articles to prevent
I delay caused by the signing , on of
I replacements and to maintain the
I complete efficiency of the vessel.
I He pointed out, "Obviously the re-
j placements, particularly during the
• initial phase of the offshore ope
jtion, cannot ^tch
I of the crew yr.hich
I vessel from the slj
Commcntinjf
Itional Seci
•Smith stated;
|in this comi
receiv;
turn to shipyards and sign coasl-f
wise articles on another newly,
commissioned vessel, etc.
2. The efficiency is impaired by j
the practice of such seamen leav-J
ing the vessel at the loading pory
Tlie seamen who leave the
at the loading port do not
the rcplacemejj
ities of the i
ly-commissij
the repli
ing the
opqr
This.reproduction of a PILOT article graphically shows how the
'N.M.U. leaders 'slavishly bow before- each new- ukase handed down
by the W.S.A. Last week the 8.1.U.'denounced the W.S.A. demand
for deep-sea articles at port-of delivery, as a move to chisel the
' seamen out of conditions. But the rank and file seamen's rights and
conditionsare not factors-lo influence the sell-out artists in the
N.M.U.
irrespective of the policies of "No-coffee-time" and his coterie,
the S.LU. will continue to fight the W.S.A. every time that outfit
attempts to chisel the seamen (and this is about every day in the
week).
The law allows men who sign coastwise articles to sign off whop
-the ship goes dfep sea. -^We will continue to demand that Maeauley
observe the law. v .
momentary confusion and defec
tions in the ranks, but the entire
history of the American labor
movement is such that one thing
is certain, the reactionary labor
haters in Congress and their capit
alist masters are due for a lacing.
"The effect of the bill," declar
ed N. Y. State Federation Presi
dent Thomas A. Murray, "is to.
impose involuntary servitude on
the American workers."
This the workers will not accept
lying down.
Collective bargaining will be
impaired, union men will have to
operate in the shadow of prosecu
tion, employers will double their
anti-union provocations, but the
workers will fight back and defend
their way of life—make no mis
take about that.
We have been told that the bill
was aimed at John L. Lewis and
the members of the United Mine
W<vkers of America. This is true
an-.so far as the-miner: have been
in the vanguard of labor's fight
for justice and the bosses hoped
that by smashing the miners they
could smash all labor.
- But even if the miners hadn't
been forced out on strike by the
coal operators, even the auto and
rubber workers and the machinists
and the teamsters and the seamen
had passively retreated before each
new boss offensive, the Smith-Con
nally bill would still have passed
the Congress in some form. For
the goal of these gentlemen is the
complete smashing of the unions
for all time.
It is a finish fight and no con
cessions by labor (short of com
plete dissolution) -will appease
these gentlemen.
What is to be done? Smith and
Connaliy and their henchmen
must be removed from office.
Henceforth labor must see that
Congressmen wear the union. label.
No finks in the plants and- on
the ships—no finks in Congress!
ALL ABO.OARD FOR
THE GRAVY TRAIN
As has been predicted by the
Seafarers Log many times, the War
Shipping Administration is now
lobbying in Congress for an enor
mous increase in its appropriation.
The WSA. plans to use the rtioney
to build ships—to be sure—but al
so to continue and expand its fink
training program. Undaunted by
the fact that it can't place the
men already graduated from its
schools, the RMO is asking $72,-
000,000 for its training fund.
The total appropriation asked by
the WSA for the comiqg year is a
cool" 2 billion dollars. This- is a
boost of almost 100% over last
)-ears appropriation.
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Once in a lifetime we hear of
things that are worth repeating,
here's one; Ralph Piehet, OS, sailed
on a convoy from up North and
the ship was sunk. Time went by
iand the man was given up as lost,
his wife notified and in time the
check was sent out. On one eve
ning that the favorite indoor sport
in England was standing by the
radio listening to the German
squawks go off the air, the sup
posedly dead Bro. Piehet was heard
broadcasting over the air from a
German prison camp, asking that
tf anyone heard him/to please no
tify his wife and babies of his
whereabouts. A bombardier in a
Flying Fortress heard the report
and because he too was from the
crescent city, in the next letter to
his mother he told her and she call
ed to bring the good news in person.
Upon arrival she found that wel
come as she was, that the news had
preceded her. Mrs. C. Danils of 70
Rains' Av., "Worksop, Notts, Eng.,
had heard the news broadcast and
had immediately written to Mrs.
Piehet.
For the information of you salt
water birds, Worksop is in the coal
mining section. (I know because I
was privilaged to read the letter)
and the Lady who <lid the writing
stated that she is a coal miners
wife. Further, for you salty guys,
I bcleive that this is one of the
sure fire proofs of the solidarity
existing btween the workers of the
world that has come to my atten
tion during this squabble.
A further evidence of solidarity:
One morning upon entering the
hall I am met by the query,
"Where are your old clothes?" Up
on a little checking I find that the
local U.S.S. has inserted an article
in the local press asking the kind
citizens to donate light weight old
clothes to wear while the officials
of the U.S.S. are attending ban-
iquets, etc., asking for more old
clothes, so they can attend more
hanq say who the hell started
this merry-go-roimd. Maybe they
still don't remember that the
WHAr S DOIwG
Around the Ports
in quite a while and we are short
of all rated men, having to get
mes: from all over the Now Eng
land area.
JOHN MOGAN, Agent
SAVANNA
Unions stated at the inception of
this organized charity racket that
we have been and still are able to
take care of our own.
In line with this, I made a trip
over to Camp Kittiwake last Sun
day as quite a number of stories
were being spread about this set
up. The only trouble I could find
after talking to our mmbers (ex
cepting the usual squawks wUch
any sailor has) was that they could
not find Logs even though there
was an abundance of Pilots around.
More on this later. Outside of this,
Fm thinking of getting torpedoed
(Royal St.) just to get out there
for a while, it is the berries.
' ARMY, Agent
BOSTON
Shipping in the Savannah dis
trict has greatly increased in the
last couple of months. Even had a
couple of ships come in here and
pay off. Had the S.S, Delaires of
the Mississippi Co., and S.S. James
Hoban of Waterman Steamship
Co., with quite a few hours of
overtime in dispute but every thing
was settled satisfactorily to every
one concerned.
Shipping for the future looks
very promising but at the present
time I have nobody on the beach.
Am still looking for all kinds of
rated men.
It should also be brought to the
attention of these young fellows
that arc coming from the Mari
time Schools and shipping out on
our contract ships, that they do
not have to report back to the Re
cruiting and Manning Organiza
tion to ship out, that thfey can re
port to any Union Hall along the
coast to ship out, and ship almost
any time they check on the ship-
{wng list. Also some of our book
members are reporting to the Re
cruiting and Manning Organiza
tion to be shipped out. These
members should discontinue this
practice immediately as there are
enough jobs for all Union members
in all Union Halls along the coast.
Steady as she goes,
CHARLES WAID,
Agent
PHILADELPHIA
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Has been some time since Boston
had anything in the Log, but
brother, the reason is that nothing
has happened until lately.
But now with all the shipjMng
and dispatching going on, we in
Boston are having our hands full,
especially with a few members get
ting drunk and missing watches,
also refusing to obey the orders of
the Officers of the ships. We all
know that they think they are
Little Tin Gods and all that, but
with the C. G, on your tails, do
what they tell you and take it up
later in Po^. When paying off in
the past few weeks there has been
quite a few of the members with 6
nionr:hs probation put on them,
also a few with the seamen's papers
Invoked.
Shipping and business is the best
Well, here we go doing business
at the same old place again. Broth
er Gillis has severed his relations
with the United Seaman's Service.
He was formerly connected with
that organization as Chief Sanitary
Engineer. He states that his rea
sons for qutting were that he
wanted to get back to the line of
production.
We have a brand new situation
here in this port, when a ship
comes in from a foreign trip the
Captain and the purser take all the
records of the pay, over time draws
and what have you, to their New
York office and the next day they
bring back a payroll that was made
up in the companies office and pro
ceed to pay the crew off. Where
the rub comes the company officials
in New York have cut a few hours
from their overtime, but nobody
seems to know just what overtime
the company has cut, or just what
for. All that the members know
is that the total amount of his
overtime does not jibe, and to fur
ther make things more complicat
ed there is no official from the
company's office in New York
present at the payoff.
When the agent confronts the
Captain with the short overtime he
is told that if the man in question
has any overtime coming to him
he can go to New York and settle
it with the Port Captain. Pretty
cute I calls it. Of course, as I see
it a Patrolman or an Agent can al
ways get to the Captain before he
takes the payroll to New York to
have it made up and see if the over
time is all in order. This has been
done on one ship in particular, the
Benjamin Bourne, and all the over
time was agreed on. But when the
pay-off got under way the black
gang were short from 6 to 15 hours
apiece, and when we took this up
with the skipper, low and behold
if the First, Second and the Chief
hadn't gone ashore. However, we
were able to straighten out the big
gest part of it because it was over
time that had been worked after
the ship had arrived in this Port,
but still we had to relay part of it
to Hawk in New York. But had
an official of the company been
present at the time of the pay-off
I believe that all the overtime
would have been squared away.
As I write this I have just been
informed by the Brothers of James
Hager that he passed away June
28, 1943. Brother Hager was
known to many a Philadelphian as
"Slack-Away-Red" and I am sure
that his passing will be a shock to
his many friends sailing out ot this
Port.
The terrible Greek (George
Karpetos) is still in dry-dock here
and I believe he is getting ready to
ship again as it was overheard by
Hodge that he stated to another
member, "Let me take a look at
her and I will tell you whether I
want to make her or not."
"Well, today being Monday there
isn't much doing around the old
Port but we have been informed
by the powers to be that they ex
pect a slew of ships in here soon.
Well, their isn't much more news,
so until next time, steady as she
goes.
HARRY J. COLLINS,
Agent
were drunk on paying off, and one
of those two was a S.I.U. member
who joined her at Bombay and the
other fellow said he was going to
get a book in the S.I.U. as soon as
he was able.
I went aboard this ship, the first
N.M.U. ship I was ever aboard, to
help olit the S.I.U. man in settling
his beefs and did manage to get in
a few good words before the N.M.
N. Patrolman got wise to me and
had me chased ashore by the Coast
Guard. The old man held the men
three days before paying them off
without giving them the three days
pay.
Steady as she goes and let us
hope for a time when we can get
these N.M.U. boys on a real Union
ship and show them how a real
Union is in operation.
EMILIO DI PIETRO,
Patrolman.
BALTIMORE
The S.S. City of Dalharc is own
ed by the U. S. Lines which has an
agreement with the famous N.M.U.
This ship just came back front a
115.-2 months trip. They were in
port .three days before a patrolman
even went down to the ship and
when he got there all he asked for
was to see the men's books and
when each delegate showed their
reports to him, he said that all
books will have to be paid up be
fore the men could leave the ship.
When they showed him all the
beefs, he just looked them over
and said he cotild not do anything
about them because "we are at
war."
The Captain had the crew work
ing ten hours a day from Bombay
to Baltimore, 2 hours as emergency
lookout in addition to their regu
lar eight hour, trick, using the
"safety of the ship" gag. But the
gun crew only sto^ two hours out
of every twelve as lookout, as they
always do.
The N.M.U. claims to be a nice
Union to be a member of, but if
that is the way they treat their
members, they .would be wise to
have that Captain get a crew from
the S.I.U. on that ship so he could
be put in his place and get ac
quainted with a real Union crew.
There wasn't a beef settled in fa
vor of the members of the crew of
that ship, the Company winning
all of them.
Now I know why the N.M.U.
has so many ships, they have noth
ing but South St^, and So. Broad
way bums similar to No Coffee Joe
when he shipped out last from the
old I.S.U. Hall,
with the exception of two men,
After the last war was over our
fighting men, composed mostly of
abor, came back to this country
only to find it in the hands of
racketeers, gangsters, and their
3olitical stooges. TTiese stooges
)assed laws at the command of
these cut throats. Later, scandals
of teapot domes and such began
to come to light. An aroused
public, in which labor played no
mean part, began the twenty year
war to. get the country back into
the people's hands. About as much
jlood was shed in the course of
this twenty years as there was by
our boys over there. Apparently
history is about to repeat itself.
Our benevolent politicians at
"W"ashington have recently passed
the anti-strike bill. A coincident is
that Hitler and the "ILL DUCK"
passed just such laws immediately
after they took power. We won
der who or whom are planning to
take our country over again. The
voters left in this country should
make it their duty to see that every
politician is ousted that .voted for
that vitdous bill. Do this before it
is too late. For you may not have
the opportunity to do so if they
are re-elected. Also, they should
demand the law be repealed.
It is labor's duty to defend the
gains of labor. Most of our brave
fighters whom are now at the va
rious battlefields would want it this
way. Certainly they would not
hke to return home and find that
everything they fought for was in
vain, and certainly they also would
like to come home and return to
civil life to a job that had the same
or better conditions and pay as be
fore they left. This is really what
they are fighting for—7 economic
security. So voters make it your
business to see that they get it.
JOSEPH FLANAGAN,
Agent
and in the news reel, lo and beholdl
I saw no other than the NMU difr
patcher sending out three men toj
some ship and they were sent tOj
som£ ship by plane. Also on thcuii
sweat shirts was the great and re^
nown N.M.U. emblem of whiclj
they are very proud.
Boy that gave me a pain in ths
^when I see that kind of ad
vertising. I see that kind of ad-
has got to get their own members
to advertise and solicit members in
that manner, right then and there
I would never join that outfit. Oh,
well, we will still continue as we
have alwayr been doing and in the
end we will have accomplished
more than they can ever realize
or can compete with. Namely, bet
ter contracts, wages, living condi
tions and working" conditions.
Two or three days ago I got H
very great surprise when I was at
tending the Agents Conference in
New York. A few days ago Bro,
Blinkie Roberts took a jeffi om onq
of the South Atlantic S.S. Co.*i
ships and I was not expecting tqi
see him for at least thre or fouT
months at the earliest. But by]
George, I saw something that look
ed like an Admiral coming down
Piatt St. and who do you think ii:
was—^none other than Mr. RobcrtI
who left as a fireman and canui
back as an Admiral with enough
gold on him to sink a barge. Tltj
gals have almost got- his lead pen
cil worn out from taking telephone
numbers.
Well, that's all from this port.
I hope to have some interesting;
news for nexf week.
D. L. PARKER, Agent.
NORFOLK:
TAMPA
are Things around this port
about as dead as a las; year's bird
nest. We are getting quite a few
of the Tampa boys here that have
been gone six months or more, and
from what they tell me they had
quite a bit of experience in various
parts of the world.
Bro. Marvin Swint has been "tell
ing us some wierd tales of his ex
perience. There is one thing that
I can say, our members are not so
publicity minded as the N.M.U.
The entire crew, Commrats.
I attended a show the other day
Plenty of men come and go in
Norfolk but damn few stick
around more than two or three
days—^principally because _of the
high price of pork chops and over
crowded conditions. The beer joints
close at eleven P.M. and they arc
generally sold out long before that.
In addition, any eating or drinking
place is generally packed five deep.
Shipping is good with a betteif
selection of ships than almost any
other Port. Anyone that want
any kind of job from a two-stackef
on down to a towboat can get it
here. In Port now ,and calling fta
crews, are the usual half dozen Lib
erties, and a couple of C-2's. Ilii
the last week over seventy m,rt
have been shipped from the hatt
although a good percentage were
trip-card and Maritime Commis
sion trainees.
There is ninety miles of water
front to cover here. Try and cover
a ship at New Port News and an
other at Berkley the same day anA
you will work until midnight, yet:
it often has to be done. TTiis port
wants a special box in the Log in
structing all crews coming into
Hampton Roads ANYWHERE toj
call the hall at once. If ships are
missed here it ie because, no one a^
the hall is notified and the hall is
open from eight to five every day
except Sunday, or unless both the
Agent and Patrolman have to bo
busy paying off or signing on dif
ferent ships.
_The Fairisle came in with a lofi
of collectable overtime plus the
usual beefs found on "Red Lead"
Andersen's ships. But the question
is: How in the hell can the beefs
be. settled and the overtime collect
ed when the crew dumps every
thing in the Agent's lap and thefi
never shows up again.
If anyone wants to ship and se
lect the kind of ship he wants, this
is the place—AND DON'T FOR
GET TO CALL THE HATT'
WHEN YOUR SHIP HITS THIS
PORT. ^
MARTY TRAINOR, Ageni
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House Committee Studies Job
Insurance For Merchant Men
(Con/inueJ from Page 1)
of the XJiliOu hiruig hall 'bciug uScd
by the government as an employ
ment agency for seamen being en
titled to any unemployment bene
fits.
Mr. Callahan of the Maritime
exchange in New York, an employ
er organization, also went down
the line with the employers, and
had the same argument.
All the employers' representa-
"tives that have attended this hear
ing so far, and who have testified,
are all in favor of No. 3, but are
all opposed to the hiring hall clause.
They have contended that under
No. 1 the seamen would be en
titled to too many benefits, and
that it is a steal of funds that the
^ployer is contributing. From
the general gist of their testimony
it seems that they are all in favor
of unemployment insurance, but
they do not want the seamen to
receive any benefits, or at least un
less they are company stooges.
Regarding the hiring hall I have
tubmitted the following.statement:
"Wo are in favor of unem
ployment Insurance. However,
we feel that the Union Hiring
Hall is our greatest protection
against unemployment, and we
feel that any unemployment in
surance scheme that interferes
with the Union in maintaining
their hiring hall is unsatisfac
tory. We would rather not
have any unemployment insur
ance if, in order to secure any
unemployment benefits, our
members would have to lose the
protection they now enjoy un-
' dec the Union hiring hall."
documented under U. 8. Mari
time laws, and spersts offshore,
coastwise, intercostal. Great
Lakes, rivers, bays, and sounds,'
be included in any unemploy
ment insurance bill that may
be submitted to Congress, pro
vided they are not covered by
any State unemployment com
pensation act."
Under No. 3 the union hiring
hall is, guaranteed. On page No.
50, 4th, 5th, 6th lines of No. 1,
the following lines were deleted,
"EXCEPT INSO FAR AS ANY
SUCH SYSTEM IS FOUND BY
TFIE BOARD TO INCREASE
THE BENEFITS TO BE PAID
UNDER THIS ACT." With these
words deleted from No. 1, the
Union hiring hall is also protect
ed, and has no strings attached.
Un(fcr No. 3, the only fishermen
that would be included are fisher
men who do not work on a share
and share basis, and they would
only receive benefits during thie
fishing season.
That would eliminate all the
fishermen who are affiliated with
the SIU, as they all work on a share
and share basis. It~~would also
eliminate them from receiving any
benefits after a fishing season is
closed. My contention is that the
only time that a fisherman needs
benefits is after a season closes, as
during the fishing season they
would not need any benefits as
they would all be working.
Under No. 1, all fislietnien who
work on vessels of TEN NET
TONS or over and the vessel is
documented under the U. S. mari
time laws, would be entitled to
benefits, and there are no seasonal
requirements attacted to it. They
would be entitled to benefits any
time that they are out of work. All
fishermen affiliated with the SIU
would be entitled to benefits un
der No. 1.
I submitted the following state
ment on the men we wanted cov
ered:
"I have been instructed to
urge your committee that all
merchant seamen, fishermen,
and river boat men, who are em^
ployed on all American vessele
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Under No. 3, the Great Lakes
are covered, but only during the
season. I also contended that the
men need the benefits after the sea
son closes, as during the season
they would all be working and
would not be in nwd of any bene
fits as bad as they would need them
when they are not working.
Under No. 1, they would also
be included on the Great Lakes,
and there would be no seasonal re
strictions attached to them when
the person would be entitled to
benefits. They would be eligable
any time the)' are out of work.
Under No. 3, the River boat
men would be out entirely. In the
majority of cases the States do not
cover them, and they would be the
forgotten men under this bill.
Under No. 1, they are covered
if they are on a scow ten net tons
or over, and all river boats that
hire men on them are ten net tons
or over. The men that Brother
Biggs has in the SIU on the Miss
issippi River are covered by tliis
bill.
Under No. 3, the employer
would be compelled to contribute
3 per cent to the fund, and the
employe would be compelled to
contribute 1 per cent to the fund.
Under No. I, the employer
would be compelled to contribute
3 per cent, and the employee
would not be required to make any
contributions.
I have submitted the following
statement;
"We are opposed to any con
tribution being made b^ the
employe towards any unem
ployment Insurance fu.nd, as it
is not the general practice un
der present State laws of the
48 states that have unemploy
ment insurance benefits. Only
4 States, California, New Jer
sey, Rhode l^and, and Ala
bama, require the employes to
contribute to the State unem
ployment insurance funds."
The employers all beefed about
the contribution. They expressed
the fears that with the employes
not contributing they would in
the near future be required to in
crease their contributions. The
maritime employers are the only
employers who have not been con
tributing to any unemployment
fimds, all other employers have
been contributing for the past
eight years.
Under No. 3, any seaman-who
had his certificate suspended by
the Coast Guard would not be
eligible for any benefits until his
suspension period is complete. He
would then have to accumulate the
original time required (140 days)
before he would be entitled to any
benefits.
Under this draft, a seaman who
would have been to sea for 140
days, and he may have taken a
few days off in some foreign port,
upon his return to the U.S. the
Coast Guard may suspend his cer
tificate for TIF TEEN OR
THIRTY DAYS. He wohld not
be entitled to any benefits, but in
addition to that, after liis suspen
sion, he would be required to ac
cumulate another 140 working
days before he would be eligible to
any benefits.
My statement on the disqualifi
cations:
"We are opposed to any bill
that is encumbered by disquali- ^
fications, and recommend that
the employment practices of
the industry be given consid
eration and that when ever
Ships Articles terminate, em
ployes who do not re-sign ar
ticles for another voyage, are
to be considered quajified for
benefits after the usual two
weeks waiting period."
Under No. 3, any seamen who
makes a trip and his articles ter
minate, and is offered employment
or an opportunity to re-sign on
for another voyage and refuses to
re-sign on would not be entitlec
to any benefits.
Under No. 1, after the complet
ion of a voyage, or a man quits
vessel, he would have a two weeks
waiting period before he would be
entitled to benefits. All unem
ployment insurance laws have
two week waiting period before
any claiment would be eligible to
benefits.
Under No. 3, a claiment woulc
have to work 140 days before he
would be entitled to any benefits,
Only one State of the 48 States
that have unemplo)rment insurance
have such a qualifacation, and that
State is Ohio.
Under No. 1, the time requirec
before any claiment would be elig
ible for unemployment benefits is
90 days.
This is one of the reasons that
the employers are against No. 1, it
requires a 90 days working period
accumulated time, and they woulc
be eligible. Under No. 3, it is 140
days, hence the employers favor
No. 3.
Under No. 3, any person who is
in seasonal work, would oxily be
eligible during the seai^on. This
would mean that vessels on the
Lakes, and in the Alaska trade,
claiments would only be eligible
during the season.
My statement was as follows:
"We are opposed to any bill
wherein certain claiments
would be classed as seasonal
workers, thereby disqualifying
them, and they would not be
entitled to any benefits."
Under No. 1, there is no dis
qualification for seasonal workers,
any time they are out of work they
would be entitled to benefits.
Under No. 3, any member of
any organization who is affiliated
with a national organization, and
some union of the nationl orgni-
zation is out on strike, thereby'
causing the seamen to be locked
out, they would not be entitled to
any benefits.
Example — If the International
Longshofemens Association (AFL)
or any other AFL union is out on
strike and SIU or SUP (AFL) re
spect their picket line, or the SIU
or SUP is locked out (Layed Off)
we would not be entitled to any
benefits, because the union that is
out on on strike is affiliated with
the AFL. However, the NMU
(CIO) would be entiteld to bene
fits because the union that is out
on strike is AFL, and not affiliated
with the CIO. The same would
apply to a tinion that is affiliated
with the CIO, if a union was oui
on strike was affiliated with the
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SEAFARERS LOG
Published by the
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH. AMERICA
Atlantie and Gulf District
Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
HARRY t-UNOEBERC ------ President
110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.
JOHN HA-V^K ------- Secy-Treas.
p. O. Box 25, Station D., New York City
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424 5th Street, N. "W., Washington, D. C.
Directory of Branches
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NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartras St. Canal 3336
SAVANNAH 215 East Bay St. Savannah 3-1728
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PUBLICATION OFFICE:
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CIO Longshoresmen. on the Pacific
Coast, the NMU would not be en
titled to any benefits, but the SIU
& SUP members would be entitled
to benefits because the union on
strike is CIO. The Pacific Coast
Marine Firemens, Oilers, Water-
tenders, and Wipes Union, would
be entitled to benefits regardless
of whether the AFL or CIO were
on strike, because they are not af
filiated with any national union,
and are independent.
This proposal encourages unions
to remain independent, and 'not
affiffiate with any national organi
zation, and discriminates against
the AFL and the CIO.
Under No. 1, a claiment would
not be entitled to benefits due to
stoppage of work because of a
strike in the establishment, prem
ises, or enterprise at which he is
employed, provided, that this dis
qualification shall not apply after
the end of the month beginning on
the day on which the board finds
such stoppages of work began.
After thirty days the claiment
Maritime War Emergency Board:
Had a conference this past week with Captain Edward Macauley
chairman of the board, and brought to his attention that the seamea
in the last war had a better insurance policy than they have now.
Under Public Law No. 20-65 the Congress approved June 12^
1917, seamen were entitled to some of the following benefits:
"Section 3 (A) in case of death, permanent disability which
prevents the person injured from performing any and every kind
of duty pertaining to his occupation, or the loss of both hands, both
arms, both feet, both legs, or both eyes, or any two parts thereof,
for the payment of an amount equivalent to one years earnings of
the insured, as fixed in the articles of the voyage (herein after re-
fered to as the principal sum), but in no case shall such amount be
more than $5,000 or less than $1,500."
'resent Policy MWEB First Policy MWEB Public Law 20, 1917.
Life 100% Life 100% life 100%' .
ioth Hands, or both
Arms, or both legs,
M)th feet, or both
eyes 100%
would be entitled to benefits if hi*
union or any other union is out
on strike. The employers blew?
their top on this part of the bilL
Under No. 3, before any claim
ent would be entitled to any bene
fits, the employer must be notified
in. writing that the seamen wh(»a
he had employed requested unem
ployment benefits. This means that
all kinds of loop holes would bo:
encountered by a seaman seeking
benefits. The employer certainly^
would be in a position of block
ing benefits to claiments that they
would not care to see collect.
Under No. 1, the employer
would never know who has apphedi
for benefits.
In comparing both there draftsi>
it can readily be seen the reason
that the employers favor No. 3
because the employers and inde
pendent union have all the advan
tages of the benefits, and it is nat
ural that the employers favor a
bill that encourages independent
unions, as the employer womd have
an easier time to knock them over.
Arm .
dand
oot .
Leg ..
lye ..
ditto
ditto
ditto
50%
65%
45%
Under th^ first policy issued by the board it will be noted that for
these same percentages it was foot 50%, and eye 45%. It will also be
noted that through a Congressional act during the last war it was,
OSS of foot 50% and loss of an eye 45%.
ditto
65% ; ditto
50% ditto
40% Foot 50% Foot
65% 65%
35% Eye 45% Eye .
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Page Four THE SEAFARERS* LOG Friday, July 2, 1945
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Mrs. Scaifc has been looking out for the welfare of the SIU boys,
inviting them to parties at the Cosmopolitan Club, and treating the
boys first rate. Everytime the boys come back from one of her parties,
t|iey tell of what a swell time they had. Our thanks to you, Mrs. Scaife
and keep up the good work. Mae Dillon at the Furuseth Club got some
piublicity by having taken good care of a British seaman's two children.
The boys at the SIU want to-say hello-to Mae, and tell her to keep up
f t good work.
The oldest of the four Jernigan brothers was recently lost through
enemy action. Earl Brown, one of the best cooks in the SIU fleet, was
recently declared lost. The ship has been overdue 7 weeks and has been
officially declared lost. It is the first Liberty ship to lose an entire crew.
Earl was only married three weeks before he sailed on that ill-fated ship.
All his friends in Baltimore will sure miss him. We extend our sym
pathy to both his wife and his family.
I The following brothers are now sailing as licensed officers: R. Lang-
ford, Paul Jones, Leroy (Rah Rah) Parrish, Bill Edwards, Doug Mun-
caster and Vince Yakavonis. Joe Hart is studying for his 2nd Assistant's
ticket. Joe has become a Bcnidict and says he has reformed. We wish
him luck. Karl Johnson is going to New London for his 2nd Mate's
ticket.
Dusan (Chili) De Dusin, who was ashore for 18 months recover
ing from an injury has finally sailed with his buddy Arthur Thompson
on an Alcoa ship. Mae Sclar has been seen at the Somerset having tea.
Red Brady and Mike Walsh made a trip on the same ship and were such
good boys that the Captain called them Gentlemen. Tish, Tish.
Will Print Amendments
In Next Issue of Log
PHILLIP POSSIN
See the Secretary-Treasurers' of
fice next time you are in New
York.
'erne
RAY PUGH
See the Secretary-Treasurer's of
fice next time you are in New York.
The amendments to the Atlan
tic & Gulf Constitution drafted by
the Agents Conference, will be
printed in the next issue of the
Log. They will be printed for the
purpose of general discussion. The
amendments will appear on the
next regular ballot for ratification
by the membership.
MONEY DUE
STEPHEN MORGA^N, KNUT
CATO, E. M. ALLAIN: You havo
two months, nino days difference in
Fireman and Watertender pay, and
one month, nine days bonus coming
from the Waterman Line.
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Deck Department which made
lest voyage on S.S. George Gale
-has overtime coming from Mississ
ippi Line.
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Entire Deck Department of S.S.
Josiah Parker has overtime due.
Gollect Mississippi Steamship Com
pany, New Orleans.
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Steward Dept. S.S. Fitzburgh Lee
have money due from Smith &
Johnson, 80 Broad St.
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Deck & Engine Dept. S.S. Samuel
Griffin having personal effects
claim see Robin Line claim agent,
39 Cortland St., N. Y. C.
Steward Dept, S.S. Broholt Liv
ingston have overtime coming. Col
lect Bull Line..
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J. McLEON: Four hours due
from Mississippi Shipping Com
pany,
see
T. RAYMOND: f42^ coming
from the S.S. Tarleton Brown.
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H. A. STRAUS: Overtime com-
ng. See Goffin, New York Branch.
Oilers on last trip of S.S. Del
Norte have overtime coming. Col
lect from Mississippi Line, 17 Bat
tery Place, New York City.
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^Firemen on S.S. Richard Alvey
have overtime coming. Collect Bull
Line, New York City.
. » * *
Crew S.S. -Francis Marion have
attack bonus due. Collect Robin
Line, New York City. • * * »
Firemen and Ordinaries on S.S.
Livingstone have overtime due. See
Goffin, New York Branch.
Crew S.S. John Stevens and S.S.
Pan Gulf have attack bonus com
ing. Collect Waterman Line, 19
Rector SL, New York City.
Seafarers* Log-
HONOR ROL L
CREW S.S. RICHARD H. LEE #. $78.00
CREW S.S. FLOUR SPAR ; 30^
CREW S.S. WALTER E. RANGER h.iio
CREW S.S. CHIPPEWA 19.00
CREW S.S. JAMES GUNN r. 1J.0(^
SIMON WILLIARD ; 12.6^
M MURR 10.00
H. PRICE 6.00
CREW S. S. LAFAYETTE .......J. tf.OO;
P. G. BUFORD , J.OO
A. ROMEJKO 5.00
X BOUT^I , 5.00
H. L. NICHOLS 4.5(1
J. S. HART : ^ 4.0(^
J. ARSENAULT ,. 4.0(i
T. TETONIS r 4.00
CREW S.S. JEAN 4.00
L. S. BUGAJEWSKI ...' 3.00
A. C. JUtCHESS 3.00
E. ERIKSON 3.00
J. LYNN ! 3.00
J. W. PICON ....:. ! 3.00
FRANKIE ; 2.()0
G. HEGMANN 2.0^
C. M. RODRIQUES : 2.00
B. G. MORANO 2JOO
F. J. KEAVFENY ; r. 2.00
E. M. SCHIBICQUE 2.00
J. BLAKEY 2.00
M. WERCKSHAGEN : 2.00
C. S. ALBERTSON 2.00
CRFW S.S. RAPHEAL SEMMES 2.0>
S. BAN WORT l.OO
G. SCHMIDT 1.00
T. J. TIGHE l.()0
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