Master Mates and Pilots March 1946

Status of Ex-Merchant Marine Seamen Dr. Steelman Unable to*Arbitrate-Wage Stabi~ lization Board Names Fifth Member U. S. Merchant Fleet Four* Times Larger Than Before War ~ Inland Rivers Proved*Important In Wartime Armed Services Return* Ships to WSA Vol. IX MARCH, 1946 No.3 l The Biggest Day of Your Life Is Today Most people want to do big things. They dream of the day when their real powers will blossom forth in all their glory, and something big will be done. The great trouble about waiting to do the big things is, the years are piling up and nothing is being done. The day is not far away when one's powers to accomplish will be unequal to one's ambitions, and the dream will remain a dream-un filled and unattained. To sit by the dead embers of unrealized dreams is poor comfort for the years to come, and a sad commentary upon one's record of aspirations and achievements. The big thing can be done by most of us who dream in terms of successful accomplishment. How? It doesn't take a prophet to disclose the secret. Just ordi· nary sense and understanding of life will point the way to big achieve ment-DO IT TODAY. Do the little things that lie in our way that must be done-do them now, for the little things well done are the foundations of the bigger things we crave to do. Success is but the accumulation of little things faithfully done. Today is the most momentous day in your history-it will not come back when once it is gone, carrying with it its record of work. You cannot do tomorrow what should be done today. Tomorrow bring its own work. Give tomorrow a chance by doing today's work today. The big thing vve dream of doing grows out of the little things we do today. DO IT NOW. TODAY IS YOUR BIG DAY. "The Art of Living Successfully.n -So D. E. The Master~ Mate and Pilot Official Journal of the National Organi%ation of Maders. Mates and Pilots of America. Published by tho Organi%ation on the 15th of each month at 810.16 Rhode Island Ave., N. E•• Washington 18, D. C. VOL. IX MARCH,1946 ·'No.3 Statns Of Ex-Merchant Marine Seamen The Following U. S. Government Directive Details the Draft-8tatus of Merchant Marine Seamen Who Quit the Industry Now, is Published Herewith in Full for the NOMMP Membership and Considered Essential Information : WHILE the war is ended, the Merchant Marine ance of such a certificate will notify the seaman's , still faces tremendous tasks before demobiliza- draft board of the completion of such service, where tion to peacetime activities can be accomplished. The upon the draft board will consider his reclassifica services of experienced seamen are still needed to tion into a class which makes him no longer avail return our troops home, to feed and supply our oc able for induction. cupation forces throughout the world, to carry re The certificate issued in such a case also entitles lief supplies tc the liberated countries, and to start the seaman to reeemployment rights to the job the flow of American postwar foreign commerce. (other than temporary) which he may have held In view of these tasks, the War Shipping Admin prior to his entry into the Merchant Marine. istration is urging seamen to stay on their jobs if Reemployment Rights at all possible. To those seamen who for one reason r another have already left the service of the Mer A seaman of any age who has left a permanent ant Marine, and to those who contemplate leaving job to enter the service of the Merchant Marine on ch service the following statement is intended to or after May 1, 1940, and desires to avail himself nish all essential information as to the status of of reemployment rights to his former job under the men who leave the Merchant Marine. provisions of Public Law 87-78th Congress must remain in the service of the Merchant Marine until Releases the termination of the Unlimited National Emer 'Service in the Merchant Marine, unlike the service gency which was not V-J Day, but which will be the armed forces, is a voluntary civilian service. some later date to be declared by the President or y seaman may, therefore, leave such service at Congress, unless: y time he so desires without the necessity of ob (1) (a) He has been in the service. of the Mer ing a release or discharge. However, the follow chant Marine for a period of not less than 32 months, points should be considered by any seaman leav beginning on or after May 1, 1940, and ending before the service of the Merchant Marine. the expiration of six months following the ending of Draft Status the Unlimited National Emergency by the President seaman between the age of 18 and 26 who is or Congress, and, (b) He has performed active : ed from the draft by reason of his service in service during not less than 75 per cent of the time ¥erchant Marine, is subject to reclassification he has been in the Merchant Marine; or lndt;lction into the armed forces upon leaving (2) He has become perpl,anently disabled for rVlCe of the Merchant Marine, unless service in the Merchant Marine as the result of ill He has been in the service of the Merchant ness or injury not caused by his own Wilful miscon e for a period of not less than 32 months, be- duct. Substantiating proof in the form of a state .. g .on 91' after May 1, 1940, and ending before ment from the 'United States Public Health Service, Irabon of six months following the ending or where this is not possible, :trom a private physi Unlimited National Emergency by the Presi cian, must be submitted, or Congress, and (3) The War Shipping Administration has found He has performed active service during not that, through no fault of his own, the seaman's n 75 per cent of the time he has been in the continued service in the Merchant Marine is no nt Marine, and longer desirable or necessary. To all intents and e has applied for and received from the War purposes this last condition is practically non-exist g Administration a certificate pursuant to ent at the present time, as the services of experi aw 87-78th Congress, certifying that he enced seamen are still needed in the Merchant Pleted. a period of substantially continuous Marine. serVlce in the Merchant Marine and is Other Benefits be ~elie.ved from any further consideration Cognizant of the outstanding service rendered t~atlOn mto a class available for service by by merchant seamen during the war, the War Ship . Ive Service System: . ping Administration is doing everything possible to r Shipping Administration upon the issu- obtain for merchant seamen full regal and public recognition of their wartime service. Congress is Educational Benefits Under now considering legislation which would grant sea men some rights and benefits analogous to those of G.I. Bill of Rights Broadene the armed forces. It ,is hoped that the results of these "Considerations will be favorable to seamen. It Thousands of veterans are now taking advanta should be pointed out, however, that any rights or of new educational opportunities offered by i benefits which may be granted will, most likely, be "G.'1. Bill of Rights." subject to the same conditions as to the duration and The purpose of this and other articles on "ec continuance of service in the Merchant Marine, as cational benefits" will be to inf9r~ the veteran outlined under "Reemployment Rights" above. his privileges under Public Law 346 (G. 1. Bill Therefore, seamen who consider leaving the service of the Merchant Marine at this time should weigh Rights) and to guide him in the procedure of I very carefully the desirability of remaining in the plication. If specific points pertaining to· "edUI service until the conditions of eligibility have been' tional benefits" are not covered here, addit101 met. information may be,obtained from the Labor Leag Discharge Benefits for Human Rights, United Nations' Relief, A. of L., Veterans' Department, 10 East 40th StrE Except for the certificate pursuant to Public Law New York 16, N. Y. 87-78th Congress dealt with iii this statement under the heading of "Reemployment Rights," the Benefits were greatly broadened by a recent re laws now in effect have no provision in the issuan.ce sian of the so-called "G. 1. Bill." The new legis by the War Shipping Administration of any other tions now await the President's signature. The certificate of discharge certifying wartime service vised law increases the number of veterans eligi in the Merchant Marine. The certificate pursuant for application, and it may be well to enumer~ to Public Law 87 in addition to establishing re the important changes. employment rights may also serve to confirm war Previously, Public Law 346 stipulated that iJ time service in the Merchant Marine for other pur- . veteran was over 25 years of age when entering i poses. Therefore, any seaman desiring an official service, he had to prove his education had bE certificate from the War Shipping Administration, interfered with by reason of his entrance into se] in confirmation of his wartime service, must meet the conditions of eligibility to a certificate under ice before he became eligible for a period beyo Public Law 87 as outlined in this statement under one year's educational training.

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