Master Mates and Pilots Magazine October 1939

*i'Sd*!K- 0'; ff.'••' ••? $' •• :zr • rrrl.JuL ]ltaL rrlan- i.JuL .5lti/M- By FAYE CARROI,L (Wife of Capt. W. S. Carron, Local 9, Norfolk, Va.) The men that man the ships As they sail o'er the deep blue sea Are facing perils and storms of life, But happy they seem to be. Men of courage unsurpassed; Strong and brave are they. Adventure they are seeking As they sail o'er foam and spray. Loved ones they leave behind Are only waiting as they pray; They are brave and strong, too, For peril may come ere tbe new day. These men that man the ships Are not so hardened or carefree; Their hearts are often left behind When they take their ships to sea. They are like all other noble men That God has called a work to do; They have answered their calling, And are sailing, with Him, out on the blue. he Mastel; Mate and Pilot Official Journal of the Nation<!ll Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots of Amoricll. Published on tho 15th of each month at 810-16 Rhodo Island Ave.• N. E., Washington, D. C. OCTOBER, 1939 No. 10 Licensed Officers to Receive Emergency Bonus of, 25 P. C. to Cover War Hazards Merchant Marine Institute Also to Pay Up to $300 for Loss or Damage to Personal Belongings of Crew-Congress to Fix Amount of Insurance OLLOWING negotiations between representa now in special session. If increasing hazards appear F tives of the National Organization Masters, agreement can be changed within ten days. Do Mates and Pilots, the National Marine Engineers' you approve signing this agreement? Wire imme Beneficial Association and the Merchant Marine diate answer." Institute (Steamship Owners Association of the AIl those queried answered affirmatively and, Atlantic), an agreement was signed providing for consequently, the agreement, which follows, was the payment by operators of a war risk insurance signed. and bonus and compensation for the loss of personal WHEREAS the United States Maritime Commission belongings. at its meeting on September 20, 1939, passed a reso The agreement, signed by the American Scantic lution providing for extra compensation and other Line, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and South Atlantic benefits for personnel on vessels operating under Steamship Co., for the operators, and E. T. Pinchin, Or through agents for the Commission to North ,national trustee, for NOMMP, provides: Atlantic ports; and 1. That licensed personnel shaIl receive 25 per WHEREAS the undersigned company is desirous of' cent of their basic pay to cover war hazards. reaching agreement with the licensed members of' 2. That war risk insurance shaIl be determined its personnel. by Congress. THEREFORE the foIlowing agreement is made: 3. That licensed officers shaIl receive not to ex SECTION I ceed $300 for personal effects lost or damaged due 1. The company shaIl pay to the licensed mem to war operations. bers of the crew an emergency compensation to cover At the first meeting with the owners, Capt. E. T. war hazards of 25 per cent of their basic wages Pinchin and Capt. John J. ScuIly: representing from the time of signing articles for a voyage to NOMMP, and Samnel Hogan and Edward Trainer, European or Mediterranean ports and return there representing M. E. B. A., presented a request for from. insurance of $25,000, a 50 per cent increase in wages 2. The company shaIl pay each licensed member as a bonus to take effect upon the signing of articles of the crew the value of all personal effects lost or for the fuIl voyage, and $200 for the loss of per damaged due to hostilities or warlike operations, sonal belongings. not to exceed a total sum of three hundred doIlars FinaIly, on September 25, last, the NOMMP rep ($300) . resentatives sent the foIlowing telegram to Captains 3. In the event of a total loss of the vessel due to McCarthy, Morris, Downing, Daniels and Rolstad, hostilities or warlike operations, licensed members of the National Executive Committee, who repre of the crew will be furnished transportation to a sented in their respective districts deepwater mem United States port and paid their fuIl wages and bers: emergency wages until and including the day of "Carrying on negotiations war risk insurance arrival at such port. and bonus with steamship representatives. Final offer from ship management bonus of 25 per cent SECTION II increase in wages, $300 for loss of personal effects, 1. Itis agreed that negotiations for war risk com retroactive to all riders attached to previous ar pensation and/or war risk insurance shaIl at alI ticles. Insurance amount to be decided by Congress times be determined by changes in the interna- tional situation wherein war hazards of American Luxembourg, as a nation whose maritime inter shipping are increased or decreased. In negotiations, are .confined to lakes, rivers, and brooks flowi consideration shall be given to the differences in through grazing pastures. danger in various areas. To beguile the country into an acceptance of the! 2. Itis agreed that negotiations for war risk com program of destruction of the pitifully small Amer. pensation and/or war risk insurance between the ican merchant marine, these elements are claim' company and the union shall be conducted independ that American shipping now in European trade rna ently of the amounts fixed by the Maritime Com be used in the development of South American trad mission. How ridiculous and impossible this is may be readil 3. Negotiations for any changes in this agree demonstrated when we consider that for seve ment shall be concluded as promptly as existing cir years South American importers and exporters hav cnmstances permit but in no case shall exceed a adjusted their trade dealings to conform to the Ge period of ten days after presentation of such pro man economics of blocked currency, barter, e posed changes by the company or the union. Any process of readjustment to make possible i creased American trade would take many yea 4. The prov;sions of this agreement shall apply retroactively to all members of the licensed person more, particularly in view of the fact that most nel on those vessels of the company which have the South American nations essentially are our co executed either riders on articles or letters signed petitors, rather than consumers of the products this nation's industries. between the company and the union providing for It is my firm belief that South American trod war risk compensation. with us will decrease, rather than increase, as In a letter to the officers and members of all result of the war. Our European trade will vanish Locals Captain Scully explained: although we may sell a few dried codfish to POl' "Your attention is called to the fact that this gal. agreement does not include war risk insurance. This HOh," but the politicians and pulpiteers will si is a matter that is to be presented in a bill at the "we will be assured of peace!" Yes, we will ha present extra session of Congress by the U. S. Mari peace-for a little while. time Commission and whatever amount is decided We will have peace until the legions of those u will have to be the amount of insurance that will be employed by reasons of the complete breakdown granted by the Government. In this connection, it foreign trade begin to raise their anguished cri developed that there were no companies that would Then we will see again the bread lines, the fo agree to insure the deck personnel so that this mat riots, and the siren song of revolution may stri ter had to be left to Congress to adjust. an echoing chord in the hearts of starving millio "Your attention is also called to Section II, pm'a of Americans who will feel that a governme graph 3, which provides that this agreement can which prefers security for Adolph to life for Arne be reopened at anytime should circumstances re icans is not a truly American government. quire and any changes proposed by the operators or We will never realize peace by hauling down th the union must be concluded in ten days. Stars and Stripes from the seven seaS. We shall no "Your attention is also called to Section II, para get peace if we permit ourselves to be so unneutr graph 4 which provides that the conditions of this as to submit to the strangulation of Europea agreement shall be retroactive where riders have Democracy by Fascism and Bolshevism, unless been executed by indiv;dual companies prev;ous to agree now to surrender to the would-be world co the signing of this agreement." querors when they have accomplished their prelim nary job of overrunning Europe. There are two roads to peace. One, the road bein Cash and Carry urged upon us by the Communists, the Coughlini (Submitted by a Member) and the Crack-pots, is Peace by Poverty and Pros tion. The other road is Peace by Power and Pro On the date this article is written, September 25, ress. At the end of the first road is a dark an it becomes increasingly evident that the same ele gloomy city wherein starving people slink along lik ments in the country who have consistently blocked wraiths, and where the only touches of color 0 all attempts to strengthen the national defense with sees are those in the inter-twined banners of t an adequate merchant marine are now at work to Swastika and the Hammer and Siclde. The seco strangle completely the shipping of the nation.

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