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^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT,
^ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
VOL. V, 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1943 No. 1
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SUB-STANDARD WAGES
CHARGED TO N.E.S.S. LINE
The dispute between the New England Steamship Company and
the Seafarers International Union was submitted to an arbitrater ap
pointed by the War Labor Board last week. Mr. Robert S. Coit is the
WLB man who heard the case.
The SIU position was presented by Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk,
assisted by Boston Agent John Mogan. The Union is presenting a four
point demand: 1. Increase in monthly scale of wages for all unlicensed
ratings of $40; 2. Overtime increase of all ratings of 10 cents per hour;
3. Increase in hourly pay for all ratings to $1 per hour; 4. Contract
heading Deck Department Section 2, to read, "Eight hours shall con
stitute a day's work. Any work performed in excess of eight hours,
from midnight to midnight, shall be paid for at the regular overtime
rate. Second mates. Boatswains and deck hands shall work eight con
secutive hours per day; quartermasters based on the three watch system."
5. These increases shall be retroafctive to the date of'the expiration of
the old agreement.
The New England Steamship^
Company is strictly an inlanc
water outfit and the union's case
is built upon the inequality of
wages paid by New England in
comparison with other inlanc
water operators.
Indisputable evidence of this in=
equality was submitted to Mr.
Coit who now has the case under,
advisement.
NMUAgain Flops On Attempt To
Invade Pacific Maritime Unions
Post Office Offers
Mail Service To Ships
Albert Goldman, postmaster of
the New York post office, has
announced that better mail ser
vice is now being planned for
the merchant seamen who are at
sea. All mail should be address
ed to the individual, giving the
name of the ship, and sent in
care of the New York post
master.
A...- GRA VY!
The shipowners are preparing to
•descend upon Washington and lap
up some of the gravy being passed
out by Congress in the form of
war contracts. Their hand was
- tipped by Drew Pearson, syndi-
4, cated columnist who appears regu-
y* larly in the N. Y. Daily Mirror.
ij On Dec. 17 Pearson wrote the
following;
"Washington hotels are getting
reservations from the ship lobby
ists, who are preparing for one of
the first big fights of the new Con
gress. It will be a raid on the tax-
till by the shipowner—with cheers
from the Maritime Commission
in order to get a higher price for
the ships seized by the government.
"... the law provides that a
shipowner shall be paid a fair price,
-but in no case shall the value of
the ship be enhanced by the war
... Despite this, the Maritime
i Commission already has paid prices
which the Comptroller General's
office considers exhorbitant. Ships
whose pre-war price per ton ranged
from $1<.59 to $69.14 have been
purchased by the Maritime Com
mission for over $100 per ton
within the past nine months."
Pearson then explains that the
shipowners now want a law passed
which would boost their take to
even higher levels. They claim
that "the , market was depressed"
when they, lost their ships to the
government. He concludes with:
"That is why the powerful ship
lobby, one of the smoothest in
Washington, already is polishing
up the cock-tail shackers and pre
paring to beguile the new Con
gress into " passing around the
gravy bowl."
WSA Pledges Observance Of
Contracts And Hiring Hall
The SIU has received from the
New 'York office of the Recruit
ment and Manning Organization
of the WSA, a pledge of coopera
tion and respect for the bargaining
contracts and hiring hall estab
lished by the union. In turn, the
SIU has promised full cooperation
in the prompt manning and dis
patching of merchant ships sailing
from the Atlantic and Gulf ports.
The following letter to the
Union was received from Craig S.
Vincent, . Regional Representative
of the WSA.
December 26, 1942
Mr. Frank Williams
Seafarers International Union
Of North America
2 Stone Street
New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Williams:
The Recruitment ^and Manning
Organization is attempting to as
sist the Maritime unions and in
dustry in manning the Merchant
ships carrying our war cargoes. As
you know when an operating com
pany is under a collective bargain
ing agreement with one of the
Maritime unionS, the Recruitment
and Manning Organization, in rec
ognizing such agreements in ac
cordance with War Shipping Ad
ministration policy, does not pro
vide men directly to the operating
company except in cases of ex
treme emergency, where a "pier-
lead" jump may necessitate our as
sistance. Even then men are not
provided without checking with
your office unless it is after closing
hours. If such service is provided,
we inform you of it immediately
on the next day. It is ouf job to
be ready to assist your union hiring
hall in the event you do not have
a sufficient supply of men available
to meet demands of the companies
with whom you have contracts.
In order to prevent any possible
duplication, we have been, telling
any companies with whom you
have contracts who called us di
rectly to order men through the
union hall in the usual manner.
We have also informed such oper
ators that if you are unable to
supply the men, the union calls
the RMO office to obtain our as
sistance in securing the needed
men. It would be very helpful to
us in our work with you if we had
a list of the operating companies
with whom you have contracts.
We would then be in a position to
immediately advise the operator to
call the union and it would save
some time on our part in asking
questions to obtain such informa
tion.
Very truly yours,
CRAIG S. VINCENT,
Regional Representative
The NMU had a brief vision of grandeur last month
—but only a bfief one. Its elaborate plan for invading the
jurisdiction of the SUP-MFOW-MCS on the West Coast
fizzled out v.'hen the War Shipping Administration handed
down a formal decision on Dec. 26, 1942 which, in effect,
the invasion forces packing
American Theatre
Wing Club For
Merchant Seamen
In the presence of Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, Mayor LaGuardia, of
ficials of the Navy and Maritime
Unions, and the co-chairmen of
the enterprise, Mrs. Brock Pember-
ton and John Golden, the Ameri
can Tlieatre Wing Merchant Sea
men's Club, No. 107 West 43rd
Street, was formally dedicated at
3:30 last Monday afternoon. Fol
lowing a radio program featuring
some of Broadway's top stars, the
club was opened to seamen daily
from 5 P.M. until midnight.
The new haven for the unsung
heroes of the Merchant Marine,
those hardy seamen who bravely
push their cargo ships through
submarine infested waters, is the
first of its kind in New York and
is patterned after the Wing's fa
mous Stage Door Canteen. Addi
tional features, however, are a
games room, a library and a letter-
writing room. Tickets to Broad
way shows, movies and sporting
events will be distributed free and
there will be dancing nightly, the
comely hostesses for this purpose
being furnished by the Theatre
Wing.
sent
Death Of 2 SIU Men Traced
To Negligence Of Skipper
The SIU has lost a lot of broth
ers' due to submarine action of the
enemy. This is bad enough and
we mourn their loss—but when
two brothers are needlessly lost due
to pure negligence on the part of
skipper, then it is time to de
mand an investigation.
Here is the story.
A certain ship, belonging to the
Calmar Line, signed on in Balti
more last September 13. The ship
put in at New York with several
members, of the crew ill. They
went to the captain, a man named
George P. Moodie, and asked for
hospital slips so they could go
ashore and receive medical atten
tion. The Captain briskly replied
that he was issuing neither shore
leave or hospital slips iii New York.
He did this without making any
examination of the ill men to de
termine the seriousness of their
condition.
Several weeks later the ship ar
rived at Guantanimo and the ill
men, two of whom were in a crit
ical condition, again asked for hos
pital slips. Moodie again refused
slips and even refused to bring a
doctor aboard ship to examine the
men.
During this period Brother
James Rogers, No, 21389, had lost
a great amount of weight, could
keep nothing on his stomach, was
in a continual cold sweat and was
often delirious. By the time the
ship was off Valpariso, Rogers was
back to the East Coast.
The NMU tactic, which invol
ved the use of certain key
stooges in the WSA, was to have
Luckenbach, Grace and Moore Mc-
Cormick ships built on the West
Coast manned by NMU crews.
Their reasoning was that they held
the bargaining contracts with the
majority of the ships running for
these lines, therefore they should
have their jurisdiction extended to
the ships operating for these lines
on the West Coast.
This was a direct violation of
the Statement of Principles, signed
between the SUP and the WSA
last May. This statement guaran
teed the contracts and jurisdiction
of the SUP for the duration of the
war. It was also a violation of the
contracts already held by the SUP
with these lines for their West
Coast ships.
The SUP immediately took mil
itant action when the news of the'
proposed invasion reached the
Coast. Stop work meetings were
held up and down the Coast in
protest, and the entire SUP was
mobilized for a strike vote. This
action gave pause to the bureau
crats in Washington and they at
tempted to shift the entire ques
tion into the lap of the National
War Labor Board.
The'SUP objected to this pro
cedure, stating that it was not a
jurisdictional dispute but an ob
vious invasion of its long recog
nized territory and rights.
The militant action, of the SUP-
MFOW-MCS membership, plus the
strong representations made in
Washington by SIU President
Harry Lundebcrg, forced a rever
sal of the original WSA ruling.
Henceforth, ships built on the
West Coast for these lines will be
manned by SUP - MFOW- MSC
crews, regardless of where they
run.
The text, in part, of the WSA
ruling as handed down by Admiral
Land, follows:
DIRECTIVE NO. 7
Directive with respect to the
settlement of the controversy re-
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in such bad shape that the skipper to the Manning of Vessels
assigned Michael Mosack to follow | Owned by the War Shipping Ad-
him around so he wouldn't go over ministration and allocated by it to
the side.
During the third week in Octo-
bpr, Rogers became violent, eluded;
his guard and slipped over the side
of the ship, only to be caught in
the wake and drowned. No boat
was ever put over to look for him.
After the loss of Rogers, broth-
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Umit Sailing to Convoys
The Cuban Government has for
bidden port authorities to clear any
vessel from the island unless it
sails in convoy, dispatches from
Havana stated.
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SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlczntic and Gulf District
AftMateA %otfh th* Amtrican federation of Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERQ, Intemcrtional Prealdenl
110 Market Street. Room 402, Son Froncieoo, Colli.
ADDREBa ALL*a0BRE8P0NDENCB CONOERNIEQ THIB
PVBLIOATION TO:
"THE SEAFABERS' LOG
P. O. 25, Station P. New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346
OPA Gives Seamen Priority
Rights For Rubber'Boots
Rationing boards have been of
ficially instructed to give active
seamen priority on all rationed
rubber footwear. The following is
the text of the order sent out by
\he Office of Price Administration.
Office of Price Administration
Washington, D. C.
Local Board Rubber Footwear
Rationing Letter
RUBBER FOOTWEAR
Rationing Guide No. 6
December 7, 1942
ELIGIBILITY OF SEAMEN
Questions have arisen concern
ing the eligibility for rationed rub
ber footwear of seamen, particu
larly when they are in port be
tween or before voyages. The con
tribution which merchant seamen
make to the nation's war effort is
great,, and their occupational elig
ibility is clearly established. Or
dinarily, the principal question
which will need to be considered is
whether the applicant has proved
that he is, in fact, a seaman.
Whether or not he is acutally
employed at the time of his appli
cation, any applicant who can
show evidence of his customary
occupation as a seaman should be
considered eligible in so far as oc
cupational requirements are con
cerned. If the applicant shows his
Certificate of Identification, and
evidence, such as a letter from his
Union or the Recruitment and
Manning Organization of the War
Shipping Administration stating
that he is registered for employ
ment as a seaman, he should be
considered qualified as to occupa
tion. The applicant may have lost
his Certificate of Identification,
and may need to obtain rubber
footwear before a replacement o:
his Certificate can be secured. In
such cases, the letter from the ap
plicant's Union or from the Re
cruitment and Manning Organiza
tion of the War Sliipping Adminis
tration should also state that the
applicant has lost his Certificate
and that he needs rubber footwear
before a replacement of his Certi-,
ficate can be Secured. Other evi
dence of the applicant's custom
ary occupation as a seaman which
is satisfactory to the Board will al
so be adequate.
In considering applications from
seamen the Board should keep in
mind that while the supply of rub
ber for footwear is severely limited
and must be conserved, merchant
seamen are very important to the
nation's war effort.
Drafted Men
Over 38 Can
Go To Sea
PERSONALIS
JAMES NELSON - H. A. DILL
The crew of the S. S. Joseph
Hewes kicked in the $70 you bor
rowed from the Navy men. They
don't want the money back but re
quest that you donate it to the
LOG.
CORNELLO RODRIGUEZ
It is important that you contact
the office of the Secretary-Treas-
urer next time you are in New
York.
JOHN PALMER
, Contact your Draft Board or the
FBI, 234 U. S. Court House, Foley
Square, New York City. ,
9jt Tyimwjdam
CASSEL, JOHN .^ Winer
CHAMBERS, ANDREW Cook
COLEMAN, PATRICK Bosun
HYDE, BASIL Fireman
MARTIN, JAMES ...... Messman
McNAMERA, JEREMIAH Wiper
SABO, LOUIS Messman
SULLIVAN, SYDNEY Messman
WILCOX, JOHN H A.B.
The Office of War Information
has announced that men originally
drafted but now over 38 years of
age, will be released from the
Army if they can showythat they
are Valuable to war production in
dustries.
This would cover all seamen.
All SIU men with ratings who are
in the anriy and would like to re
turn to sea, should make formal
application to the army command
er, and notify the union so that
they can be asisted in obtaining
the release.
The War Department has issued
a circular (No. 397) which lists
the provisions for releasing men.
The following provisions are in
cluded:
"a. The soldiers has voluntarily
requested discharge in writing to
his immediate commanding officer.
"b. The soldier is handicapped
by advanced age, 3 8 years anc
over, to such an extent that his
usefulness to the Army is second
ary to that of industry.
"c. The soldier has presented
satisfactory evidence that he wil
be employed in an essential war
industry if he is discharged from
the Army.
There is a. shortage of rated men
and the union will aid former
members to get back into the in
dustry
New Liberty Ship
To Feature Speed
A new Liberty ship, bigger,
faster and less vulnerable to sub
marine attacks, will be producec
this year.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Lane
said the vessel will have a slightly
greater length and more beam and
carrying capacity. Increased horse
power, together with a better hull
design, will result in higher speed.
Admiral Land, war shipping ad
ministrator and chairman of the
Maritime Commission, said the
new Liberty ships will emphasize
speed, "which will be increased
sufficiently to render the ship less
vulnerable to submarine attack
during the war and at the same
time increase and improve their
competitive value commercially
when peace is restored."
Meanwhile, he said, new features
are constantly being developed and
put into practice on the ships be
ing constructed under the long-
range building program, which
features sleek "C" design sliips of
various sizes 'and greater speeds
than the Liberty ship, with a
deadweight tonnage of about
10,500.
ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR
DECEMBER 14 TO 26, INCLUSIVE
DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL
SHIPPED 240 271 183 694
REGISTERED 301 200 115 616
ON HAND 370 216 167 753
ASSESSMENT!
Remember there is a
|2 Organizational Assess
ment which goes to the
International.
The payment is volun-
tary! How good a
Union man are you?
Have you paid your $2
obligation?
It's for your oum good I'm not giving you. a raise. You'd 1
only have to pay more income tax.
REPORT FROM
Washington
By Matthew Dushane
.r • Crews* Quarters:
The WSA is considering enlarging the after deck house on the
Liberty ships. Part of the gun crews will be quartered back aft with
other members of the gun crew who are there at present. The plan is
also to enlarge the after part of the deck house above the officers quar
ters, and aft of the wheelhouse.
This plan should help to relieve some of the cramped quarter!
amidship.
Ship*s Stores: 'f- ;
The question of ships sailing short of certain foods, and the com
panies alibi that they can't get food, has been taken up and I think
will be straightened out.
Gun Crews: '
Plans are underway to have some ships on the Pacific and Atlantic
Coasts sail without Navy men as gun crews.. The guns will be manned
by the merchant seamen. Under this plan Navy men v/ould be re
turned to the battlewagons and other regular Navy vessels. If this plari
works out, all Navy men on merchant ships will be relieved by the
regular unlicensed personnel.
Security Watches: r i
•
I received requests from agents for information on security watches
while ships are in port. I can only inform them that their District
Representative will have to try and iron this out with the companies.
A close study of our contracts will show that the men are entitled to
overtime when they are required to stand watches at night in ports re
gardless of where the watches are stood. The War Shjpping Adminis
tration has approved the agreement reached between the West Coast
Unions and th operators on security watches.
Puerto Rico: ~i
I have been receiving several complaints that an Ensign who is
connected with naval intelligence has been yanking merchant seamen .
off ships-in Puerto Rico. I am investigating this here in Washington
and should have a report on it in the near future.
Star of Scotland: ' ^
This ship is one of the last sailing ships in the world to fly the
American flag. Just received word that ,she Has been torpedoed in the
South Atlantic. Arrangements are being made to repatriat the crew
back to the States.
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S.I.U. MEN BRAVE JUNGLE
TO AVOID INTERNMENT
,(•
The SIU crew aboard the Alcoa
Pathfinder was not only torpedoed
and had to spend days in open
boats and rafts, but when they hit
shore they were faced with miles
of jungle which had to be travers
ed if they wanted to avoid intern
ment for the duration of the war.
That they came through the or
deal alive is a testimony of their
strength and courage.
The story of their suffering re
ceived much space in the Natal
Daily News in Durban, South
Africa where they received hospi
tal treatment. A three column
picture of six brothers was run in
the paper and showed them recu
perating in the hospital; those pic
tured were brothers J. Szwed, E.
Steencken, E. R. Libecki, R. Tyler,
Jesse Joy and John Flannery,
The following is the write-up
given them in^the African paper:
"Fifty-two survivors of the
American ship. Pathfinder, recently
sunk off the Portuguese East Afri
can coast, are now in a Durban
hospital recovering from the effects
of sunburn and exposure. Some of
the men have terribly swollen feet
and blistered backs.
"When the Pathfinder was tor
pedoed on November 22" the men
feared that if they made direct for
land they would be interned. So
they decided to make the farther
trip down the coast to Union ter
ritory.
' "Relating the story of their ad
ventures to a Daily News repre
sentative who visited the survivors
in the hospital today, Mr. B. Bur
ton, the purser, said the ship went
down in under three minutes at 2
o'clock on the Sunday morning.
" 'We managed to get away one
of our two lifeboats and a raft,'
said Mr. Bijrton. 'The other life
boat was blown up. Five of our
crew had been killed by the ex
plosion, the remainder got away
' safely r'-nd" -'^ rrov^ded into the
lifeboat. Twelve of us got on to a
raft, which was taken in tow by
the boat.
" 'We made for the Union, but
made little progress. By 2 o'clock
on Sunday afternoon we were about
two or three hundred yards off the
beach.
" 'It was decided then that the
men on the raft would make the
shore and travel southwards by
foot,»and that the men in the boat
should try to sail to the Union.
" 'At 7 o'clock that night we
were 10 miles north of Punta el
Oro, the lighthouse on the border
of the Union. We lit two beacons
to attract the attention of the men
in the boat. Shortly afterwards the
boat landed and we camped that
night on the beach.*
"The following day the entire
party made for the lighthouse at
el Oro. There they were directed
by the Portuguese lighthousekeep-
er to a mission station at Kosi Lake,
across the border.
"The men suffered many hard
ships in their trip down the coast.
Most of them were scantily clad
and those without shoes suffered
especially, their feet being not only
burnt, but cut by rocks and grass
es in the swamps through which
they had to walk.
" 'It was wild, desolate country,
and apart from a few natives we
saw nobody,' said Mr. Burton.
^ >" 'On this last stage of our
journey we split into three parties,
one of which pushed on to the
trading store. We were met by a
party of policemen who took us by
truck to the Maputa police out
post.
" 'The following day the cap
tain's party, which had remained
on the beach, was picked up, and
we all went into camp at the
Maputo outpost.'
"Mr. Burton paid a tribute to
the wireless operator, one of the.
men who had been killed, \¥ho
stuck to his keys sending out sig
nals while the ship sank. He went
down with the ship."
MONEY DUE
The following men have money
In the safe in the New Orleans
Hall. They should pick It up at
their first opportunity. J. McRao,
Paul Rogosch, Henry Thompson,
Haakan Walle, Eddie Parr.
Checks for the following mem
bers of the crew of the S. S. Cor
nelia have been mailed to the Mo
bile Agent.
ADOLPH L. DANNE
HAL WESTOVER, Jr.
JESSE V. BARNES
MINOR C. BONDS
BROOKS N. BULLOCK ,
GUS T. STRIBLING
HOWARD J. FARMER
Overtime beef with the Bull Line
concerning the crew of the S. S.
Marjory has been settled. The fol
lowing have money coming: The
three oilers, and the following deck
men—E. J. Lilly, K. Scherrebeck
and Spencer Avant. Collect at the
Bull Line office In New York City.
FRED HART
USS Sponsors Art
Show For Seamen
The United Seaman's Service
will sponsor aft art exhibit of the
work of merchant seamen. It v/ill
be held in New York City at the
Hall of Art, 24 "West 4Qth Street,
from February 1 through Febru
ary 14, 1943.
All seamen who expect to enter
the exhibit are instructed to send
entries to Isabel F. Peterson, An
drew Furuseth Club, 30 East 37th
Street. Several pictures can be sub
mitted by each man. The matting
and framing of the pictures will be
handled by the USS.
There will be three money prizes,
$100, $75, and $50 and five $20
honorable mention awards. The
jury will be headed by the eminent
American artist John Sloan.
Any pictures for sale should be
accompanied by the name and ad
dress of the artist and the price
asked.
RULES OF ENTRY
1. Must be active seamen (3
months sea service).
2. Open to seamen of all United
Nations.
3. Pictures must be accompan
ied by name of artist, price, sea
man's rank and present owner.
4. Deadline for entries is Jan. 25.
5. All mediums acceptable: oils,
water colors, pastels, lithographs,
etchings and sculpture. No photo
graphy accepted.
SAVANNAH
Shipping in this port for the last
week has been good. Had to get
crews for two new ships together.
After using all the available men
around here, started calling some
of the other branches for men. Got
9 men out of Tampa one day and
11 the next day. Had a hard time
getting ABs together, called Mo
bile, New Orleans, Baltimore and
New York and only succeeded in
getting 3 out of Mobile. Am ex
pecting another ship out around
the 8 th of January and will be
looking for men again. Any men
with ratings in all departments
who want to ship out come down
around that time and there will be
jobs for all.
Steady as she goes.
CHARLES WAID, Agent
IN MEMORY OF
Brother G. A. Friel
(Oiler)
1898-1942
Died November 10, 1942,
Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Died November 10, 1942, U. S.
1941 PROFITS TOP 1929
BILLIONS 20
DOLLARS
1929 W30
.FEDERAL
TAXES
H 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 194
This chart, based by the AFL on figures of the U. S. Department of Commerce, shows that
despite increase In federal taxes, profits of all corporations rose to an all time high—even to.pping
profits made in the boom year of 1929.
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF WRTH AMERICAN
ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT
Secretary-Treasurer's Office
ROOM 213 — 2 STONE STREET, NEW VORK CITY
P. O. Box 25, Station P. Phone: BOwlins Green 0-8346
Directory of Branches
BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE
NEW YORK 2 Stone St
Dispatcher's Office .BOwIing Green 9-3430
Agent BOwling Green 9-3437
BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057
BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539
PHILADELPHIA 6 NortH 6th St Lombard 7651
NORFOLiC .......25 Commercial PI ...Norfolk 4-1083
NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartres St Canal 3336
SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St.. ....... Savannah 3-1728
TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323
MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392
PUERTO RICO.......... 45 Ponce dc Leon Puerto de Tierra
GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043
Out of the Focs^l
by
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Some of these Ferry Boat Clommandcrs who are being sent out as
deep water men, are making a farce of the Merchant Marine. Recently
some of our brothers returned from England where they had been de
tained because of the actions of. the skipper, who had all of his crew*
placed in irons and accused them of sabotage. Anything and everything
short of murder! He demoted a Steward and the Chief Cook to a rating
of Messmen. Here is a man who had only sailed on inland waters and
is allowed to take a ship to foreign ports.
There was'h't a dull moment since that ship left the States in Feb
ruary. Unfortunately, it was at the expense of the crew. God deliver
us from these war time skippers!!! ^
The return of Dickey and Kupta on Christmas has left everyone
relieved as to their whereabouts. The Pasinowsky family is proud of
their boys who arc doing their bit in the Merchant Marine. Four brothv
ers, Ignatius, George, Joseph and John, are members of our organization
Three of them have already been torpedoed. The oldest brother is now
a licensed officer.
Talking about brothers, the Journigan Brothers are well known in
the Gulf . . . Jim De Vito has already lost brothers, Michael and Frank
due to enemy action. The three Camacho Brothers were lost through
enemy action.
AAA
Bill Lawton, G-164, (who was recently torpedoed) thinks' all sea
men ought to have their heads examined as to the way they spend their
money. We know a lady who things otherwise. She says:
"I don't knmo seamen
Or whom they may be.
I only know one guy.
And he's always good to me."
Seafarers' Log-
HONOR ROLL
CREW OF S. S. WILLIAM MOULTRIE ^.50
CREW OF 8. S. SHICKSHINNY 21.00
CREW OF S. S. FLOMAR 16.85
CREW OF 8. 8. JOHNATHON GROUT 15.00
CREW OF 8. 8. JOSEPH HEWE8 15.00
CREW OF 8. 8. THOMAS NELSON 12.00
ED SINGER 5.0O
PHILADELPHIA HALL 5.00
A. GRAPCO 5.00
L. BAKER 5.00
JOHN FREDRICK 3.00
ELLIS FLETCHER f 2.00
A. H. LAVEZOLI 2.00
L. FUNK ,• 2.00
W. DUORANCZK •' 1-00
M. GOTT
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Swedish Seamen's Union
Under Handicaps Of War
NEW YORK,^N. Y. — ITF —
Tlie crucial role which the Swed
ish merchant marine is playing in
the second World War and the
growing strength of the Swedish
seamen's movem<Ait notwithstand
ing severe loss of lives and organi
zational difficulties arc revealed in
a report of the New York branch
of the Swedish Seamen's Union to
the American office of the I.T.F.
The Swedish Seamen's Union, head
quarters of which are located in
Gothenburg, Sweden, is an afiihate
of the International Transport
Workers' Federation.
The report points out that the
total tonnage of the Swedish mer
chant marine prior to the outbreak
of the war in 1939 was more than
1,700,000 reg. tons, which placed
Sweden among the ten leading sea
faring nations. The losses suffered
in ships and personnel have been
large, most of them occurring in
the North Sea and the coastal
waters of England.
LARGE WAR LOSSES j
Altogether, Swedish losses
through war action amount to 164
vessels with a tonnage of more
than 700,000 tons, or over 40%
of the original tonnage. 997 Swed
ish seamen lost their lives. These
losses• during the period 1939-1942
already exceed the total losses
which th:j Swedish merchant ma
rine suffered during the entire
•ength of the first World War,
1914-1918.
The invasion of the Scandina
vian countries by the Germans in
Skipper's
Negligence
(Continued front Page 1)
cr Jamfs A. Muse, a wiper, was
elevated to oiler to take his place.
After the ship rounded Cape Horn,
Muse became ill and had to be
knocked off work. Muse was de
lirious while the ship was in Sal-
danha Bay and was given a brief
examination by the authorities and
medicine was prescribed.
Captain Moodie, however, for
got to ^et the medicine before
sailing!
One week later the ship was
torpedoed and Muse, in his critic
al condition, spent 19 days in an
open life boat, and then died after
being rescued. Had the skipper
given him adequate medical atten
tion during his illness, he probably
would have survived the ordeal in
the life boat.
Thus did Brothers Rogers and
Muse die—victims of the criminal
disregard of the crew's welfare on
the p.;rt of Captain George P.
Moodie. George P. Moodie served
Hitler just as surely as the U-boat
captains serve him.
(Editor's note: The correctness
of these facts have been sworn to
before a notary public by the fol
lowing crew memb rs: Alton V.
Dawson, Peter Nicolaides, Leo
McHugh, Robert Bradley, Thomas
G. Day, Walter F. Hass, George L.
Lohrmann, Michael Mosack and
Lewis Schmaltz.
April 1940 caught the Swedish
merchant fleet by surprise, split
ting it into two sections, one re
maining within tlie British-block
aded Skagcrack and the other
slightly larger part outside the
blockade. The ships remaining
within the blockaded waters could
be used only in the Swedish trade
with Germany and the Soviet
Union. Most of these have been
kept in port since the outbreak of
the Russian-German war, though
losses have not been inconsiderable.
FLEET ISOLATED FROM HOME
The Swedish ships outside the
British blockade were unable to re
turn tq their home ports without
the explicit permission of the
British authorities. They sailed for
British and other allied ports and
have been serving in the cause of
the United Nations or whatever
little free trade remains.
These conditions made it neces
sary for the Swedish seamen's
movement to open offices in Am
erican and other overseas ports in
order to look after the interests of
the men. War difficulties placed an
tncreasing share o^ responsibility
upon the shoulders of the officials
in charge of the union offices in
American ports.
Negotiations between the Swed
ish shipowners and the union re
sulted in satisfactory agreements
which are scrupulously observed by
both sides. The entrance of the
United States into the war and the
brutal warfare conducted by Axis
submarines against shipping in
North and South Atlantic waters
constituted an additional strain
which the union offices were pre
pared to meet.
Important points such as assist
ance to torpedoed seamen, compen
sation for loss of personal effects,
reemployment, etc., were satisfac
torily settled. Though many of
the seamen have been away from
their home and families for a long
time they have retained their
spirit. Their ships which are of
vital importance to the cause of
the United Nations are kept in ex
cellent shape.
WAR BONUS PAID
•
The present wages of a Swedish
able-bodied seaman aboard a vessel
sailing between American and Eu-
I ropean ports consist of the basic
I wage of 183 Swedish crowns, a
I 300 percent war bonus and a slid
ing living index bonus, altogether
974 Swedish crowns or about $222
a month. Seamen employed con
tinuously for six months receive an
additional 30 percent war bonus.
Swedish seamen sailing on other
routes Outside the American-Euro
pean war zones receive war bonuses
ranging from 130 to 22 3%.
According to an agreement with
the belligerent nations, Sweden is
permitted to sail five ships a month
through the blockade in order to
supply the home country with
foodstuffs and other needed raw
materials. Though this fleet is
traveling under safe conduct per
mits, it has also suffered .substan
tial losses. In addition, Swedish
ships are carrying food cargoes of
about 13,000 tons, a month to
starving Greece.
NMU Again Flops On Attempt To
Invade Pacific Maritime Unions
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certain eotnpanies for operation-
2. Insofar as the War Shipping
Administration determines that it
is practicable and consistent with
the most efficient and effective em
ployment and operations of such
veissels in the successful prosecution
of the war, all vessels constructed
on the Pacific Coast of the United
States and scheduled for allocation
to these companies will be allocated
respectively to Moore-McCormack
Lines, Inc. (Pacific Republics
Line), Grace Line Inc. (Pacific
Argentine Transit Workers
Join ITF—Open Office
NEW YORK, N.Y.—ITF—A
South American office of the In
ternational Transport Workers'
Federation has been opened in
Buenos Aires, Argentine, thus for
ging another important link in the
international transport labor chain
spanning the world, it was an
nounced by the American office of
the I.T.F.
The new office will serve to
strengthen the relations between
the transport workers movements
of the Western Hemisphere and as
sist the transport unions of the
South American countries in the
working out of their problems
such as collective bargaining,
wages, social security, etc., while
furnishing them with international
information and data regarding
conditions of transport labor in
other parts of the world.
The Buenos Aires office is in
charge of the Union Ferroviaria,
the Argentine Railwaymen's Union,
and.T.F. affiliate and the country's
largest single union comprising
nearly 100,000 members or about
one-third of the total membership
of the Argentine Confederation of
Chinese Seamen
Gain Death And
Injury Payments
NEW YORK, N. Y. — ITF —
Chinese seamen sailing aboard
British ships will receive compen
sation ranging from 3 3 to 300
pounds in the event of disability
or death resulting from war ac
tion, according to an agreement
just concluded between the Brit
ish and Chinese Governments in
London and made public by the
American office of the Internation
al "Transport Workers' Federation.
The agreement was reached after
extended negotiations in which the
situation and conditions of Chin
ese seamen serving in the British
merchant- navy were thoroughly
canvassed. About 10,000 Chinese
seamen are at present serving
aboard British merchant ships.
About 660 have lost their lives
through enemy action and 220 arc
prisoners of the Axis powers.
Compensation will be paid by
the British Ministry of Pensions
and- payments to the widows and
other dependents of the men will
be forwarded' through the British
t consular and shipping authorities
in China.
Labor. Other Argentine labor
unions collaborating with the
I.T.F. are the tramway and bus
drivers as well as the two maritime
unions, the Federacion Obrera
Maritima and the Union Obrera
Maritima, which are at present en
gaged in negotiations toward uni
fication of their forces into a single
powerful maritime federation.
While the New York office of
the I.T.F. will continue as the di
recting center of all I.T.F. activ
ities in the Western Hemisphere,
the Buenos Aires bureau will "serve
as a press and information center
for Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Boli
via, Paraguay and Uruguay. Con
tacts with the transport unions of
Mexico, Cuba and other Latin
American countries arc maintained
directly from the New York I.T.F.
office, which publishes a regular
news and information service
Spanish.
in
operations) and Luckenbach Gulf
Steamship Company, Inc., as the
case may be, and shall thereafter
be manned, insofar as unlicensed
personnel are concerned, by crews
furnished by the Sailors' Union of
the Pacific, the Pacific Coast Mar
ine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders
and Wipers' Association, and the
Marine Cooks and Stewards Asso
ciation of the Pacific Coast so long
as such vessels remain allocated to
and operated by such respective
companies, irrespective of the
trades, service or area in which
the vessels may thereafter be en
gaged.
3. The respective collective bar
gaining agreements of the unions
manning vessels so allocated shall
governf and apply.
4. In determining the alloca
tions of such vessels under the
foregoing provisions, the War
Shipping Administration will be
guided by requirements for the
successful prosecution of the war
but will give proper consideration
to the status of the interested labor
organizations under conditions
existing prior to the present war
and to the preservation of their
rights under collective bargaining
agreements as confirmed by the
War Shipping Administration in
the "Statements of Policy" entered
into with the various maritime la
bor unions. 3
DO NOT SHIP
Burness F. Letson P6153
SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS
ON WEST COAST
Central Registering and Dispatching Office
Opened in SUP Headquarters at .San Francisco
For SIU Members and T.C.'s In Deck, Engine—
And Steward Departments
Increased shipping on West Coast for S.I.U. members and
to insure better iservice and equal shipping rights to all, has made
it necessary to open a separate and complete business office to be
devoted solely to registering and caring for the needs of S.I.U.
members in all departments.
All S.I.U. members in San Francisco are required to imme
diately register in S.I.U. office at $3 Clay St. S.I.U. members
in S.U.P. Branches on the West Coast are to register in the re
spective S.U.P.- Office and receive an S.I.U. shipping card. S.I.U^
shipping cards will have preference on S.I.U. ships and will be
recognized by all S.U.P. Dispatchers. S.I.U. Deck members will
have second preference on S.U.P. ships if no S.U.P. members
are available.
For Further Information:
Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the ad
dresses listed below. You, will always finds somebody at these
numbers excepting at night.
Bill Gries, 206 West 6th St., San Pedro — Phone San
Pedro 2491.
E. Coester or Johnson, 86 Seneca St., Seattle, Wash.—•
Phone Elliott 6752.
John Massey, or C. Atkins, 111 West Burnside St., Port
land, Oregon—Phone Beacon 4336.
Louie Glebe or Banks, 257 Fifth ^t., Richmond, Califor
nia—Phone Richmond 4021.
Hugh Murphy, 340 B Cambie St., Vancouver, B. C.—
Phone Pacific 7824.
Morris Wcisbcrger, 105 Broad St., New York City—Phone
BOwling Green 9-9530.
Phil Conley, 5 5 Clay St., San Francisco, Phone Exbrook
8229.
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VOL. V, 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1943 No. 1
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SUB-STANDARD WAGES
CHARGED TO N.E.S.S. LINE
The dispute between the New England Steamship Company and
the Seafarers International Union was submitted to an arbitrater ap
pointed by the War Labor Board last week. Mr. Robert S. Coit is the
WLB man who heard the case.
The SIU position was presented by Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk,
assisted by Boston Agent John Mogan. The Union is presenting a four
point demand: 1. Increase in monthly scale of wages for all unlicensed
ratings of $40; 2. Overtime increase of all ratings of 10 cents per hour;
3. Increase in hourly pay for all ratings to $1 per hour; 4. Contract
heading Deck Department Section 2, to read, "Eight hours shall con
stitute a day's work. Any work performed in excess of eight hours,
from midnight to midnight, shall be paid for at the regular overtime
rate. Second mates. Boatswains and deck hands shall work eight con
secutive hours per day; quartermasters based on the three watch system."
5. These increases shall be retroafctive to the date of'the expiration of
the old agreement.
The New England Steamship^
Company is strictly an inlanc
water outfit and the union's case
is built upon the inequality of
wages paid by New England in
comparison with other inlanc
water operators.
Indisputable evidence of this in=
equality was submitted to Mr.
Coit who now has the case under,
advisement.
NMUAgain Flops On Attempt To
Invade Pacific Maritime Unions
Post Office Offers
Mail Service To Ships
Albert Goldman, postmaster of
the New York post office, has
announced that better mail ser
vice is now being planned for
the merchant seamen who are at
sea. All mail should be address
ed to the individual, giving the
name of the ship, and sent in
care of the New York post
master.
A...- GRA VY!
The shipowners are preparing to
•descend upon Washington and lap
up some of the gravy being passed
out by Congress in the form of
war contracts. Their hand was
- tipped by Drew Pearson, syndi-
4, cated columnist who appears regu-
y* larly in the N. Y. Daily Mirror.
ij On Dec. 17 Pearson wrote the
following;
"Washington hotels are getting
reservations from the ship lobby
ists, who are preparing for one of
the first big fights of the new Con
gress. It will be a raid on the tax-
till by the shipowner—with cheers
from the Maritime Commission
in order to get a higher price for
the ships seized by the government.
"... the law provides that a
shipowner shall be paid a fair price,
-but in no case shall the value of
the ship be enhanced by the war
... Despite this, the Maritime
i Commission already has paid prices
which the Comptroller General's
office considers exhorbitant. Ships
whose pre-war price per ton ranged
from $1<.59 to $69.14 have been
purchased by the Maritime Com
mission for over $100 per ton
within the past nine months."
Pearson then explains that the
shipowners now want a law passed
which would boost their take to
even higher levels. They claim
that "the , market was depressed"
when they, lost their ships to the
government. He concludes with:
"That is why the powerful ship
lobby, one of the smoothest in
Washington, already is polishing
up the cock-tail shackers and pre
paring to beguile the new Con
gress into " passing around the
gravy bowl."
WSA Pledges Observance Of
Contracts And Hiring Hall
The SIU has received from the
New 'York office of the Recruit
ment and Manning Organization
of the WSA, a pledge of coopera
tion and respect for the bargaining
contracts and hiring hall estab
lished by the union. In turn, the
SIU has promised full cooperation
in the prompt manning and dis
patching of merchant ships sailing
from the Atlantic and Gulf ports.
The following letter to the
Union was received from Craig S.
Vincent, . Regional Representative
of the WSA.
December 26, 1942
Mr. Frank Williams
Seafarers International Union
Of North America
2 Stone Street
New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Williams:
The Recruitment ^and Manning
Organization is attempting to as
sist the Maritime unions and in
dustry in manning the Merchant
ships carrying our war cargoes. As
you know when an operating com
pany is under a collective bargain
ing agreement with one of the
Maritime unionS, the Recruitment
and Manning Organization, in rec
ognizing such agreements in ac
cordance with War Shipping Ad
ministration policy, does not pro
vide men directly to the operating
company except in cases of ex
treme emergency, where a "pier-
lead" jump may necessitate our as
sistance. Even then men are not
provided without checking with
your office unless it is after closing
hours. If such service is provided,
we inform you of it immediately
on the next day. It is ouf job to
be ready to assist your union hiring
hall in the event you do not have
a sufficient supply of men available
to meet demands of the companies
with whom you have contracts.
In order to prevent any possible
duplication, we have been, telling
any companies with whom you
have contracts who called us di
rectly to order men through the
union hall in the usual manner.
We have also informed such oper
ators that if you are unable to
supply the men, the union calls
the RMO office to obtain our as
sistance in securing the needed
men. It would be very helpful to
us in our work with you if we had
a list of the operating companies
with whom you have contracts.
We would then be in a position to
immediately advise the operator to
call the union and it would save
some time on our part in asking
questions to obtain such informa
tion.
Very truly yours,
CRAIG S. VINCENT,
Regional Representative
The NMU had a brief vision of grandeur last month
—but only a bfief one. Its elaborate plan for invading the
jurisdiction of the SUP-MFOW-MCS on the West Coast
fizzled out v.'hen the War Shipping Administration handed
down a formal decision on Dec. 26, 1942 which, in effect,
the invasion forces packing
American Theatre
Wing Club For
Merchant Seamen
In the presence of Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, Mayor LaGuardia, of
ficials of the Navy and Maritime
Unions, and the co-chairmen of
the enterprise, Mrs. Brock Pember-
ton and John Golden, the Ameri
can Tlieatre Wing Merchant Sea
men's Club, No. 107 West 43rd
Street, was formally dedicated at
3:30 last Monday afternoon. Fol
lowing a radio program featuring
some of Broadway's top stars, the
club was opened to seamen daily
from 5 P.M. until midnight.
The new haven for the unsung
heroes of the Merchant Marine,
those hardy seamen who bravely
push their cargo ships through
submarine infested waters, is the
first of its kind in New York and
is patterned after the Wing's fa
mous Stage Door Canteen. Addi
tional features, however, are a
games room, a library and a letter-
writing room. Tickets to Broad
way shows, movies and sporting
events will be distributed free and
there will be dancing nightly, the
comely hostesses for this purpose
being furnished by the Theatre
Wing.
sent
Death Of 2 SIU Men Traced
To Negligence Of Skipper
The SIU has lost a lot of broth
ers' due to submarine action of the
enemy. This is bad enough and
we mourn their loss—but when
two brothers are needlessly lost due
to pure negligence on the part of
skipper, then it is time to de
mand an investigation.
Here is the story.
A certain ship, belonging to the
Calmar Line, signed on in Balti
more last September 13. The ship
put in at New York with several
members, of the crew ill. They
went to the captain, a man named
George P. Moodie, and asked for
hospital slips so they could go
ashore and receive medical atten
tion. The Captain briskly replied
that he was issuing neither shore
leave or hospital slips iii New York.
He did this without making any
examination of the ill men to de
termine the seriousness of their
condition.
Several weeks later the ship ar
rived at Guantanimo and the ill
men, two of whom were in a crit
ical condition, again asked for hos
pital slips. Moodie again refused
slips and even refused to bring a
doctor aboard ship to examine the
men.
During this period Brother
James Rogers, No, 21389, had lost
a great amount of weight, could
keep nothing on his stomach, was
in a continual cold sweat and was
often delirious. By the time the
ship was off Valpariso, Rogers was
back to the East Coast.
The NMU tactic, which invol
ved the use of certain key
stooges in the WSA, was to have
Luckenbach, Grace and Moore Mc-
Cormick ships built on the West
Coast manned by NMU crews.
Their reasoning was that they held
the bargaining contracts with the
majority of the ships running for
these lines, therefore they should
have their jurisdiction extended to
the ships operating for these lines
on the West Coast.
This was a direct violation of
the Statement of Principles, signed
between the SUP and the WSA
last May. This statement guaran
teed the contracts and jurisdiction
of the SUP for the duration of the
war. It was also a violation of the
contracts already held by the SUP
with these lines for their West
Coast ships.
The SUP immediately took mil
itant action when the news of the'
proposed invasion reached the
Coast. Stop work meetings were
held up and down the Coast in
protest, and the entire SUP was
mobilized for a strike vote. This
action gave pause to the bureau
crats in Washington and they at
tempted to shift the entire ques
tion into the lap of the National
War Labor Board.
The'SUP objected to this pro
cedure, stating that it was not a
jurisdictional dispute but an ob
vious invasion of its long recog
nized territory and rights.
The militant action, of the SUP-
MFOW-MCS membership, plus the
strong representations made in
Washington by SIU President
Harry Lundebcrg, forced a rever
sal of the original WSA ruling.
Henceforth, ships built on the
West Coast for these lines will be
manned by SUP - MFOW- MSC
crews, regardless of where they
run.
The text, in part, of the WSA
ruling as handed down by Admiral
Land, follows:
DIRECTIVE NO. 7
Directive with respect to the
settlement of the controversy re-
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in such bad shape that the skipper to the Manning of Vessels
assigned Michael Mosack to follow | Owned by the War Shipping Ad-
him around so he wouldn't go over ministration and allocated by it to
the side.
During the third week in Octo-
bpr, Rogers became violent, eluded;
his guard and slipped over the side
of the ship, only to be caught in
the wake and drowned. No boat
was ever put over to look for him.
After the loss of Rogers, broth-
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Umit Sailing to Convoys
The Cuban Government has for
bidden port authorities to clear any
vessel from the island unless it
sails in convoy, dispatches from
Havana stated.
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SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlczntic and Gulf District
AftMateA %otfh th* Amtrican federation of Labor
HARRY LUNDEBERQ, Intemcrtional Prealdenl
110 Market Street. Room 402, Son Froncieoo, Colli.
ADDREBa ALL*a0BRE8P0NDENCB CONOERNIEQ THIB
PVBLIOATION TO:
"THE SEAFABERS' LOG
P. O. 25, Station P. New York, N. Y.
Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346
OPA Gives Seamen Priority
Rights For Rubber'Boots
Rationing boards have been of
ficially instructed to give active
seamen priority on all rationed
rubber footwear. The following is
the text of the order sent out by
\he Office of Price Administration.
Office of Price Administration
Washington, D. C.
Local Board Rubber Footwear
Rationing Letter
RUBBER FOOTWEAR
Rationing Guide No. 6
December 7, 1942
ELIGIBILITY OF SEAMEN
Questions have arisen concern
ing the eligibility for rationed rub
ber footwear of seamen, particu
larly when they are in port be
tween or before voyages. The con
tribution which merchant seamen
make to the nation's war effort is
great,, and their occupational elig
ibility is clearly established. Or
dinarily, the principal question
which will need to be considered is
whether the applicant has proved
that he is, in fact, a seaman.
Whether or not he is acutally
employed at the time of his appli
cation, any applicant who can
show evidence of his customary
occupation as a seaman should be
considered eligible in so far as oc
cupational requirements are con
cerned. If the applicant shows his
Certificate of Identification, and
evidence, such as a letter from his
Union or the Recruitment and
Manning Organization of the War
Shipping Administration stating
that he is registered for employ
ment as a seaman, he should be
considered qualified as to occupa
tion. The applicant may have lost
his Certificate of Identification,
and may need to obtain rubber
footwear before a replacement o:
his Certificate can be secured. In
such cases, the letter from the ap
plicant's Union or from the Re
cruitment and Manning Organiza
tion of the War Sliipping Adminis
tration should also state that the
applicant has lost his Certificate
and that he needs rubber footwear
before a replacement of his Certi-,
ficate can be Secured. Other evi
dence of the applicant's custom
ary occupation as a seaman which
is satisfactory to the Board will al
so be adequate.
In considering applications from
seamen the Board should keep in
mind that while the supply of rub
ber for footwear is severely limited
and must be conserved, merchant
seamen are very important to the
nation's war effort.
Drafted Men
Over 38 Can
Go To Sea
PERSONALIS
JAMES NELSON - H. A. DILL
The crew of the S. S. Joseph
Hewes kicked in the $70 you bor
rowed from the Navy men. They
don't want the money back but re
quest that you donate it to the
LOG.
CORNELLO RODRIGUEZ
It is important that you contact
the office of the Secretary-Treas-
urer next time you are in New
York.
JOHN PALMER
, Contact your Draft Board or the
FBI, 234 U. S. Court House, Foley
Square, New York City. ,
9jt Tyimwjdam
CASSEL, JOHN .^ Winer
CHAMBERS, ANDREW Cook
COLEMAN, PATRICK Bosun
HYDE, BASIL Fireman
MARTIN, JAMES ...... Messman
McNAMERA, JEREMIAH Wiper
SABO, LOUIS Messman
SULLIVAN, SYDNEY Messman
WILCOX, JOHN H A.B.
The Office of War Information
has announced that men originally
drafted but now over 38 years of
age, will be released from the
Army if they can showythat they
are Valuable to war production in
dustries.
This would cover all seamen.
All SIU men with ratings who are
in the anriy and would like to re
turn to sea, should make formal
application to the army command
er, and notify the union so that
they can be asisted in obtaining
the release.
The War Department has issued
a circular (No. 397) which lists
the provisions for releasing men.
The following provisions are in
cluded:
"a. The soldiers has voluntarily
requested discharge in writing to
his immediate commanding officer.
"b. The soldier is handicapped
by advanced age, 3 8 years anc
over, to such an extent that his
usefulness to the Army is second
ary to that of industry.
"c. The soldier has presented
satisfactory evidence that he wil
be employed in an essential war
industry if he is discharged from
the Army.
There is a. shortage of rated men
and the union will aid former
members to get back into the in
dustry
New Liberty Ship
To Feature Speed
A new Liberty ship, bigger,
faster and less vulnerable to sub
marine attacks, will be producec
this year.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Lane
said the vessel will have a slightly
greater length and more beam and
carrying capacity. Increased horse
power, together with a better hull
design, will result in higher speed.
Admiral Land, war shipping ad
ministrator and chairman of the
Maritime Commission, said the
new Liberty ships will emphasize
speed, "which will be increased
sufficiently to render the ship less
vulnerable to submarine attack
during the war and at the same
time increase and improve their
competitive value commercially
when peace is restored."
Meanwhile, he said, new features
are constantly being developed and
put into practice on the ships be
ing constructed under the long-
range building program, which
features sleek "C" design sliips of
various sizes 'and greater speeds
than the Liberty ship, with a
deadweight tonnage of about
10,500.
ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR
DECEMBER 14 TO 26, INCLUSIVE
DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL
SHIPPED 240 271 183 694
REGISTERED 301 200 115 616
ON HAND 370 216 167 753
ASSESSMENT!
Remember there is a
|2 Organizational Assess
ment which goes to the
International.
The payment is volun-
tary! How good a
Union man are you?
Have you paid your $2
obligation?
It's for your oum good I'm not giving you. a raise. You'd 1
only have to pay more income tax.
REPORT FROM
Washington
By Matthew Dushane
.r • Crews* Quarters:
The WSA is considering enlarging the after deck house on the
Liberty ships. Part of the gun crews will be quartered back aft with
other members of the gun crew who are there at present. The plan is
also to enlarge the after part of the deck house above the officers quar
ters, and aft of the wheelhouse.
This plan should help to relieve some of the cramped quarter!
amidship.
Ship*s Stores: 'f- ;
The question of ships sailing short of certain foods, and the com
panies alibi that they can't get food, has been taken up and I think
will be straightened out.
Gun Crews: '
Plans are underway to have some ships on the Pacific and Atlantic
Coasts sail without Navy men as gun crews.. The guns will be manned
by the merchant seamen. Under this plan Navy men v/ould be re
turned to the battlewagons and other regular Navy vessels. If this plari
works out, all Navy men on merchant ships will be relieved by the
regular unlicensed personnel.
Security Watches: r i
•
I received requests from agents for information on security watches
while ships are in port. I can only inform them that their District
Representative will have to try and iron this out with the companies.
A close study of our contracts will show that the men are entitled to
overtime when they are required to stand watches at night in ports re
gardless of where the watches are stood. The War Shjpping Adminis
tration has approved the agreement reached between the West Coast
Unions and th operators on security watches.
Puerto Rico: ~i
I have been receiving several complaints that an Ensign who is
connected with naval intelligence has been yanking merchant seamen .
off ships-in Puerto Rico. I am investigating this here in Washington
and should have a report on it in the near future.
Star of Scotland: ' ^
This ship is one of the last sailing ships in the world to fly the
American flag. Just received word that ,she Has been torpedoed in the
South Atlantic. Arrangements are being made to repatriat the crew
back to the States.
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S.I.U. MEN BRAVE JUNGLE
TO AVOID INTERNMENT
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The SIU crew aboard the Alcoa
Pathfinder was not only torpedoed
and had to spend days in open
boats and rafts, but when they hit
shore they were faced with miles
of jungle which had to be travers
ed if they wanted to avoid intern
ment for the duration of the war.
That they came through the or
deal alive is a testimony of their
strength and courage.
The story of their suffering re
ceived much space in the Natal
Daily News in Durban, South
Africa where they received hospi
tal treatment. A three column
picture of six brothers was run in
the paper and showed them recu
perating in the hospital; those pic
tured were brothers J. Szwed, E.
Steencken, E. R. Libecki, R. Tyler,
Jesse Joy and John Flannery,
The following is the write-up
given them in^the African paper:
"Fifty-two survivors of the
American ship. Pathfinder, recently
sunk off the Portuguese East Afri
can coast, are now in a Durban
hospital recovering from the effects
of sunburn and exposure. Some of
the men have terribly swollen feet
and blistered backs.
"When the Pathfinder was tor
pedoed on November 22" the men
feared that if they made direct for
land they would be interned. So
they decided to make the farther
trip down the coast to Union ter
ritory.
' "Relating the story of their ad
ventures to a Daily News repre
sentative who visited the survivors
in the hospital today, Mr. B. Bur
ton, the purser, said the ship went
down in under three minutes at 2
o'clock on the Sunday morning.
" 'We managed to get away one
of our two lifeboats and a raft,'
said Mr. Bijrton. 'The other life
boat was blown up. Five of our
crew had been killed by the ex
plosion, the remainder got away
' safely r'-nd" -'^ rrov^ded into the
lifeboat. Twelve of us got on to a
raft, which was taken in tow by
the boat.
" 'We made for the Union, but
made little progress. By 2 o'clock
on Sunday afternoon we were about
two or three hundred yards off the
beach.
" 'It was decided then that the
men on the raft would make the
shore and travel southwards by
foot,»and that the men in the boat
should try to sail to the Union.
" 'At 7 o'clock that night we
were 10 miles north of Punta el
Oro, the lighthouse on the border
of the Union. We lit two beacons
to attract the attention of the men
in the boat. Shortly afterwards the
boat landed and we camped that
night on the beach.*
"The following day the entire
party made for the lighthouse at
el Oro. There they were directed
by the Portuguese lighthousekeep-
er to a mission station at Kosi Lake,
across the border.
"The men suffered many hard
ships in their trip down the coast.
Most of them were scantily clad
and those without shoes suffered
especially, their feet being not only
burnt, but cut by rocks and grass
es in the swamps through which
they had to walk.
" 'It was wild, desolate country,
and apart from a few natives we
saw nobody,' said Mr. Burton.
^ >" 'On this last stage of our
journey we split into three parties,
one of which pushed on to the
trading store. We were met by a
party of policemen who took us by
truck to the Maputa police out
post.
" 'The following day the cap
tain's party, which had remained
on the beach, was picked up, and
we all went into camp at the
Maputo outpost.'
"Mr. Burton paid a tribute to
the wireless operator, one of the.
men who had been killed, \¥ho
stuck to his keys sending out sig
nals while the ship sank. He went
down with the ship."
MONEY DUE
The following men have money
In the safe in the New Orleans
Hall. They should pick It up at
their first opportunity. J. McRao,
Paul Rogosch, Henry Thompson,
Haakan Walle, Eddie Parr.
Checks for the following mem
bers of the crew of the S. S. Cor
nelia have been mailed to the Mo
bile Agent.
ADOLPH L. DANNE
HAL WESTOVER, Jr.
JESSE V. BARNES
MINOR C. BONDS
BROOKS N. BULLOCK ,
GUS T. STRIBLING
HOWARD J. FARMER
Overtime beef with the Bull Line
concerning the crew of the S. S.
Marjory has been settled. The fol
lowing have money coming: The
three oilers, and the following deck
men—E. J. Lilly, K. Scherrebeck
and Spencer Avant. Collect at the
Bull Line office In New York City.
FRED HART
USS Sponsors Art
Show For Seamen
The United Seaman's Service
will sponsor aft art exhibit of the
work of merchant seamen. It v/ill
be held in New York City at the
Hall of Art, 24 "West 4Qth Street,
from February 1 through Febru
ary 14, 1943.
All seamen who expect to enter
the exhibit are instructed to send
entries to Isabel F. Peterson, An
drew Furuseth Club, 30 East 37th
Street. Several pictures can be sub
mitted by each man. The matting
and framing of the pictures will be
handled by the USS.
There will be three money prizes,
$100, $75, and $50 and five $20
honorable mention awards. The
jury will be headed by the eminent
American artist John Sloan.
Any pictures for sale should be
accompanied by the name and ad
dress of the artist and the price
asked.
RULES OF ENTRY
1. Must be active seamen (3
months sea service).
2. Open to seamen of all United
Nations.
3. Pictures must be accompan
ied by name of artist, price, sea
man's rank and present owner.
4. Deadline for entries is Jan. 25.
5. All mediums acceptable: oils,
water colors, pastels, lithographs,
etchings and sculpture. No photo
graphy accepted.
SAVANNAH
Shipping in this port for the last
week has been good. Had to get
crews for two new ships together.
After using all the available men
around here, started calling some
of the other branches for men. Got
9 men out of Tampa one day and
11 the next day. Had a hard time
getting ABs together, called Mo
bile, New Orleans, Baltimore and
New York and only succeeded in
getting 3 out of Mobile. Am ex
pecting another ship out around
the 8 th of January and will be
looking for men again. Any men
with ratings in all departments
who want to ship out come down
around that time and there will be
jobs for all.
Steady as she goes.
CHARLES WAID, Agent
IN MEMORY OF
Brother G. A. Friel
(Oiler)
1898-1942
Died November 10, 1942,
Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Died November 10, 1942, U. S.
1941 PROFITS TOP 1929
BILLIONS 20
DOLLARS
1929 W30
.FEDERAL
TAXES
H 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 194
This chart, based by the AFL on figures of the U. S. Department of Commerce, shows that
despite increase In federal taxes, profits of all corporations rose to an all time high—even to.pping
profits made in the boom year of 1929.
SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF WRTH AMERICAN
ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT
Secretary-Treasurer's Office
ROOM 213 — 2 STONE STREET, NEW VORK CITY
P. O. Box 25, Station P. Phone: BOwlins Green 0-8346
Directory of Branches
BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE
NEW YORK 2 Stone St
Dispatcher's Office .BOwIing Green 9-3430
Agent BOwling Green 9-3437
BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057
BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539
PHILADELPHIA 6 NortH 6th St Lombard 7651
NORFOLiC .......25 Commercial PI ...Norfolk 4-1083
NEW ORLEANS 309 Chartres St Canal 3336
SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St.. ....... Savannah 3-1728
TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323
MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392
PUERTO RICO.......... 45 Ponce dc Leon Puerto de Tierra
GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043
Out of the Focs^l
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Some of these Ferry Boat Clommandcrs who are being sent out as
deep water men, are making a farce of the Merchant Marine. Recently
some of our brothers returned from England where they had been de
tained because of the actions of. the skipper, who had all of his crew*
placed in irons and accused them of sabotage. Anything and everything
short of murder! He demoted a Steward and the Chief Cook to a rating
of Messmen. Here is a man who had only sailed on inland waters and
is allowed to take a ship to foreign ports.
There was'h't a dull moment since that ship left the States in Feb
ruary. Unfortunately, it was at the expense of the crew. God deliver
us from these war time skippers!!! ^
The return of Dickey and Kupta on Christmas has left everyone
relieved as to their whereabouts. The Pasinowsky family is proud of
their boys who arc doing their bit in the Merchant Marine. Four brothv
ers, Ignatius, George, Joseph and John, are members of our organization
Three of them have already been torpedoed. The oldest brother is now
a licensed officer.
Talking about brothers, the Journigan Brothers are well known in
the Gulf . . . Jim De Vito has already lost brothers, Michael and Frank
due to enemy action. The three Camacho Brothers were lost through
enemy action.
AAA
Bill Lawton, G-164, (who was recently torpedoed) thinks' all sea
men ought to have their heads examined as to the way they spend their
money. We know a lady who things otherwise. She says:
"I don't knmo seamen
Or whom they may be.
I only know one guy.
And he's always good to me."
Seafarers' Log-
HONOR ROLL
CREW OF S. S. WILLIAM MOULTRIE ^.50
CREW OF 8. S. SHICKSHINNY 21.00
CREW OF S. S. FLOMAR 16.85
CREW OF 8. 8. JOHNATHON GROUT 15.00
CREW OF 8. 8. JOSEPH HEWE8 15.00
CREW OF 8. 8. THOMAS NELSON 12.00
ED SINGER 5.0O
PHILADELPHIA HALL 5.00
A. GRAPCO 5.00
L. BAKER 5.00
JOHN FREDRICK 3.00
ELLIS FLETCHER f 2.00
A. H. LAVEZOLI 2.00
L. FUNK ,• 2.00
W. DUORANCZK •' 1-00
M. GOTT
TOTAL 1133.35
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Swedish Seamen's Union
Under Handicaps Of War
NEW YORK,^N. Y. — ITF —
Tlie crucial role which the Swed
ish merchant marine is playing in
the second World War and the
growing strength of the Swedish
seamen's movem<Ait notwithstand
ing severe loss of lives and organi
zational difficulties arc revealed in
a report of the New York branch
of the Swedish Seamen's Union to
the American office of the I.T.F.
The Swedish Seamen's Union, head
quarters of which are located in
Gothenburg, Sweden, is an afiihate
of the International Transport
Workers' Federation.
The report points out that the
total tonnage of the Swedish mer
chant marine prior to the outbreak
of the war in 1939 was more than
1,700,000 reg. tons, which placed
Sweden among the ten leading sea
faring nations. The losses suffered
in ships and personnel have been
large, most of them occurring in
the North Sea and the coastal
waters of England.
LARGE WAR LOSSES j
Altogether, Swedish losses
through war action amount to 164
vessels with a tonnage of more
than 700,000 tons, or over 40%
of the original tonnage. 997 Swed
ish seamen lost their lives. These
losses• during the period 1939-1942
already exceed the total losses
which th:j Swedish merchant ma
rine suffered during the entire
•ength of the first World War,
1914-1918.
The invasion of the Scandina
vian countries by the Germans in
Skipper's
Negligence
(Continued front Page 1)
cr Jamfs A. Muse, a wiper, was
elevated to oiler to take his place.
After the ship rounded Cape Horn,
Muse became ill and had to be
knocked off work. Muse was de
lirious while the ship was in Sal-
danha Bay and was given a brief
examination by the authorities and
medicine was prescribed.
Captain Moodie, however, for
got to ^et the medicine before
sailing!
One week later the ship was
torpedoed and Muse, in his critic
al condition, spent 19 days in an
open life boat, and then died after
being rescued. Had the skipper
given him adequate medical atten
tion during his illness, he probably
would have survived the ordeal in
the life boat.
Thus did Brothers Rogers and
Muse die—victims of the criminal
disregard of the crew's welfare on
the p.;rt of Captain George P.
Moodie. George P. Moodie served
Hitler just as surely as the U-boat
captains serve him.
(Editor's note: The correctness
of these facts have been sworn to
before a notary public by the fol
lowing crew memb rs: Alton V.
Dawson, Peter Nicolaides, Leo
McHugh, Robert Bradley, Thomas
G. Day, Walter F. Hass, George L.
Lohrmann, Michael Mosack and
Lewis Schmaltz.
April 1940 caught the Swedish
merchant fleet by surprise, split
ting it into two sections, one re
maining within tlie British-block
aded Skagcrack and the other
slightly larger part outside the
blockade. The ships remaining
within the blockaded waters could
be used only in the Swedish trade
with Germany and the Soviet
Union. Most of these have been
kept in port since the outbreak of
the Russian-German war, though
losses have not been inconsiderable.
FLEET ISOLATED FROM HOME
The Swedish ships outside the
British blockade were unable to re
turn tq their home ports without
the explicit permission of the
British authorities. They sailed for
British and other allied ports and
have been serving in the cause of
the United Nations or whatever
little free trade remains.
These conditions made it neces
sary for the Swedish seamen's
movement to open offices in Am
erican and other overseas ports in
order to look after the interests of
the men. War difficulties placed an
tncreasing share o^ responsibility
upon the shoulders of the officials
in charge of the union offices in
American ports.
Negotiations between the Swed
ish shipowners and the union re
sulted in satisfactory agreements
which are scrupulously observed by
both sides. The entrance of the
United States into the war and the
brutal warfare conducted by Axis
submarines against shipping in
North and South Atlantic waters
constituted an additional strain
which the union offices were pre
pared to meet.
Important points such as assist
ance to torpedoed seamen, compen
sation for loss of personal effects,
reemployment, etc., were satisfac
torily settled. Though many of
the seamen have been away from
their home and families for a long
time they have retained their
spirit. Their ships which are of
vital importance to the cause of
the United Nations are kept in ex
cellent shape.
WAR BONUS PAID
•
The present wages of a Swedish
able-bodied seaman aboard a vessel
sailing between American and Eu-
I ropean ports consist of the basic
I wage of 183 Swedish crowns, a
I 300 percent war bonus and a slid
ing living index bonus, altogether
974 Swedish crowns or about $222
a month. Seamen employed con
tinuously for six months receive an
additional 30 percent war bonus.
Swedish seamen sailing on other
routes Outside the American-Euro
pean war zones receive war bonuses
ranging from 130 to 22 3%.
According to an agreement with
the belligerent nations, Sweden is
permitted to sail five ships a month
through the blockade in order to
supply the home country with
foodstuffs and other needed raw
materials. Though this fleet is
traveling under safe conduct per
mits, it has also suffered .substan
tial losses. In addition, Swedish
ships are carrying food cargoes of
about 13,000 tons, a month to
starving Greece.
NMU Again Flops On Attempt To
Invade Pacific Maritime Unions
(Continued from Page 1)
certain eotnpanies for operation-
2. Insofar as the War Shipping
Administration determines that it
is practicable and consistent with
the most efficient and effective em
ployment and operations of such
veissels in the successful prosecution
of the war, all vessels constructed
on the Pacific Coast of the United
States and scheduled for allocation
to these companies will be allocated
respectively to Moore-McCormack
Lines, Inc. (Pacific Republics
Line), Grace Line Inc. (Pacific
Argentine Transit Workers
Join ITF—Open Office
NEW YORK, N.Y.—ITF—A
South American office of the In
ternational Transport Workers'
Federation has been opened in
Buenos Aires, Argentine, thus for
ging another important link in the
international transport labor chain
spanning the world, it was an
nounced by the American office of
the I.T.F.
The new office will serve to
strengthen the relations between
the transport workers movements
of the Western Hemisphere and as
sist the transport unions of the
South American countries in the
working out of their problems
such as collective bargaining,
wages, social security, etc., while
furnishing them with international
information and data regarding
conditions of transport labor in
other parts of the world.
The Buenos Aires office is in
charge of the Union Ferroviaria,
the Argentine Railwaymen's Union,
and.T.F. affiliate and the country's
largest single union comprising
nearly 100,000 members or about
one-third of the total membership
of the Argentine Confederation of
Chinese Seamen
Gain Death And
Injury Payments
NEW YORK, N. Y. — ITF —
Chinese seamen sailing aboard
British ships will receive compen
sation ranging from 3 3 to 300
pounds in the event of disability
or death resulting from war ac
tion, according to an agreement
just concluded between the Brit
ish and Chinese Governments in
London and made public by the
American office of the Internation
al "Transport Workers' Federation.
The agreement was reached after
extended negotiations in which the
situation and conditions of Chin
ese seamen serving in the British
merchant- navy were thoroughly
canvassed. About 10,000 Chinese
seamen are at present serving
aboard British merchant ships.
About 660 have lost their lives
through enemy action and 220 arc
prisoners of the Axis powers.
Compensation will be paid by
the British Ministry of Pensions
and- payments to the widows and
other dependents of the men will
be forwarded' through the British
t consular and shipping authorities
in China.
Labor. Other Argentine labor
unions collaborating with the
I.T.F. are the tramway and bus
drivers as well as the two maritime
unions, the Federacion Obrera
Maritima and the Union Obrera
Maritima, which are at present en
gaged in negotiations toward uni
fication of their forces into a single
powerful maritime federation.
While the New York office of
the I.T.F. will continue as the di
recting center of all I.T.F. activ
ities in the Western Hemisphere,
the Buenos Aires bureau will "serve
as a press and information center
for Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Boli
via, Paraguay and Uruguay. Con
tacts with the transport unions of
Mexico, Cuba and other Latin
American countries arc maintained
directly from the New York I.T.F.
office, which publishes a regular
news and information service
Spanish.
in
operations) and Luckenbach Gulf
Steamship Company, Inc., as the
case may be, and shall thereafter
be manned, insofar as unlicensed
personnel are concerned, by crews
furnished by the Sailors' Union of
the Pacific, the Pacific Coast Mar
ine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders
and Wipers' Association, and the
Marine Cooks and Stewards Asso
ciation of the Pacific Coast so long
as such vessels remain allocated to
and operated by such respective
companies, irrespective of the
trades, service or area in which
the vessels may thereafter be en
gaged.
3. The respective collective bar
gaining agreements of the unions
manning vessels so allocated shall
governf and apply.
4. In determining the alloca
tions of such vessels under the
foregoing provisions, the War
Shipping Administration will be
guided by requirements for the
successful prosecution of the war
but will give proper consideration
to the status of the interested labor
organizations under conditions
existing prior to the present war
and to the preservation of their
rights under collective bargaining
agreements as confirmed by the
War Shipping Administration in
the "Statements of Policy" entered
into with the various maritime la
bor unions. 3
DO NOT SHIP
Burness F. Letson P6153
SIU AND TANKER MEMBERS
ON WEST COAST
Central Registering and Dispatching Office
Opened in SUP Headquarters at .San Francisco
For SIU Members and T.C.'s In Deck, Engine—
And Steward Departments
Increased shipping on West Coast for S.I.U. members and
to insure better iservice and equal shipping rights to all, has made
it necessary to open a separate and complete business office to be
devoted solely to registering and caring for the needs of S.I.U.
members in all departments.
All S.I.U. members in San Francisco are required to imme
diately register in S.I.U. office at $3 Clay St. S.I.U. members
in S.U.P. Branches on the West Coast are to register in the re
spective S.U.P.- Office and receive an S.I.U. shipping card. S.I.U^
shipping cards will have preference on S.I.U. ships and will be
recognized by all S.U.P. Dispatchers. S.I.U. Deck members will
have second preference on S.U.P. ships if no S.U.P. members
are available.
For Further Information:
Call your union offices and tanker organizers at the ad
dresses listed below. You, will always finds somebody at these
numbers excepting at night.
Bill Gries, 206 West 6th St., San Pedro — Phone San
Pedro 2491.
E. Coester or Johnson, 86 Seneca St., Seattle, Wash.—•
Phone Elliott 6752.
John Massey, or C. Atkins, 111 West Burnside St., Port
land, Oregon—Phone Beacon 4336.
Louie Glebe or Banks, 257 Fifth ^t., Richmond, Califor
nia—Phone Richmond 4021.
Hugh Murphy, 340 B Cambie St., Vancouver, B. C.—
Phone Pacific 7824.
Morris Wcisbcrger, 105 Broad St., New York City—Phone
BOwling Green 9-9530.
Phil Conley, 5 5 Clay St., San Francisco, Phone Exbrook
8229.
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