RANK AND FILE HELPING CANADIAN SID TO CREW SHIPS HALIFAX, April 28—The communist leaders of the discredited Canadian Seamen's Union were reel­ ing here today after a series of devastating blows from the SIU Canadian District, which a month ago signed a contract covering the 100-odd deep se^ ships operating from ports in eastern Canada. In this stategic port, the SIU opened its own permanent headquarters and Hiring Hall, crewed Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA two ships and accepted scores of membership appli- "cations from ex-members of the CSU, who said VOL. XI NEW YORK. N. Y.. MONDAY. MAY 2. 1949 No. 16 they were fed up with the CSU's communist lead- 'ers. Meanwhile, the commie hatchetmen continued their campaign of violence against Cities Service Seamen Make Choice: the SIU in Halifax and Mon­ treal, and vainly tried to pretend that their four-week old phony walkout was a genuine strike. Its Ihe Seafarers By 89 Percent The communists indicated their readiness to engineer any kind NEW YORK —The At­ of a sell-out deal to tighten their waning grip on Canadian sea­ lantic and Gulf District of men. • the Seafarers International The SIU Canadian District's Union scored a landslide vic­ Halifax Hall was opened in the face of threats by CSU Party tory in the recently conclud­ stooges to wreck it and burn it ed collective "bargaining el­ down with the SIU inside. ection on nine Cities Service However, the hall opened on ships, with the company's unli­ Monday, April 25, without in­ censed personnel casting 89 per­ cident beyond the appearance be- cent of the valid ballots in fa­ vor of the Union. The Cities Service tankermen's New Halifax Hall overwhelming preference for the Seafarers, when in the port SIU as their bargaining agent of Halifax be sure to visit was announced by the National the new SIU Hall. Registra­ Labor Relations Board's regional tion. shipping and beef- office here, shortly after the bal­ handling facilities are avail­ lot count was completed on Fri­ able to the membership—and day, April 15. you can meet your old ship­ This marked the second time mates. The new Hall's tele­ that Cities Service seamen have phone number is 3-8911. decisively" chosen the SIU in an (SEE PAGES 6-7 FOR THE TEXT OF TWO BROADCASTS BY THE CANADIAN DISTRICT OF OS Tries Again THE SIU WHICH CLEAR­ As the LOG went t.o press, LY AND EFFECTIVELY the Cities Service Company "EXPLAINS THE ISSUES was making a typieal last- INVOLVED.) minute effort to delay certi­ fication of the SIU. and keep fore the door of an illegitimate CS seamen from the pro­ commie picketline, which was tection of an A8EG contract. bluntly ignored by a couple of The company, has filed 19 hundred Haligonian seamen anx­ objections with the NLRB. ious to ship under SIU contract.. in support of its contention Seafarer Roy (Frenchy) La that the election should be Pierre, an Haligonian and a vet­ invalidated. The regional eran of eight years in the SIU, NLRB office will now in­ was named Port Agent, with vestigate the claims, and Alan Macdonald as assistant. submit a report to Washing­ Communist attempts at terror­ ton for final ruling. ism began the next day. A gang of commie goons sent ofut by the NLRB collective bargaining el­ CSU leaders assaulted a young ection. Haligonian with a semi-paralyz­ Last year the company's un­ ed leg, whose only offense was licensed personnel gave the SIU that he had been seen entering an 83 percent majority in bal­ the SIU Hall, and had been loting aboard seven Cities Serv­ (Continued on Page 3) ice tankers. An eighth ship, the Lone Jack, was to have been voted but arrived in port too late. Battle For T-H Repeal Opens In Congress SECOND ELECTION The battle to write a new sition forces have offered as a amendments, to win over the guarantees for employers. After being duly certified, the labor law opened in Washington substitute the Wood bill, a meas­ "middle-of-the-road" votes. 3. Loyalty oaths by union offi­ SIU took steps to negotiate a this week when the House of ure described by labor leaders as Amendments expected to be cers and employers alike. contract for the eight ships and Representatives began debate being more severe than the Taft- added to the Thomas-Lesinski 4. Require unions to file finan­ eight more acquired by the com­ on the administration-sponsored Hartley Act. (See page 16 for the bill call for: cial reports. pany subsequent to the election. Thomas-Lesinski bill, which calls AFL analysis of the Wood bill.) 1. Strengthening of the na­ If the measure squeezes In an unprecedented ruling, how­ for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Despite a note of cautious op­ tional emergency strike section through the House, it is ex­ ever, the NLRB ruled that a and reinstatement of the Wagner timism among administration by permitting Government seiz­ pected that treatment will be second election for the nine un­ Act with minor changes. leaders concerning the Thomas- ure of plants for a limited period much the same in the Senate voted ships was necessary before The labor-backed measure is Lesinski bill's passage, few Con­ while an emergency board where the line-up of forces the Union could be certified as expected to meet its severest gressmen and labor figures ex­ studied the dispute. closely paraUels that of the (Continued on Page 3) test early in debate, as oppo­ pect the bill to pass, without 2. More explicit free-speech House. Page Two TBB SEAF ABB kS BOG Bibadfoy, Mig 2, 1^49^

SEAFARERS LOG . HOW ABOUT THIS EASY. I ' Published Three Times a Month by the . FtTTlNS SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION WITH STRAPS ALL • OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District / w WAYboww// Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. — HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y.," under the* Act of August 24, 1912.

267 New Shackles For - Old The eyes of organized labor throughout the nation will be focused sharply on Washington for the next few days as one of the most important current legislative battles is fought to a conclusion. At this moment, the House is backing this bill, which would repeal the Taft- Hartley law and replace it with an amended form of the Wagner Act. Normally there should be nothing to it. Organized labor, representing a block of 16 million of the nation's working men and women,, has voiced its solid objection to the Taft-Hartley law. Also opposed to the anti-labor measure are multitudes of others, from progressive, fair- minded representatives of industry—who recognize that labor restrictions are not conducive to harmonious labor- management relations—to housewives, who know more than anyone else that the sta^ards of the American home are the result of a free trade union movement. Taft-Hartley law proponents hate to admit it, but they realize that sentiment is against the present law. So they've cooked up a substitute and they hope to put it over on the American people. They call this new labor-shackling measure the Wood Bill. But call it what they will, it's nothing more than Taft-Hartley—and worse. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital The legislative battle between the Thomas-Lesinski notify the delegates by post< labor forces and the Taft-Hartley-Wood reactionaries card, giving your name and the number of your ward. might be a tough one. Every trade union member should Mimeographed Postcards let his representative know how he feels .about this issue. can be obtained free at the You can help in this fight by writing to the members Social Service desk. of Congress from your state and district. Tell them you Staten Island Hospital want the Thomas-Lesinski Bill passed. It's our fight. Let's You can contact your Hos­ get into it! pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ Men Now In The Mtn-ine Hospitals ing times: These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Cities Service Victory as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging (on 5th and 6th floors.) heavily on their hiuids. Do. what you can to cheer them up by For the second time in a year, the Cities Service Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. writing them. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Company has been kayoed in a collective bargaining NEPONSET HOSPITAL Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. election and the arm of the Seafarers has been raised high M. J. LUCAS R. A. BLAKE H. F. BEEKER (on 1st and 2nd floors.) in victory. The 89 percent majority rolled up for the L. BALLESTERO V.' E. GROVES •zj, SIU in the recent balloting shows that CS tankermen J. S. CAMPBELL O. O. MILLAN H. MILLION are even more convinced of the need for SIU represen­ V. W. CHESNER F. CHRISTNER L. McCUNE tation than they were a year ago, when the Union emerged J. T. EDWARDS A. J. JANELLO G. CARROLL from the first election with an 83 percent majority on I, H. FRENCH N. VRYDENBERGER P. ADKINS the seven ships voted. E. FERRER Se Se A F. KORVATIN V. JIMINEZ NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL G. P. REAGAN Specifically, the results prove once again that when­ J, T. KEMPT • PETE SADAWSKI V. HOLTON ever unorganized seamen get the chance. they will over­ K. G. LUNDBERG WM. R. GARDNER J. SCHUMSKY C. L. MOATS E. MASSEY J. TOWNSEND whelmingly choose the Union that brings the maximum W.^SEARS J. DENNIS P. PAINTER in Wages, working conditions and security—which is an­ H. SELBY WM. N. PRICE R. TOLER other way of saying -that they'll vote for the SIU every- J. SILLAK J. JI. DANIEL JR: F. HIGGINS time. Q. TULL A. J. McAVOY - G. CRABTREE L. TORRES GEO. W. MEANEY % X ^ T. WADSWORTH CHAS. A. BROWN MOBILE HOSPITAL V i New Log Schedule G. WOODS C. LOCIGNO J. B. BERRIER F. ZESIGER C. ELLZEY F. C. HIGGASON The discerning reader will have noticed that the t ft C. C. RAYFUSE J. P. BUCKELEW STATEK ISLA1W5 HOSPITAL STEPHEN CONNER TOMMIE WILKINS SEAFARERS LOG has changed its frequency of publi­ J. TURNER M. C. BARLOW ERNEST JARRETT cation, and now publishes three times a month—roughly, C. W. GOODWIN JAMES LAFFIN XXX the 1st, 10th and 20th of each month—instead of weekly. J. A. MARCOUX O. M. GREY SAVANNAH HOSMTAL Xhis move is in line with the Union's economy program, T. M.'BROyjN K. J. NICHOLLS C. BUTLER i which every part of the Union's apparatus is conforming D. HERON J. E. STICKER G. LASS : K L. GUNDERSON with. M. LACO JR. W. STEWART R. A. BARRETT ROTZ L. C. COLE . ? LANDRY While We would prefer to publish weekly—and in­ W. MEEHAN WYCHE crease the LOG to 20 or 24 pages—we feel that the lag W. J. MAHONEY Sr S. t XXX -BALTIMORE HOSPITAL between issues is slight (about 3 days) and that the LOG M. J. OLSON GALVESTON HOSPITAI. D. P. GELINAS • r C. SIMMONS win continue to supply the coverage that it did in the J. D. JACKSON V. DACO , R. SOUZA * L. R. WILLIAMSON ^ past. C. P. ALVARES , .S'" L. J. MCMILLAN J. HAVERTY •* ,1 .. Monday. May 2, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three CSU Rank And File Repudiate CP Leaders (Continued from Page 1) strength promoting communist crews of these vessels were fac­ Coast based on the West Coast and discredit the Canadian mer­ heard to say that he thought the causes. ing severe legal reprisals at home renewal. chant marine. SIU was an allright union. This was when the CSU lead­ or abroad, and many were lan­ In effect, this amounted to The evidence of this rested in The two ships crewed by Can­ ers called thejr strike, having to guishing in foreign jails. ' telling those CSU members who the fact that the CSU leaders adian Seafarers in Halifax were send goon squads to remove some Meanwhile, the CSU's commu­ still were following their lead­ failed to make the elementary the Mount Sandra and the Duf- of the disgruntled Canadian sea­ nist leaders showed their com­ ers, that the whole "strike" ac­ plans that a seamen's strike re­ ferin Bell. In the opinion of men from the ships the latter plete willingness to make any tion was a joke in the first place. quires for success. many the crewing of the Duf- did not wish to leave. kind of a sell-out deal they could SIU Canadian District officials They failed to line up the ferin Bell broke the commies' However, communist agitators find, in order to keep their hold reported that this proposal was ships' officers, the longshoremen, back. whipped up phony enthusiasm on the waterfronts of Montreal, not sitting very well with CSU the teamsters or anybody else. The call to man the Mount for the strike on other ships or Halifax and other ports of East­ rank and filers who had been on They struck when there was Sandra'came in before the Hali­ induced the men to walk off by ern Canada. the beach for a month, sleeping no money in the CSU treasury. They struck when the Canadian fax Hall could be opened. A using intimidatory tactics. RENEWED PACT on the dirty floors of CSU halls, merchant marine was at a low crew was brought by rail from They even managed to hang First they renewed their last or having the book thrown at the SIU Hall in Montreal, clear­ them in foreign courts. point in the postwar readjust­ up ships in foreign ports, a year's West Coast contract with­ ment process. ed by the Halifax Port Agent Accordingly, the SIU officials move which Dave Joyce, Secre­ out change. This agreement cov­ It was obvious to the SIU and dispatched to the ship the tary-Treasurer of the SIU's Can­ ered 19 ships in an area where said that there would be more night of April 24. The .ship left Canadian District that the com­ adian District, denounced as evi­ the SIU Canadian District, al­ CSU men applying for member­ munists' real scheme was to im­ for Galveston the following day. dence of outright irresponsibil­ ready had 31-«hips. ship in the SIU Canadian Dis­ The Dufferin Bell, a coal burn­ pair the Marshall Plan and the ity on the part of the CSU's com­ The CSU leaders had been ex­ trict, a prediction that was be­ Atlantic Pact, and create so acute er, was the first ship manned munist leaders. ,, ing borne out at this writing. from the shipping list of the pected to strike the West Coast an unemployment problem in new Hall in Halifax. However, despite the CSU's ships in an effort to bring pres­ Actually, as Dave Joyce em­ Eastern Canadian ports that they claim of support from maritime sure on the East Coast, and the phasized in a series of radio would find fertile ground for CREWED QUICKLY workers in foreign ports, most move left the East Coast CSU broadcasts from Halifax over sowing more seeds of commun­ The call for a crew came at of the ships tied up abroad were rank and file with their faith station CJCH, the original aim ism. noon on Wednesday, April 27, being worked this week, and be­ in their leaders shaken. of the CSU's communist leaders It was the timely arrival of and by two o'clock the 30-man ing sailed by SIU crews flown Then, the CSU's leaders offer­ was not to win their so-called the SIU which prevented this crew was on the way. Eighteen out to man them. The CSU ed to make a deal on the East strike, but to completely disrupt from happening. of the 30 were ex-CSU members. Agent La Pierre said. Three other former CSU ships sailed-with full SIU crews from Cities Service Seamen Say: We Want Seafarers' Montreal. These were the Pictou County, the Mount Alta, both (Continued from Page 1) Ships involved in the ballot into port, in order to reduce the NLRB. The ninth ship, the Gov­ freighters, and the Lady Nelson, bargaining agent for personnel tally just concluded were the number of men eligible to vote. ernment Camp, was polled by a passenger ship. Archers Hope, Bents Fort, Brad­ But as fast as Union sym­ in the entire fleet. mail ballots. The phony strike called by the ford Island, Fort Hoskins, Lone pathizers were fired, new ones A last ditch attempt by the CSU's communist leaders at the Of the 110 valid votes tabu­ Jack, Royal Oak, Salem Mari­ came up to take their places. company to halt counting of the end of Mabch was put over on lated in the latest election 98 time and Winter Hill. Conditions were such on Cities ballots ' failed, when Federal were tallied for the SIU. Only the CSU membership without a COMPANY STALLED Service ships, that it didn't take Judge Simon Rifkind set aside strike vote, after the SIU Can­ 12 votes were cast against the long for men to realize that the on April 20 a temporary injunc­ adian District signed contracts union. In all, 176 valid votes .Throughout both elections, the only sound way to improve them tion obtained by 12 CTMA men with the companies late in were counted by the NLRB. Of company made desperate efforts was through representation by on the grounds that they had re­ March. these, 66 were challenged by the to stall the procedure and to in­ a genuine trade union of sea­ ceived no notice of the election. timidate the crews. The CSU had been negotiating company and the board. men. Among the petitioners was with the companies fT5r a con­ However, because of the over­ Cities Service's viciously anti­ In short. Cities Service men David Furman, principal or- tract renewal since mid-October. whelming number of ballots in union practices reached a high- refused to waver from their posi­ organizer for CTMA who was ex­ Talks broke down, and the dis­ favor of the SIU, these challeng­ point during the campaign pre­ tion that the SIU was the answer posed in the SEAFARERS LOG pute was referred to a Board ed votes could not affect the ceding the second election. to their problems. as a Cities Service front man. of Conciliation. , The company lawyer came up When the NLRB finally set the results of the election, the NLRB STUNT FAILED Sitting'on the thrjee-man Board said, and therefore will not be with a new stunt, a company date for the second election and were a representative of the in­ investigated. union, apparently with the established the mechanics by In this maneuver the company dustry, a representative of the thcTught in mind that, if Cities which voting would be con­ tried to make it appear that CS CSU and a representative of the Under NLRB procedure the Service seamen could be lured ducted, the company steadfastly employees, and not the company, Canadian government. The Board company has a period of five by extravagant" promises into refused to cooperate and at­ were taking the action. However,. recommended an agreement supporting a company union, tempted to impede the procedure. Judge Rifkind ruled that the which had the unanimous ap­ they would reject the SIU. Beginning with the balloting Federal District court had no proval of the three members, in­ Stay Aboard Ship But, at every turn, the Cities of the first ship, the Winter Hill, jurisdiction in the matter. cluding the CSU's own spokes­ Service men overwhelmingly re­ on Feb. 20, NLRB officials had Counting of the ballots was man. All pro-Union men aboard pudiated the company-conceived to conduct the poll at dockside then begun on April 15, in the Normally, in such a situation, Cities Service Oil Company and dominated Cities Service points, off company px-operty. NLRB regional office here, and the recommendations of the ships are urged to remain Tanker Men's Association DELAY GAINED the SIU victory was annoimced Board would have been accepted on their vessels until they (CTMA). The company went into Fed­ shortly thereafter. by both parties to the dispute. win the protection of an SIU Despite the company's rigidly Meanwhile, the SIU strongly However, the communist leaders contract. The company is eral Court on Feb. 22 and ob­ pursued plan of wholesale firings tained a temporary injunction advised all pro-Union men of CSU, without disclosing the making every effort to re­ of men even slightly suspected aboard Cities Service vessels to facts of the agreement to their place men with known pro- halting the election after six of pro-Union sentiment, the ships had been voted. At a rerhain on their ships until the membership, called a strike. union leanings. The over­ Cities Service men's determina­ hearing two days later, the in­ Union is certified and a union whelming NLRB election vic­ DISTORTED FACTS tion to be represented by the junction was modified, and vot­ contract is negotiated. tory brings nearer the day SIU became stronger than ever. ing was resumed. Union organizers pointed out In fact, the communist lead­ when Cities Service seamen ers lied abouf the agreement, in­ RUSE RECOGNIZED For the remainder of the bal­ that the company is making vig­ can throw off the yoke of orous efforts to replace men with forming the CSU rank and file company domination. loting the company demonstrated that they faced a 25 percent CS crewmen saw clearly that known pra-Union leanings. the company union was only an a more cooperative attitude, inas­ wage cut and loss of the hiring Stay on the ships until the The era of company abuse and attempt to keep them from much ns it had failed to dis­ hall. Actually, the agreement fight is won. intimidation of its unlicensed realizing the improved wages, courage men from voting by its was pretty much what the rank personnel is rapidly appi-oaching working conditions and security policy of non-coopei-ation. and file wanted and expected to the end and union sympathizers working days in which to file benefits that would come with an The voting of the Salem Mari­ accept. time and the Lone Jack was should stay on the ships until objections to the election results. SIU contract. By rejecting the Conciliation thei-efore conducted aboard ship the fight is completely won, the If the company submitted ob­ Board's proposal, the CSU, which In fact, • CTMA eventually in the manner prescribed by the SIU organizers said. never had been certified as bar­ jections before the deadline date ppoved to be a boomerang. This gaining agent for the ships, le­ of Friday, Api'il 22, the Regional was demonstrated on innumer­ gally eliminated itself from the Board will conduct an investiga­ able occasions. On board one field, unless it could hold on by tion and then forward a report Cities Service ship, a CTMA- WARNING TO PILFERERS to the Board in Washington for sponsored meeting suddenly main strength. But the CSU did Any crewmember found pilfering ship's gear is subject to not have the strength, so dissat­ final ruling. turned into an SIU rally, so con­ isfied were the rank and file If the objections are thrown vinced were the men that CTMA charges by the membership of the SIU. with their communist leaders. out, an order, duly certifying the was a nothing more than a trick Crews of all SlU-contracted ships are reminded that in When the SIU Canadian Dis­ SIU as collective bargaining to delude the crews and imple­ line with SIU policy, anyone caught walking off a vessel with agent for the Cities Service ment the company's abusive trict, which already possessed ship's gear, such as linen, food and equipment, is to have many friends and contacts among fleet's unlicensed personnel, will practices. charges placed against him by the ship's delegates and crew. the CSU rank and file, signed be issued at that point. When the'company saw that what was essentially the Board It is expected that the mach­ the CTMA hogwash was turned The SIU fought too hard for the high quality of equip­ of Conciliation's contract, CSU inery of the Board will be back by the crews, it stepped up ment and food aboard ships to allow any irresponsible char­ members began flocking to SIU speeded up to 'permit a ruling its attempts at intimidation. Fir­ acters to jeopardize the union's gains. Although the amount of as soon as possible, should the ings and blackballing reached halls. gear disappearing from SIU ships is the lowest in the industry, Obviously, they had been wait­ company step in with last-min­ wholesale propositions. Whole ing for the chance to have a ute arguments on the election crews were discharged every pilfering on SIU ships must be wiped out completely. union which did not waste its outcome. time Cities Sei-vice ships came Page Four TMB S RAF AH ERS LOG Monday, May SL IMS Port Wiliiiiiigtoii AFL BUTCHERS THANK SIU FOR'OUTSTANDING SUPPORT' Mobile Expects Shipping Good 11 Shipping Rise By ERNEST TILLEY By CAL TANNER WILMINGTON — With one WITH A.r. or L. week behind me as the new ag­ MOBILE — The pace of ship« ent in this Branch, I'll try to ping in this port continued slow give the lowdown on this area, 2QI N.WCLLA &TRe£T during the period since the last CKtCAGO 6, (LLIHOIS report, with but six ships paid aided " by Max Byers, former CARL W. JIMCRSON tNTCfmATIONAC pnzsiQttft off and five signed on during the agent. PATRICK e.OORHAN Since the last report shipping IHTeRNATfOHA^ SCCr-rnCAR. April 4, 1949 past week. has continued to be excellent. We paid off the Wild Ranger^ We are finding ourselves short Noonday, Iberville, Waterman; of green ticket ABs and rated Mr. C. J. Stevens * ^ ' the Corsair and Pointer, Alcoa, men in the Stewards Depart­ Assistant Business Agent and the Steel Ranger, Isthmian. ment. Six ships were contacted Seafarers Union ^ Sign-ons were the Corsair, during the past week and re­ 523 Bienville Avenue Wild Ranger and Iberville, all placements put aboard them all. Nevr Orleans, Louisiana on continuous articles; the Steel We can use men holding the Ranger, headed for the Inter- tickets listed above, but that Dear Brother Stevens: coastal trade, and the Alcoa does not constitute an invitation Pointer, headed for the bauxite to gashounds and performers. Our Vice President Sam Twedell advised us by letter that your Organization has given him outstanding support in I'un. Birds of this type will find the our campaign to organize meat store employees in New In-transit ships were the Pa­ climate warm, but the reception Orleans. ^He advised also that your local union furnished triot, over from Nfew Orleans in cool. George'H.'McFall as a Picket Captain. good shape, and the Kyska, in Not only is the SIU cracking from the Texas coast. down on the gashounds, but the I want to thank you very warmly for this fine support We've heard a rumor—there's police here are running in every­ and I wish you wohld extend our deep appreciation to no telling how accurate it is— one they see staggering around Brother McFall for the fine work he did for us. We hope that Waterman intends to put the streets, as a couple of Broth­ at some time in the future to be able to return the favor three additional ships into serv­ ers have found out. to some of your looal unions who may need help. ice carrying coal. The Steel Chemist is in dry- If it's true, we figure it is be­ dock here following a stint on With kind personal regards, I remai^ cause of the battle the SIU and the rocks of San Nicholas Is­ organized labor waged against land. It'll be a little while be­ FratpYnally yours, Hoffman to see that at least 50 fore she'll be back in operation. percent of the ECA cargoes were Until recently this port was carried in American ships. * operated through the San Fran­ According to newspaper re­ cisco Branch, but now • it has ports, the amount of cargo being been accorded full status as a PEG:el S e cretary-Trea sure r carried in American ships has Branch in itself. We'll try to increased greatly in recent weeks. keep the membership abreast of In line with the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District's traditional policv of giving aid to other It looks like our battle for more the shipping and news of im­ trade unions whenever possible, the Union's New Orleans Branch has been backing the Amal­ American shipping in ECA may portance coming out of the Los gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, AFL, in its drive to organize that city's meal store pay off in more jobs for the Angeles-Wilmington area. employees. In the letter reproduced above, fatrick E. Gorman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Meat membership. CHIN SPROUTS Workers Union, expresses his organization's appreciation to SIU. At the Marine Hospital here One bit of local color is the the following Brothers are now fiesta being held in San Pedro tied up for major and minor re­ now. The local males are re­ pairs: J. g. Berrier, F. C. Higga- quired to raise beards for the Cities Service Victory Cheers New York son,-~J. P. Buckelew, Tommie occasion, or go to the hoosegow By JOE ALGINA while be awaited subsidy ap­ like the man for some petty Wilkins and Ernest Jkrrett. for a couple of hours. proval of his plans to operate reason, and decided he'd make Before • signing off for the I hadn't intended to enter the NEW YORK — Joy is mixed two P-2s—which he would buy— the trip short a man in the black week, a quick rundown of the festivities, but I could easily with gloom this week in New in the trans-Atlantic service. gang. The beef was settled with oldtimers ~^on the beach shows York. qualify with this. crop of chin While there is stiE a good pos­ fhe company footing a bill for the foUowingr' D. Dougherty, W. wool I'm sporting. It wasn't in­ While the membership is cele­ one month's wages for the man. Aplin, F; St. Mary, D. Mitchell, brating the SIU's victory in the sibility that he'll receive ap­ tentional, I just haven't had time proval of his subsidy and even­ This same Engineer pulled a E. Lamb, J. L. Webb, L. F. Dav­ to exercise my razor. Uities Service election, they're similar caper on an earlier trip, is, G. A. Oberry, G. Stroecker, bitter over the' rejection of Bern­ tually run passenger ships to The only oldtimers to be found when he demoted an engine room E. A. Wright, S. Luttrell and stein Steamship Line's bid to Europe, our hopes of putting one here in this period of somewhat man. That time it cost the com­ J. Parks. charter a passenger ship. On top into operation this spring have Itish shipping are the following: pany the ^iffei'ence in wages, of this, shipping has lost its zip been dashed. Johnny Gallagher, Red Kirk, plus overtime. This Engineer is and is moving at a slow pace. The reason given for turning Shorty Odom and Bob McCul- proving to be an expensive lux­ Tacoma Seafarers loch. We don't expect to have Bernstein had intended to down Bernstein's charter appEca- tion was a r^ort by the Coast ury for the company to main­ them on hand either by the charter the P-2 General Meigs to tain. Get The Real Shakes time the next report is written. put into trans-Atlantic service Guard that the Meigs "*would need extensive repairs. OTHER SIGN-ONS By WILLIAM McKAY The other sign-ons were: Steel No date has been set for the TACOMA—^It'U be a long time Maritime Commission to rule on Executive, Steel Surveyor,- Isth­ Baltimore Reports Jobs Aplenty mian; Raphael Semmes and before the people around here Bernstein's subsidy bid, so we will forget the rumpus of two don't look to any help in ship­ Afoundria, Waterman; Robin By BENNIE GONZALES Grey and Robin Doncaster; the weeks ago when we were hit by ping from that source beforo an earthquake. Here at the Hall BALTIMORE — For the past Navigation; Carabulle, Cuba Dis­ early autumn. John B. Marion; New London; the Brothers- were beating their tilling; Chilore, Feltore and Ven­ On the payoff front we handled Coral Sea; Seatrain Texas; Inez, two weeks we've been enjoying gums about conditions in gen­ ore, Ore Line, the following ships during the Bull. The Inez, formerly the excellent shipping, so good that eral, when suddenly the deck last period: Helen, Suzanne^ Agwicomet, took a full crew. at the moment there are many We had hoped to sign-on the heaved up and the building be­ Edith, Frances, Emilia, Elizabeth Despite the fact that a gang­ Marine Arrow for another voy­ gan to shake like -it had the jobs on the board with no takers. and Kathryn, Bull; Steel Sur­ way watch is put on a ship for age, but she is being turned over DTs. This most • enjoyable state of veyor, Isthmian; Oshkosh Vic­ only two reasons—to keep peo­ to a non-SIU company. She is a Some guy hollered, "Earth­ tory, Loyola Victory, Bessemer ple from walking off with ship's shipping is expected to continue hard ship tq give up, as the crew quake," and we lit out of here Victory and Afoundria, Water­ gear and to keep unauthorized into the coming week. Beyond was tops and always brought on the double. Everyone aban- man; New London, Arctic Tank- persons from the vessel—a lot of that we'll make no prediction. the ship in clean. dojned ship in two seconds flat drs; Strathmore, Strathmore men on gangway watch let any­ and lit out for the wide open We paid off the following ships, LONG VOYAGE Shipping Company (destined to one and everyone- on the ship. spaces. all of which were in good shape: The final trip of the Arrow lay up for awhile); Colabee, Anpi- When a crew finds the gang­ While speeding down the street Marquette Victory, Steel Sea­ was supposed to be a short one, erican-Hawaiian; Evistar, Inter­ way watch picking his teeth I happened to look up and saw farer, Steel Fabricator, Isthmian; but the crew was out several continental; Seatrains New York instead of picking out the the top of an old hotel start to Firmore, Venore, Chilore, Felt- months. She hit port with a load and Havana; Coral Sea, Coral phonies, they should crack down come down. When I saw that ore, Ore Line; Mae and Evelyn, of disputed overtime, all of Sea Steamship Company, and on the offender. The job was I shifted gears and turned on the Bull; Seamar and Marymar, Cal- which was settled right on the John Gillis, Smith & Johnson. created for the protection of supercharger, v mar; Telfair Stockton, Oro Navi­ ship. The Gillis was the first Smith & ship's and personal gear. Before, signing off, it wouldn't After tremors of over 30 sec­ gation; CarabuUe, Cuba Distill­ The only flurry of activity took Johnson ship to hit this port in ing; Daniel Lownsdale, Water­ over a year. be right not to give a word of onds, the quake ended. Oldtim­ place two weeks ago, when we thanks for the fine job of or­ ers around here have told me it man; Algonquin Victory, St. put on a demonstration before BUCKO ENGINEER Lawrence Navigation; Marine ganizing done by the Seafarers was the roughest ever experi­ the MCS Hall here against the enced. i hope it is the last. Arrow, Robin. We signed on an almost equal aboard the ships of Cities Serv­ participation of the MCS in the number of vessels, all without ice. As a precaution we have both The signon list isn't as long, SIU's beef in Canada. hitch, though a beef came up The first election showed a doors of the Hall wide open for but it is still an impressive par­ We put 350 SIU and 50 SUP after one of them left port. clear-cut win, when the SIU quick exits. Except for a little ade. We cleared the Maiden men in the show and it was The Chief Engineer of the Sea picked off over 80 percent of the plaster that fell from the ceiling, Victory, Fairland, Daniel Lowns­ quite impressive — I'm sure it Trader booted an Oiler off the votes. This recent election the Hall came out okay. The dale, "Waterman; Steel Maker, impressed the MCS that we want ship a few minutes before sail­ showed it was "no fiuke, when men around here are now ask­ Steel Worker, Steel Seafarer, them to keep hands off a matter ing thne. It was learned that almost 90 percent went in favor ing if we qualify for risk bonus Isthmian; Telfair Stodcton, Oro that concerns only the SIU. I the the Chief Engineer didn't of the SIU. . in this area. Monday, May 2, 1949 TUE SEAFARERS LOQ Pago FIT*

The remarkable growth in the shipping under The American Neutrality Act forbade U.S. the Panamanian flag has been viewed with un­ This study of the Panamanian shipping situa­ tion was released by the London headquarters of ships to enter the ports of belligerent countries, easiness ever since the economic depressions of and ships were. transferred to the Panamanian the inter-war period. the International Traniq>ortworkers Federation, the international body organizing the scheduled flag in order that shipping operations with the Before 1924, Panama had a merchant navy too boycott of Panamanian ships. The boycott, which countries at war might continue. insignificant to be separately listed in int^na- was unanimously endorsed by the Fourth Bien­ Then, when after the war American began to tional shipping statistics. In that year'it makes nial Convention of the Seafarers, will be world­ sell surplus tonnage, a number of these ships its first appearance in the statistical tables of wide in extent. Final plans are to be drafted at were acquired by Greek owners, who did hot Lloyd's Register,, with only 15 ships of 85,593 tons a London meeting now in progress. The members wish to return to their own country because of gross. of the American Boycott Committee, formed on the uncertain pohtical situation in Greece at the But by 1939, before the outbreak of the last April 5, are: Joseph P. Ryan, President of the end of the war, and the fear of confiscation in war, Panamanian shipping had already increased International Longshoremen's Association; John the event of a Communist revolution, and pro­ tenfold: 159^ ships totalling 717,525 tons gross. Owens, Secretary of the ILA; Paul Hall, Secre­ ceeded- to place their ships on the Panamanian When figures became available again after the tary-Treasurer of the SIU, A&G District; Morris register. second world war, Panama was seen to rank, in Weisberger, East Coast Representative of the Connected with this position is the fact that terms of registered tonnage, among the sizeable SUP; Captain Tommy Atkins, President of Local American ships have been sold abroad on condi­ maritime nations. 88 of the MM&P; and Fred Howe, General Secre­ tion that they are placed on the Panamanian It is true that the postwar statistics still give tary-Treasurer of the Radio Officers Union. register until the price has been paid in Amer­ but an incomplefe picture, and that the lack of ican currency, a condition which is linked up data for the intervening years makes compari­ cently the . figure was 10 percent—but an excep­ with the question of trade balances. Such ex­ sons difficult, but the growth of Panamanian tion clause permits the hiring of seamen of other planations, however, if valid at all, cannot justify shipping is clearly revealed. nationalities if ao Panamanians are available. the 'permanent retention of tonnage on the According to Lloyd's Register, the number of In practice it therefore matters little whether Panamanian register. ships registered in Panama was 369, totalling the law prescribes 10 or 25 percent. INJURIOUS TO CREWS 1,720,260 tons gross at July 1, 1947. The beginnings of the drift of ships of various Little weight, also, can be attached to other nationalities towards the Panamanian flag date The United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping explanations offered to justify the growing prac­ puts the figure at 446 ships totalling 2,458,000 back to the shipping slumps of the inter-war period. tice of tonnage transfers. In a number of cases, tons gross at December 1947, of which 291 were notably of British, Norwegian and Swedish dry cargo ships totalling 1,274,000 tons gross and The volume of shipping space had outstripped owned ships, it has been urged that the crews 155 tankers totalling 1,184,000 tons gross. (Ed. the volume of trade to be carried, the competi­ enjoy full safeguards in respect of social pro­ Note: Some recent estimates give Panama a tion for freights became more and more acute, visions and the settlement of disputes, but it is total close to 4,000,000 gross tons.) and the transfer of ships to certain flags was hard to see how such safeguards can operate in It will be observed that tankers account for a one of the expedients devised for gaining an practice. advantage in the" struggle. high proportion of the Panamanian tonnage. Actually cases can -be cited by seafarers' The reasons are not far to seek. In the tradi­ Their presence on the Panamanian register .is unions of members who have been discharged tional maritime countries, protective legislation indirectly due to the stipulation, which was from Panamanian ships on account of illness had been progressively developed, and the sur­ made by some oil-important countries, that the^ without any claim to qompensation of any kind. vey requirements to which shipowners had to oil they purchased should be carried in ships Employment contracts, further, contain a conform were of an exacting nature and pro­ under their own flag, and which resulted in. the clause which permits of dismissal of men for vided safeguards to seafarers, shippers and the "neglect of duty." oil companies registering their fleets in different travelling public. countries. This clause is supposed to be based on Article In these countries, taxation also was a heavy 1223 of the Panamanian Maritime Law, but TONNAGE GROUPING charge on the shipowners. Seafarers had or­ unions claim that it has not been possible to ganized themselves in trade unions, and were During the war, however, many of these ascertain what the Article provides. no longer at the mercy of the shipowners as far tankers were re-registered in Panama, where In effect under the employment contracts men as the fixing of working and social conditions they have since remained, apparently joined by have been dismissed at the whim of Master or was cncerned. others. owner without there being any means of The tonnage grouping of 347 Panamanian ships REASONS FOR SWITCH redress. In this connection mention may be made of listed in Lloyd's Register 1947-48 was as follows: Ships which could .be registered under a flag other complaints made about Panamanian ships Gross Tonnage Number of ships where the owners were free from restrictions and obnoxious practices to which they lend 500-1,000 30 clearly had an advantage over others. themselves. Generally speaking, they could accept lower .1-3,000 ^ 66 Information in our possession points to the 3-4,000 : : 44 freight rates where the struggle for cargoes was use of these ships for the smuggling of arms and keen. 4-5,000 .! 26 men into areas of unrest such as Palestine and 5-10,000 160 • Besides, the benefits of such registry have in Albania. Over 10,000 21 recent years included the earning of higher freight rates in trades in which owners subject DEFENSE IS WEAK That Panama's present merchant navy is dis­ to strict control have not been able to engage. proportionate is evident. The external trade of These reports also speak of owners who accept Panama was a suitable country for the pur­ bribes from men who, for some reason or other, this Central American Republic, with a popula­ poses of shipowners concerned with immediate tion of not much more than half a' million, is are prepared to pay to obtain employmt nt in advantage rather than long-term effects. Panamanian ships. negligible. As a country practically without any external 1940 imports amounted to $24,000,000 and ex­ . Sometimes it is claimed that the tonnage trans­ trade of its own, and without any background of ferred to Panamanian registry is old. 'Presum­ ports to $4,000,000. The heavy adverse trade maritime practice and tradition, there was no balance,. which seems to have been a regular ably it is implied that this in some way justifies question of its ratifying or enforcing the various the measure. feature for the past ten years, is mainly witlj the international conventions. But seafarers do not agree. Either a ship is United States, and is due to the import of con­ Such maritime legislation as was to be found fit to operate at sea or she is not. sumers' goods for sale to the Canal Zone per­ on its statute book was ineffective. By register­ sonnel and to the big transient population. ing ships in Panama, or by creating straw com­ If not, then she should be scrapped in the In 1942, for instance, of . the total imports of panies which ostensibly bought them, as well interests of all concerned; in the other e\ ent, the $38,000,000 about 75 percent came from the as by other devices, owners could reap the objections formulated are equally as valid in the United States, which also took 98 percent of the advantages of an unscrupulous practice case of obsolete tonnage as .they are in that of $2,250,000 of exports. The advantage of the -transactions to Panama ships built more recently. So much for the motives behind the startling LAW VIOLATED itself is probably mainly financial—for the serv­ ice of placing ships on a largely fictitious register growth of the merchant shipping of a tiny Nor is Panama a nation with any seafaring it collects a registration fee (at present an initial Central American republic, which in the past tradition to speak of, for the ships sailing under tax of $1 per ton plus an annual tax of $0.10 per was a negligible quantity as far as maritime the Panamanian flag are almost entirely manned ton)— and possibly to exaggerate the importance enterprise was concerned. by crews of other nationalities. of Panama as a maritime country at Interna­ Although it has been said above that the -It is true that the Panamanian law stipulates tional Maritime Conferences. avoidance of higher wages and better conditions that 25 percent of the crews of Panamanian ships The second world war brought a development of employment for the crews is one of the main shall be of Panamanian nationality—until re- of a different character to complicate the position. {Continued on Page li) Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Monday, May-2, 1949 CSU Action Was 'Strike For Strike's Sake' Tonight we bring you^the story of a strike that is They will make the martyrs of themselves. They not.a strike, called by a dying outfit which calls itself The Canadian District has been sponsoring will dream up parallels between their own position, a "union." Picketlines have been established and a series of nightly broadcasts aimed at keep­ and that of persons for whom the general public has gangs of armed hoodlums roam the streets. No ques­ ing the seamen and citizens of Halifax in­ legitimate sympathy. In other words, "First we are tion of wages or conditions is involved, yet hundreds beaten, then all trade unions are beaten." Don't you of men are faced with the permanent loss of their formed of the strike fomented by the Can­ recognize the line? jobs, just to satisfy the communist few who pull adian Seamen's Union. Last week's LOG Thmy will accuse officials in Ottawa and elsewhere the strings. carried the texts of the first four radio talks; of bias. They will claim that foreign powers are ex­ This, we believe, is a story without parallel—the this week the two succeeding talks are erting their influence against them. strange picture of a strike for strike's sake, a foul printed on this and the following page. Certainly the communist officials of the CSU will do their utmost to minimize every loss they have political demonstration such as only the communist The broadcasts have been highly success­ party is capable of. Such niisconceived action can end suffered. only in disaster and, unfortunate though it may be, ful in throwing the spotlight on.the corrupt They will say that every shiF|, including the Sun the real sufferers will be the misguided CSU seamen administration, of the CSU, and the manner Prince which has just obtained a Canadian crew, is and .Canadian shipping. Then, when all is lost, the in which its communist leaders have used unimportant. That was what they said last j^ear when communist leaders like the proverbial Arab, will "fold the membership to advance the communist we defeated them on the Great Lakes. They kept their tents and silently steal away." saying • it until the end. And then there was nothing cause. Every development in the so-called strike by the at all for them to say. CSU, against the deep sea ships contracted to the They will expand at great length on' their libel SIU Canadian District, has borne out what has been Yet their terroristic campaign has had no effect. suit, which is also what they did on the. Lakes last the SIU's contention regarding the CSU ever since The SIU sailed every ship that has called for a crew. year. But what they won't say is that the libel suits the CSU first came under the influence of the com­ This morning as you all know, the SIU Canadian on the Lakes came to nothing. munist party. District, sent a full crew to the Sun Prince in. Halifax They wiU cry for protection ]py the policej forgetting Everything the CSU has said or done since they harbor. This afternoon, word was flashed from Mon­ that their habit of taking the law into their own commenced their phony action has raised the question: treal that the overwhelming majority of the crew of hands resulted in the atrocity at McAdam, where a . Are the CSU leaders interested in the welfare of the thf Lady Nelson has chosen the SIU over the CSU. communist directed CSU goon squad broke into a Canadian seamen, or are they out to destroy the In an effort to offset the surging^ tide of the SIU hotel to beat up sleeping members of the SIU. Canadian merchant marine, to advance the aims of sentiment, the CSU leaders are using lies and still Why do we make these predictions? Because we the communist party on the world's waterfronts? more lies in addition to terrorism. Both techniques have fought the communists since 1938 and have are old communist techniques. learned their ways. What they don't do tonight, they DELIBERATE ERRORS? When the crew of the Chandler voted overwhelm­ will do tomorrow. Last night, you will recall, we reviewed the seven ingly in favor of the SIU over the CSU a few days Let's get away from the present situation for a basic strategic and tactical errors the CSU officials ago, the best the CSU officials in Halifax would admit moment, and go back through the past 10 years, and made. Or were they errors? The mistakes were too was that maybe 3 or 4 men had voted the SIU way. see how the communist leaders of the CSU have elementary to have been accidental on the part of We wonder how these CSU officials v/ill explain acted in the past. supposedly smart union officials, as we clearly showed. away the great majority of men aboard the Lady Originally, the CSU was a part of the SIU. But in All through the strike, all through the events lead­ Nelson who expressed their preference for the SIU. the early forties the CSU fell completely into the ing up to the strike and, in fact, all through the years, Will they say, "Well, there were three or four men control of men whose first allegiance was to the the communist officials of the CSU have practiced a who voted for the SIU?" commpnist party, not to the Canadian seamen. Since consistent policy of misleading and lying to the rank The SIU has charged that the CSU has been in­ one of the pillars of the SIU policy, from the begin­ and file for their own purposes. efficiently administered in every manner. The SIU ning of 1938 to the present day, was opposition to Take the so-called issue en which the "strike" was has pointed out that a "Tag Day" is a pretty pathetic the communist party, the next event was inevitable. called. The fact is, there was no strike issue. There way for the leaders of the CSU to propose fo raise At the SIU's convention in New Orleans in 1944, the is no strike. After a Conciliation Board had proposed the kind of money that is required for a long, costly CSU was ousted from the SIU, when the CSU leaders a contract to which even the CSU's hand-picked rep­ strike. who were present at the convention refused to disavow resentative had agreed, those CSU leaders solemnly PHONY LIBEL SUIT their sympathies with tl;ie communist party. thereupon threatened to call a strike because the It was then that CSU officials began to step up contract included a "wage reduction" and would "des­ We have charges that, if the funds and affairs- of the CSU had been praperly handled, there would be their^ pro-communist activities, which in its .present troy the union hiring hall." The membership naturally stage is clearly directed at disruption, if not des­ became steamed up by the prospect of a wage cut. no need for Tag Day. The only answer the communist leaders of the CSU truction, of the Canadian Merchant Marine. Who wouldn't be? They began an all-out campaign to eliminate the The only trouble was that no wage cut ever was have found is a fake libel suit. They used libel suits last year, as well as when they were losing out on anti-communists from their ranks. They did not suc­ proposed. ceed entirely but they forced many a Canadian seaman The only trouble was that there never was a pro­ the Lakes. All the suits were later ruled out. All they can hope to accomplish through a libel suit, across the border into the United States. 6thers they posal to destroy the union hiring hall. kept silent by brutal beatings, such as we have seen The SIU Canadian District signed the very con­ is to be able to say to those fast-dwindling few in the CSU who still believe what their leaders tell in Halifax and Montreal in recent days, and by tracts, so far as wages and the hiring hall were con­ threats to wives and children. cerned, as the Conciliation Board proposed and the them, "Everything you hear about us is a lie. To prove it we are to bring suit..." So active in promoting the., interests of the commu­ CSU rejected. That wage scale is based on 170 dollars nist party in Canada did the CSU leaders and their a month for Able Seamen, and it is not a reduction. As a matter of fact, the SIU Canadian District has been fighting the communists for a long time, as henchmen become, that the CSU became the corri- CSU officials brag to their members that they have munist party's most trusted union in Canada, and signed a tanker contract, calling for $185 a month have the other Districts of our Union. On the basis of experience, we can, we believe, come pretty close served as a refuge for many top party members who for Wheelsmen on the Great Lakes. But they neglected needed protection, transportation or some other service. to mention that this contract covers only 4 ships. to predicting what the CSU will do next. We draw our These four ships compare poorly with the Canada conclusions from what we have seen of communist A NEW ERA OPENS " Steamship's 61 ships, Sarnia Steamship's 11 ships and tactics in general, and CSU tactics in particular, in But all that is past and gone. The CSU is Colonial Steahiship's 11 vessels, which the. CSU lost the past. ' now on its way out. The SIU Canadian District is on the Lakes to the SIU Canadian District. The first thing they will do now^ is embark on a here. to stick. The SIU has well over a total of 100 contracted face-saving campaign. They will do this in a number We have the deep sea ships under contract, and vessels at this moment—and on all those vessels the of ways. our Union not only has the reputation of having the Wheelsmen's wages are $200 per month. , First, they will try to disarm the internal opposition finest contracts in maritime, but it has the reputation Quite a bit of difference, don't you think? with their phony libel suits and similar tricks to for living up to those contracts scrupulously. But why did the CSU call its phony strike? There "prove their virtue." Tag Days, libel suits and cries of red-baiting will is only one possible answer. The CSU men wanted Second, they will try to stir up sympathy for not keep us out. The record of the last two and a disruption. The only trouble is that they are the themselves. half weeks is a demonstration of that. ones who have been disrupted. Third, they will kick dead horses. The rank and file of the CSU. is flocking to our The dead, horse technique is one we can expect temporary' headquarters and, when we establish our NO ANSWERS TO QUERIES to see used widely. One of their favorite whipping permanent headquarters this week, we expect . that For the past week, the SIU has been putting it up boys will be the late and unlamented Adolf Hitler. many will come to register for jobs, and join a Union to the CSU leaders to answer a few questions for the They have already started this. CSU members, who which puts the welfare of seamen first and does not benefit of the rank and file. have inquired of their leaders about the charges tolerate politicalism of any kind. Apparently ^e CSU rank and file are now putting leveled by the SIU, have been told, "Don't pay any Tlie rank and file of the CSU will flock to a Union these questions to their leaders. Judging by the way attention to the SIU, they're just using Hitler's propa­ which does not ^collect assessments at every turn­ • the rank and file CSU members have been contacting ganda methods." around of a ship, but on a basis fair to everybody the SIU Canadian District's temporary headquarters, Now Adolf Hitler was a monster and a scourge, and after the assessment has been approved by secret they haven't cared much for the answers they have the SIU hates everything he ever did or stood for. ballot. Can the CSU match that? > been receiving from the CSU leadership. In fact, several thousand members from Canada and They will flock to a Union whose financial accounts Actually they have agreed with the Seafarers' an­ the States went to their deaths in the war against are posted in all Union Halls every week. Can the swers. The swing to the SIU is now on—and what is Adolf Hitler. CSU match that? the answer from CSU officials to this pro-SIU swing? But we wonder why it is that Hitler is dragged in, They will flock to a Union which does not spend The answer is terror. to the exclusion of Joseph Stalin—rthe man who made all its money on elusive legal fees. To a Union whose Yes—the communist leaders of the CSU have ac­ the treaty with Hitler, that was the "go ahead" signal officials do not order strikes in foreign ports, or knowledged by their actions that there is nothing that allowed Hitler to start the war in 1939. Hitler strikes that must be financed by Tag Days. they can do to answer the SIU, except to use violence. never used a propaganda technique tnat the commu­ They will flock to a Union whose officials do not« Last night we heard of the beating of SIU mem­ nists have not used at one time or another, for pur­ invent strike issues that do not exist. bers who were asleep in their bunks aboard a ship poses just as foul as Hitler's. The unity of United States and Canadian seamen in Montreal. Before that, it was the vicious beating •The communist officials of the CSU can be expected in the SIU, together with their British, Scandinavian at McAdam. This is the only answer that the com­ to whip up sympathy for themselves with a variety of and other European affiliates of the International munist leaders of the CSU can think of. Any wonder, tricks, all of which are transparent to those who Transportworkers Federation, is labor's own front then,^ that these same leaders have proven themselves have been going up against them for years, as the line pact against communism—a unity that in the full xinfit to lead a Union? SlUhas. sense of justice cannot and will not fail to triumph. V - • Monday. May 2. 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Sevea SlU Canadian District Offers Program Last night we told you something about communist nounced over this station—so keep your sets tuned to adian District press constantly for a better and strategy and tactics that the CSU and other com­ this station at 9 PM, every evening and get the news. more stable living for seamen. munist controlled unions- normally employ, and we Incidently we understand that the communist party For instance', the practice of pulling Canadian also told you what we expected "^he CSU to do on has ordered its hacks irj the CSU to go to any lengths seamen off Canadian ships for imagined offenses the basis of past experience. to prevent us from' opening and maintaining a per- against the Union—a practice the CSU has made a Now we find that our predictions are being con­ marient office here. Moreover, we understand that, habit of^must be stopped. The CSU was not try­ firmed. Take this Tag Day business, for instance. if we open the Hall, the communist party has ordered ing to protect Canadian seamen. On the con­ From the moment the Tag Day was announced, we its hacks and hatchet men to destroy it. That is the trary, the CSU was trying to discipline anti- have maintained that, at this stage of the CSU's .strike- tone of the -several anonymous telephone calls we have communist seamen, and to discipline any man who received. ^hich-is-not-a-strike, there should be m6ney enough tried to do his work in a neat and efficient in the CSU's treasury to carry on for awhile. We call this to the attention of the citizens and manner. officials of Halifax, so that you may know where to If there isn't money enough, those communist offi­ F—Maintaining a Union newspaper edited for place the responsibility for any acts of violence com­ cials never should have commenced their action in the benefit of seamen, a paper containing material mitted, which- may be the result of the communist the first place—that is, if they had any idea of playing about the technical, legal and other problems _ party's orders. to win and not just to disrupt. seamen face, a paper stressing the experiences We call this to your attention, because we have seamen themselves undergo in the course of their To go into a strike action—even a phony strike served notice on the communist leadership of the CSU work. action—without money enough in the bank to see you that the Canadian District of the SIU is in Eastern past a period of less than three weeks is irresponsible Such a paper would necessarily eliminate phony Canada to stick. leadership, and in one way of-aelling out the rank and feature- articles about such people as Henry "Wal­ file of any organization. Wef call this to- your attention because it is the lace from the United States, who, whatever else policy of the communist leaders to prevent their own he may be, most certainly is not a maritime BECLOUDING MANEUVER misguided members from seeing how a democratic personality. Actually the Tag Day is itself a maneuver to win union operates other than by violence—by terror, by G—By insisting that the Union be dedicated to sympathy by clouding the issues. This, as we told you beating sleeping men with baseball bats, as they did the proposition that going to sea is an honorable last night, is a typical-communist trick. yesterday" in Montreal. and responsible occupation. This has been confirmed today. We even heard it The SIU' Canadian District feels that the time has H—By insisting that the Union use its economic 'over the radio. The CSU leaders have seized on the come to lay down a program which it can offer to power to improve the economic power of sea­ completely false notion that the SIU Canadian District the seamen of Halifax. Let's put it on a 1-2-3 basis. men, not to follow and promote the political aims will not ship Haligonian seamen. Of course we'll ship Here is what the SIU Canadian District can give you: of schemers who frequently are not even bona fide Haligonian seamen. Why shouldn't we? First: A Union-controlled Hiring Hall with jobs for seamen, and have no legitimate right to serve as officials of a seamen's Union. Actually, the SIU Canadian District has made it those,Halifax seamen who are, members of the SIU, clear all along that it welcomes any non-communist or who wish to become members. RECORD OF SIU IN US seamen of the CSU to visit our new Halifax office Second: Full time Union representation aimed solely when it opens. Come on in and sign up, we have at gaining greater social and economic security for There is our program. That is what we offer the seamen of Halifax. said. If you come from Halifax, fine. Ship from your seamen. In these matters we look to the future, not own home town. just to the present. You will ask—What are the chances that the SIU Canadian District- can carry it through? Something that the CSU oveiiboks, is the fact that Third: International support from powerful friends the crew lists of the ships we have supplied with whom the SIU possesses all over the world. Let's take a look at the record. . crews reveal that we have shipped 100 percent Can­ The situation in Canada today is not unlike the adian crews. The Department of Immigration has Fourlh: The SIU offers Canadian jobs for Canadian seamen. situation in the United States merchant marine in the confirmed this fact in a public statement. middle thirties. At any rate, we repeat what we have said before. Fifth: The SIU Canadian District will offer a pro­ At that time, the so-called leaders of the American There is a better way than Tag Day for jobless CSU gram for Canadian seamen, aimed at creating more merchant seamen's movement were the type of leaders members to get up the money to support themselves employment for Canadian seamen by the following now running the CSU. ^ A number of them could not and their families. That is to join the SIU Canadian steps: even show one year's 'discharges from ships. They District the Union that is interested in wages and con­ A—By shipping^ responsible Union crews, who just weren't seamen. ditions—not politics. Don't let CSU spokesmen cloud will provide the efficient seamanship which will Yet they had confused and misled a great many the issue! , make the Canadian Merchant Mai'ine itself a American seamen into believing that their disruptive more efficient body. This, in turn, will result in The comniunist leaders of the CSU have attempted tactics were "necessary." They had perfected ways more Canadian ships. It will, in effect, offer more to cloud other issues, tOo. Last night, they singled out of systematically eliminating all internal opposition. the Hiring Hall clause in the present contract between of an incentive to Canadian operators to invest in the steamship companies and the SIU Canadian greater operations. This was the atmosphere in which the Seafarers District. International Union of North America was born. The • UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM SIU, composed of stalwart anti-communist men, im­ That is the same Hiring Hall clause which the CSU B—By demanding larger crews to take up the mediately- started a program aimed—even as the leaders rejected. It is also the same Hiring Hall which slack in unemployment. One of the more tragic Canadian SIU. is now aiming—at achieving full econ­ the CSU's national secretary announced, on April 12, aspects of the CSU's current strike action is that omic and social freedom for seamen. that he would like to accept. it was taken at a time when unemployment was Did they get it? Well, here are some of the things Perhaps this fact is not generally known. But in becoming an acute problem in Canadian ports. they did get: Toronto, on April 12, the national secretary of the CSU This unemployment problem must be solved. In­ They raised the level from about $37 a month for suddenly announced that the CSU leadership was creased manning scales will help a great deal. ready to withdraw its objections to the contract the Able Seamen to the present American level of $225, C—By demanding better shipboard conditions. for base wages. Board of Conciliation hatL-recommended. For instance, the SIU Canadian District will insist They also created the first Union-controlled Hiring Apparently that news hasn't filtered through to the that larger quarters with better facilities be pro­ Hall in the history of seafaring people. Halifax branch of the CSU yet, or at least 'hadn't vided for Canadian seamen. They increased all manning scales by 45%. filtered through as late as yesterday. D--By insisting that the seamen of the SIU Canadian District run their own Union, and not They achieved freedom from following all kinds of HIRIN.G HALL OUTLINED - leave the running of their affairs to political hacks dictated political twists. For we heard the Hiring Hall in our contract de­ and waterfront bums. They used their economic strength for the protection nounced as being virtually no contract at all. Then E—By insisting that the men of the SIU Can- of seamen, and in support of the legitimate economic we heard a great deal more that had nothing to do demands of other non-communist trade unions. with th6 Hiring Hall at all. VICTORIOUS HISTORY Now let's see what this Hiring Hall does.- Through the years they fought the shipowners in Actually it is a very strong Hiring Hall. Canadian SIU Halls strikes that" are now milestones in the history of The Hiring Hall requires that a man be a member The SIU, Canadian District, maintains Halls in maritime labor on this continent. And they won those of the Union before he can be sent to a job on a the following Canadian Ports: strikes—against the mighty P&O Lines, against Sea- train Lines, against the great and arrogant Isthmian ship. This is the closed shop, pure and simple. HEADQUARTERS, 512 McGUl St., Montreal. Steamship Company. In 1946, they tied up the entire What greater protection can a union ask for its HALIFAX, 1281/2 Hollis St., Phone 3-8911 shipping industry of the United States on all coasts, members? when other unions meekly accepted a wage scale that MONTREAL, 1227 Philips,Square. Tels. Plateau seemed inadequate to the SIU. The CSU complains that it does not provide any 8700 and Marquette 5909. protection for crews paying off in United States pprts. And while they were scoring these gx-eat victories, This is no complaint at all so far as the SIU is PORT ARTHUR, S3 Cumberland Street, Tel. they built internally along sound siamen's lines. As concerned. North 1229. • an illustration, they established as their own rule Our reply is that the SIU's United States Districts PORT COLBQRNE, 103 Durham St., Tel. 5591. that to be an official^ a man must show a minimum of three years of seatime. have branches in all United States ports. Our United TORONTO, 1119 Jarvis St., Tel. Elgin 5917. States Brothers always guarantee to force Canadian That is the Seafarers International Union, of which shipowners to supply Canadian seamen to Canadian VICTORIA, B. C., 602 Boughton Street, Tel. the SIU 'Canadian District is a part. Empire 4531. ships. They always live up to their guarantee. They, Is there any reason wh* the Canadian District can­ too, are SIU. This is a guarantee that the CSU is in VANCOUVER, 565 Hamilton St., Tel. Pacific 7824. not do for the seamen of Halifax and the rest of no position to naake. Permanent headquarters will be opened very eastern Canada what the SIU has done for seanien Now let us speak to the seamen of Halifax. We are shortly in Halifax. Meanwhile, the SIU in that elsewhere? in the process of opening permanent offices here in city can be reached by calling the following num- There is no reason why not. The SIU Canadian Halifax. Its location'will be announced the day we ^bers: 3-7231, Extension 403. Distx'ict can do" what it what it sets out to do. We will are rekdy for business. The location will be an­ do what we set out to do. Now is the time to start. djce as 3^%ahditide&ttiie disareJihed man rcsjjfcek, ihebdl (jMhvducedi^ is eveti' wor^ iliaitiie T-H T taiQt \\acve^cS:ori 13 biU,wh£(£.iocnddtssiiMie>

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Davenport (D) 9 Thomas B. Fugate (D) RusseU B. Long (D) MUton R. Young (R) Lester C. Hunt (D) Page Ten T M E SEAFARER^ lO G Monday, May 2, 1949 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS

Crew Charges Coast Gu^d Refused Cola Bees To Meet Canadian Teams In Softball Tourney lAid To Injured Seaman, Ai^s Probe As the ^een grass pushes up the softballing Seafarers will lend through the soil at shore points plfenty of color to the mill town Charging neglect of duty, the crew of the SS Wild Ranger, Waterman, up and down the coast, the lads games. At the recent shipboard meeting it was decided that the ihas called for an investigation into the refusal of the Coast Guard to dispatch of the SS Colabee are limbering Cola Bees' official uniform would medical aid to a crewmember injured in a shipboard fall while the vessel was up for their annual whack at be a blue jersey, emblazoned by enroute to San Juan from'" Softball. Plans for putting a team the team name in gold lettering. broken ribs and possible internal "In the following hours the onto the field were formulated And, of course, a large bee will injuries. Skipper sent three more radio !!?»few Orleans on April 9. at a recent shipboard meeting, serve as a background for the "He was unconscious when messages without success. Des­ team's name. r According to a letter to the according to Tex Suit, who will SEAFARERS LOG from the carried to the ship's hospital. pairing of any assistance from "Immediately the Captain sent the Coast Guard, he ordered the serve as co-manager for the Suit, who in addition to his co- " ship's three delegates, the Coast managerial functions will hold Guard base in Miami refused to an emergency radio message to ship to full speed and caUed for Colabee's 1949 Softball aggrega­ the Coast Guard station in Miami an ambulance to be waiting at down several of the season's Send a plane to the ship to re- tion. pitching assignments, says this jnove Seafarer M. J. Smyly, who requesting a seaplane to remove the dock in San Juan. Brother Smyly to a shoreside Most of the games on the year's Cola Bee outfit will be in had been seriously injured when "It was more than 30 hours Cola Bees' schedule-will be play­ there swinging hard to live up he fell from a bosun's chair to hospital. later that the vessel arrived in 'The Coast Guard's answer was ed up in the softball conscious to the reputation established" by |he deck. San Juan and Brother Smyly was town of Baie Comeau in the shipboard teams in previous that landing conditions were not removed to a hpspital; 30 hours The chain of events, as de­ too favorable. This despite the province of Quebec. Each spring years. scribed in the letter, was as fol­ in which he had been in severe the Colabee resumes her news­ fact that the seas were very agony." lows: calm and an 18-mile-an-hour print run between the Canadian "On Saturday, April 9, Brother wind blowing, perfect conditions In concluding the report, the port and New York, approxi­ Want Games delegates stated that seanaen do mately- a 14-day turnaround. . Smyly, while painting the king for a landing^ The "Seafarers," a softball out­ post on the starboard side for­ "The Coast Guard advised us not beef about trivial matters, Suit says that in the small fit whose home grounds are in ward in a bosun's chair, was to keep the man comfortable and but the Ranger crew feels that but modern paper mill town of pitched to the deck below when treat him for shock. This we an "investigation should be made Baie Comeau, "the people go in Brooklyn, is looking for pitchers, the gantline rope broke. Brother -had already done. The Chief to find out why the US Coast for sports in a big way." They the LOG has been informed. Guard neglects service to US Smyly sustained a broken ankle, Mate did as much as possible to organize several' softball team^ All the players are reported 'lacerations about the body, two keep the patient comfortable. ships in "home waters when they into a local league," he added. are maintained to ^render such to be SIU members. The team is service. It's a case of deplorable The Cola Bees, composed of now making bookings for games John Kealy Dies In Bangkok negligence that might have cost officers and unlicensed crewmen and the lads will play anywhere a seaman his life." aboard the Illinois-Atlantic pa­ in Brooklyn, our informant said. per carrier, will meet as much The delegates who submitted He advised that anyone- inter­ of the Baie Comeau softball op­ ested in trying out for a position the report are -J. D. Kennedy, position as their stopovers will on the "Seafarers" should see Deck; R. G. Long, Engine, and permit. Paul Gonsorchik, "owner" of the J. P. Morton, Stewards. It is expected that this year club. He'll also book games. Two SIU-Manned Ships Freed From Shoals Two SlU-contracted vessels erly current and struck the rocks freed a few hours later without which had run aground were .re­ off San Nicholas Island. sustaining a"y damage. She put floated last week with no in­ On Friday, April 15, the ship into a Cuban port. The cutter Miaoma had rushed to her aid juries or loss of life among the was freed from the rocks, and taken to Wilmington harbor from Miami. crews, and only slight damage The mishap suffered by the to one ship. where divers' reported the hull cracked in several places mid­ Chemist was the third of the Isthmian's Steel Chemist ran ship. She'll enter' drydock there year to befall Isthmian-owned aground off Long Beach, Cali­ for repairs. ships. Early in the year the Steel fornia on April 10^ and the San- Maker ran aground off Martha's ford B. Dole, Metro Petroleum The Chemist was enroute from the Far East to Wilmington -with Vineyard, Massachusetts, and the Company ship, ran onto a reef Steel Admiral was hung up in off the north coast of Cuba on her final destination the East Coast. Suez about the same time. April 18. The Admiral, during the same The Steel Chemist, entering QUICKLY FREED voyage, struck a mine in the Wilmington harbor in a thick The Sanford B. Dole ran Saigon River, but sustained no fog, encountered a strong south­ aground during a storm and was damage.

Seafarer John Keal^'s body about to be committed to the sea southeast .of Bangkok on March 27, as bis grieved ship­ mates stand by.

Seafarer John J. Kealy died ashore to be buried by the laws aboard the SS Steel Navigator, of that country," Thomas said. • on March 21 in Bangkok, and Accordingly, Kealy was buried at sea below Bangkok on March was buried at sea, the LOG 27 at longitude 106 degrees 56 learned in a letter signed for the minutes east. "All hands stood crew by H. L. Thomas. at attention while Captain Mark Thomas wrote that he made Suglien said prayers over the body," Thomas declared in his his annoimcement "with great letter. "With deep respect all regret and sad feeling," and hands said the Lord's Prayer to­ added that Kealy was "a good gether and Johnny Kealy's body Union man and a good ship­ was committed to the sea." mate." He sailed as Oiler. Kealy was born in England in 1909 and joined the SIU in June "The ship was riding-the hook 1947, receiving his book in July in Bangkok, Siam,. at the time 1948. of John Kealy's death, but due He is survived by his mother, :to all kinds of regulations and Mrs, Emma Kealy of 5616 Wal­ While cargo is removed from the beached Steel Chemist prior to refloating, the tug Viking; ^restrictions he could not be put ton Avenue, Philadelphia. laut lines to keep the^ Chemist from toppling over on the rocks. Monday, May 2. 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings ROBIN KIRK, Mar. 27—Joseph WILLIAM TILGHMAN, Feb. SeaSxrcrSam Carriveau, Chairman; Leo Allen, 6—^Richard W. Simpkins, Chair­ Secretary. Following discussion man; Mike Streiffer, Secretary, ieitexs held previous meeting, motion Election held for ship's delegate. carried that stowaways are not James W. Brake elected. Dele­ to do any work on this ship. gates reported little disputed Ship's delegate reported that if the overtime. Good and Welfare: ship docks in the morning, payoff Recommended that cold drinks \caH$ would be held in the afternoon, be served twice^ daily in - warm in which case there would be no climate. Recommended that draw. Departmental delegates noise be kept to minimum so reported that everything is okay. watch can sleep. One minute Motion by James While, sec­ of silence for Brothers lost at onded by Michael Magal, that an sea. amendment be made to Section 4 4 4 8, which deals with sailing time PURDUE VICTORY, Feb. 27— on weekend sailing, through a cussed new shipping rules and Arthur Werl, Chairman; Arthur referendum. Motion recom­ the method of registering in the Thompson, Secretary. Delegates mended that sailing time be three groupings. It was sug­ reported no beefs pending. New posted before 5 PM Friday if gested that further clarification Business: Motion carried to dis­ ship is to sail before 8 AM Mon­ of the group registration«method cuss activities of Chief Cook. day. Under education, the value should be requested of Head­ Various members discussed his of inter-depaftment cooperation quarters. overstaying shore leave. Sug­ was stressed. Because all three 4 4 gestion made that man make departments have been working donation to LOG in lieu of being together on this ship, there likve SANFORD B. DOLE, Feb. 22— B. Higdon-, Chairman; L. F. logged by the Skipper. Motion been no beefs. Deck and En­ carried for Cook to donate any gine Departments thanked galley Toland, Secretary. Delegates re­ ported on standing of men in amount he sees fit. Good and men for their good work on this Welfare: Brother suggested that trip, and Steward in turn, ex­ their departments. Robert High was elected ship's delegate. Mo­ all crewmembers turn in extra pressed appreciation of his de­ linen. partment for the cooperation tion carried urging department given them. heads to get messhalls, passage­ ways showers and heads cleaned up, with job to get under way immediately. Suggested that check be made into shortage of CUT and RUN soap. One minute of silence By HANK for departed Brothers. In all ports the Brothers have written letters to many Con­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 gressmen and Senators urging them to vote for the Thomas- JEAN,-Feb. 11—Felix Bone- AZALEA CITY, March 13— Lesinski bill which repeals the Taft-Hartley Act and allows. our - 4 4, i fonte. Chairman; Billy McCarthy. Fred Roman, Chairman; Satirias American labor unions to survive and progress. And, according to ROBIN SHERWOOD, Feb. 3— Secretary. Motion by Brother Foscolos, Secretary. Delegates re­ reports, many Brothers have explained to their families back Fred Miller, Chairman; Gerald Mateo that all escape hatches ported all working smoothly in home why they should immediately write letters to those home­ Sinkes, Secretary. Ship's dele­ and port holes be repaired be­ their departments. New Busi­ town Congrssmen urging them to vote for the bill. Write those gate read letter sent to Brother fore ship sails on next trip. ness: Motion by Rothmier that letters today. Brothers. It's up to us to win this beef. . Hall concerning death of one of Delegates aie to investigate pos­ sufficient notice be given before our shipmates. Also a report on sibility of securing larger beds. ship's meeting is held. Motion 4 4 4 the man employed as his re­ Engine delegate is to check radi­ by Amato that due to failure of Steward Bill Durham,, who knows how to sell life insur- placement. Department dele- ators aft and inspect blowers in port steward at end of previous anee, is in town after homesteading six months aboard the , ' gates announced total number of engine and fire rooms. Spigot trip to provide promised galley Alcoa Clipper .out 'of New Orleans... Every time Brother [1 disputed hours of overtime. needed for, water cooler in en­ gear and repairs that tl>e ship's Walter Gardner sailed into town with his mustache we failed After discussing case of three gine room. Vote of thanks ex­ delegate check with department to mention his visit. From now on we'll clean our "news" men who missed ship in Durban, tended to Stewards Department heads before ship's departure to sextant and announce he's in town — with or without the crew decided that ship's delegate for its fine job of feeding and spe that all gear is aboard and romantic fuzz. should prepare a statement of serving crew. One minute of necessary repairs have been 4 4 4 the incident and forward it to made. Question on milk taken silence for departed Brothers. Tony Zalewski just anchored with his cigar, after a boneyard the Headquarters. It was agreed aboard in Antwerp. Belgian- job and some tanker sailing... Carl Wayne, the rolypoly Elec­ that an account of the difficul­ born crewmember maintained trician, was here after a long absence. Last week he sailed out ties arising out of the Captain's that milk is pasteurized and is agaia... Paul Goodwin, who's always wearing dark glasses, was failure to be more definite in perfectly okay. Crew gave wishing he would receive some mail to pass the time away. Any­ posting sailing time should be in­ wholehearted thanks to Stewards thing else, Paul? ... Eddie Ralko just made a ship this week .. cluded in statement. Injui-ious Department for fine meals. Bill Glick lost his voice last week and was given three different effect of performers aboard ship 4 4 4 4 4 4 medicines to take, which are making him feel worse than ever. was discussed under Education. WARRIOR, Feb. 27—Nels Lar­ STEEL MAKER, March 12— 4 4 4 4 4 4 son, Chairman; William Brown, Ricky, Chairman; Ramon Irri- Arthur Camara was in-transit last week aboard a Bull STEEL INVENTOR — William Secretary. Ship's delegate re­ zarry. Secretary. Delegates all Line wagon on the "sugar run." His shipmate Julius Thrasher Roma. Chairman; V^liam Healy, ported that clothing, personal ef­ reported disputed overtime. New must still be aboard his recent home, a Seatrain scow... Secretary. Ship's delegate Jos­ fects and union papers of three Business: Motion carried to draw Steward Jose Quimera, the oldtimer, was in town last week eph Slackowilz and department Brothers left , in Yokohama be up new repair list. Motion car­ ... Weaver Manning is in town doing some walking on the delegates reported. Crew wishes put under lock and key. Deck ried for ship's delegate to check shipping deck rather than any skillful cribbage-playing or fresh water in messhall for use delegate repoi'ted disputed over­ union books for Patrolman. Mo­ pinochling on the recreation deck. in making coffee instead of the time to be taken up with Mate. tion carried that all three dele­ water drawn from boilers as now Other delegates reported no gates see about engine depart­ 4 4 4 being done. Another sink is beefs. New Business: Motion by ment ovei-time. Motion carried Norman "Ozzie" Okray, who's really making a home out of needed in galley as present one Scott that delegates get together to make report on Brother Jose the Algonquin Victory, navigated ashore this week for some mail is being used for washing and on repair lists. Good and Wel­ Aquilania's death. ... If our memory isn't slipping we saw Brother "Three-finger" rinsing. Liquid soap dispensers fare: Suggestion made that Morgan sail into town last week and grab'a job the same day... were recommended for installa­ foc'sles and recreation roohi be It sure looks like there are American ships in New York harbor. tion in crew's head as a stricter sougeed before ship arrives in sanitary measui-e. port. One minute of silence for 4 4 4 Brothers lost at sea. Here are some other Brothers in town: Robert Harless, • Archibald Volkerts, -Eddie Hallihan, Sal Volpi, Carl Lawson. 4 4 4 4 4 4 A few Brothers in-transit were: Pete De Pietro, William Traser, TELFAIR STOCKTON, Feb. 27 HASTINGS, Feb. 13—W. Erwin Max, Charles Mazur. Those who recently arrived into —L. E. McCune, Chairman; Peter Hamilton, Chairman; C. J. Oli­ town were—Charles Jindra, Joe Clurman, Larry Key, Lawrence Piascik, Secretary. Delegates re­ ver, Secretary. Delegates re­ 4 4 4 Edwards, Raymond Grindle, Joseph Lapointe... The LOG will ROBIN HOOD, Feb. 13—Don­ ported no beefs, gave the num­ ported everything in order. M. C. be sailing free of cost to the homes of the following Brothers— ald Mease, ChaiHnan; William ber of bookmen and permits in Wautlet elected ship's delegate. John Lefco of New York, H. Dickmeyer of Louisiana, Roy Moore, Secretary. No beefs in their depai'tments. Good and Good and Welfare: Discussion on Barker of Louisiana, Walter Prang of New York, John Paerels any of the three departments. Welfare: Agreed that no one insufficiency of nighf lunch. One of California, Gerald Gjerseth of Wisconsin, Alfred Ortega of Motion carried to have ship's should tamper with refrigerator minute of silence observed for - Florida, George Lawrence of Alabama, Harold Hamilton of delegate se^ Captain about pre­ and that it be defi>osted only by Brothers lost at sea. Alabama, A. Gamzon of New York, Walter Matthews of Florida, paring draw-list two days prior authoi'ized crewmember. Cap­ ,•444 Charles Merritt of Florida, Donny Woods of Florida, Gibson to arrival in port, and to have tain assured Steward that neces­ OREMAR, March 1 — Ferron, Coker of Alabama, James Nelson of California, Julian Lewis Captain instruct company agent sary painting would be handled Chairman; M. EsChenko, Secre­ of South Carolina. to have money available at time during trip. Suggestion made tary. Delegates' reports accepted. convenient to men off watch that stand by man clean up Discussion on repair of water 4 4 4 when .ship arrives. Motion messroom for his respective cooler. List of fines made up for Last minute news—Three SIU ships were in the news recently amended to further request that watch. R. Ruttkay elected ship's violations of messroom pro­ from various parts of the world—Isthmian's William Tilghman and Captain put out draw every five delegate by, acclama^tion. One cedure. Moneys to go to hospi­ the Steel Chemist, also there was the SS Sanford Dole... Brothers, days in port, as customary. minute of silence for Brothers talized Seafarers. One minute of keep those jobs shipshape, the ships dean and happy. Your SIU Ernest Metis, Electrician, dis- ,lost at sea. silence for Brothers lost at sea. agreement is your responsibility at all times. Page Twelva TBE SEAFARERS LOG Monday, May ^ 1949 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEARS £

PALS MEET IN SOUTH AFRICA Says Delegates Form• Union's First Line Of DMense, Asks For Better Cooperation To ihe Editor: come acropper. Brief analyses of men an additional man. Despite Although much stress has been some of these cases will amply this person's long years of Union laid on the other component illustrate the bearing their solu­ membership, the delegates put parts of our Union, no more tions have on the crew and the him off the ship. than passing reference has been membership at large. Honest to goodness oldtimers made regarding ship delegaites. Here's one of the beefs: The who really helped build our un­ They are the difference between Sand Chief's officers apparently ion will commend this action, making a contract a live docu- had adopted a manana attitude knowing that the building pro­ men or having a dead one. Cap­ toward the ship repairs in gen­ cess is a continuing one and that able union representatives are eral, and installation of a wash­ only through the weeding out of essential to the harmony of a ing machine in particular, be­ performers and Joul balls will ship where factionalism and op­ cause they had allowed a long the SIU consistently grow and portunism come so frequently to list of such items to pile up for ^pand. the fore. A poor delegate creates longer than a rhonth. Another kind of pest—the guy more sores than he cures. Having more than a bellyful of with OT tentacles — was soon Most of us choose the line of promises, the delegate bee-lined found out and speedily taken least resistance in administering around •to see the ship's three care of by the delegates. This our contracts, but ship delegates lop ranking officers and demand­ cKaracter boasted that he, was have got to go the whole way. ed action. Actjpn came with sur­ on the scow "solely to make a They form SIU's front line of prising suddenness, for all next buck. That was all to the good defense. It is their determina­ day the ship was bustling with until it was learned that his tion to get for the crew what activity in a belated effort to methods included everything it is entitled to which certifies satisfy the crew's demands. from catering to the officers to the standards that our Union IV^eanwhile the officers, figuring brow-beating his fellow crew- Robin Tuxford crewmember Joe Startwood, MM, right, fought so hard to establish. to get in the last lick, needless­ members. poses with Afrikander friend visiting him aboard ship in Daily they deal with human ly tied up the ship while re­ He had a curious back injury Port Elizabeth. Picture by Rudolph (Gabby) Gross.., . ^ equations in shipboard relation­ pairs were being made, obvious­ which prevented fiim from per­ ships. With an eye to the future ly with the intent to smear the forming many onerous tasks contract they look around to see crew with the brush of irrespon­ while on watch, but once the Compared To Tiny Latvia, if more jobs can be created, more sibility. However, alertness on overtime period began his ailing compensable work provided for the part of the delegates got us member effected a miraculous US Is Landlubbing Nation the crew. They seek to eliminate good results. They notified Union cure. No job was too tough for red tape which only succeeds officials that every Seafarer was him then. He did more work To the Editor: 8 time more a seafaring people in increasing friction, decreas­ at his post and that if any quick­ than the rest of the deck gang than, the Americans ai-e today. ie strike was in progress it was Most Americans, who see the ing efficiency. The ease and skill put together, that is overtime Therefore, America, whose being perpetrated by the officers work.. The payroll sheets show United States a rriaritime nation, with which they dispose of their Government had just signed the and not the crew. * it. His total overtime pay ex­ -believe that they are a great problems will go far toward set­ people who live by the sea and Atlantic Pact and had pledged ting a pattern Union negotiators PLOT SQUELCHED ceeded the aggregate amount of its assistance to "Western Euro­ the other nine ABs. . prosper by the ocean trade. To will follow come bargaining This information was quickly be soberly i-ealistic, let us see pean Nations, must become time. relayed to company officials and BLEW TOPS how the United States, as a sea­ ocean-minded and call for ships The lid this phony was sitting GOOD NEGOTIATOR the day was saved for the crew. faring nation, compares today to be built and manned if the The Union's record of honorably on blew off one day when he with little Latvia 40 years ago. American way of life is to be A good delegate will expedite tried to get one of the fom- preserved. We must have a holding intact its contractual ob­ Riga, the capital, with popula­ problems himself rather than hours for taking on dry stores strong merchant marine or else ligation was maintained. tion of some 250,000, was then, draw Union officials away from by threatening his fellow crew- suffer the consequence. And, if In another case, a gashound proportionately, a busier port more pressing duties to handle proved costly to the Union to members with bodily harm. That big business thinks that his is ship-level beefs. He knows how cooked. his goose, which made than New®York is today. For a the pleasure of chartering cheap the tune of one job that could week in midsummer of 1908, a to cooperate intelligently when have been written into the con­ the officers very sad because he foreign bottoms, let him remem­ Riga newspaper listed the num­ the interests of the Union and was tabbed their best worker. ber that he may find to his sorr tract, had he simply remained on ber of arrivals and sailings as 80 the company are in common, duty when he should have been. Before closing I'd like to make row that he may have to pay steamers and 120 sailing vessels. and how to compromise intelli­ a plea to the membership for for the pleasure. Instead, his performing and ab- Forty years ago, the Latvians, gently when their interests are steeisni put an unduly heavy better • understanding of their R. J. Peterson in conflict. delegates. Theirs is no. pleasant who numbered 250,000 people, burden on his fellow crewmem- owned some 750 vessels, with 500 On this ship, the SS Sand bers, who covered up for him. task, acting as shock absorber Chief, many problems have come between the company and you. ships for deep-sea trade and 250 By doing so the company was schooners sailing coastwise. Seafarer-Soldier to harass the delegates, but, so given its most solid argument Be considerate in your judgment far, those worthies have yet to, for refusing to grant the depart- of them. Nobody ever rendered It means to say that for each the perfect decision. In human 3,000 Latvians there was one ves­ Rates Slopchest relations there has to be give sel sailing the seas and earning LONGTIME SHUTTLERS TO FRANCE and take. money—as against one US ship Over Army's PX- These men constitute the rank today to each 100,000 Americans To the Editor: and file officialdom. They know who hug themselves ashore. • I've been sent to the land of your problems first hand and As for the cargo tons, carried, tea and crumpees by Uncle Sam have to live with the results of there were in Latvia 5 inhabi­ for a 30 month stint and would their settlements. They have the tants to one ton—against 20 in­ like to have the LOG sent here Union welfare at heart. And, habitants in the United States, therefore, yours, or they never instead of my home. I miss or four times less. True~_fhe reading it weekly. would have accepted the' thank­ Latvian ve^els were small, but less job in the first place. they provided jobs for some 10,- Sometimes when I walk to the John Cole 000 seamen, as against 80,000 PX here I get to thinking that Americans employed on US ves­ maybe some former ship opera­ sels today. tor makes up can elwnys go- to the ace to the safety and security of our system than Joe Stalin. It is in America, however, guest of" Firestone Rubber Com­ ' lounge and read or meet a few where all this is happening. The pany. At ITarbal, headquarters of. the boys. If you play pool, If some of the all-powerful insurance companies pass the of the company, you'll see the there's a table in the recrea- men in the Kremlin suddenly buck and try to wash their hands largest airship ia Africa. You ' tion room. went crazy and gave out orders of the matter. It is not our' do­ to refuse work and a living to can also visit the rubber planta­ Ramon Usera is an out-patient ing, they say. The employers tion-. It has 800,000 acres and ;in New Orleans. He •has- ear all men and women over 40 say this is done by decree of the years of age in the Soviet Un­ 10J500,600 trees. If you doubt it, trouble Luis Ramirez wrote a insurance companies which re­ you can count them yourself. good article on tattooing. The ion and all those who reach the fuse to insure workers over these Harbel has 10,000 modern homes. seamen of today are not going: ripe old age of 35 because they ages through prohibitive rates The only ships hitting- this port for self-adornment like they had only a few years more to and hidden restrictions. are the Delta scows. once- did... Scotty Malvenan, work before they reached the Patients in the New Otieans oldtimer from way back, is ready deadline, we would be shocked. / WHO'S TO BLAME marine hospital have told me to, take a Cook's job going south Can any one visualize what It is not our fault, say big that the SIU takes good care ... Jose Arceo from the West Harry Benner, Bosun of the our government and big business businessmen. "America is still of them.... A ' sign in- the Coast has been in the Gulf area Bull Run, is caught in a pen­ newspapers would say? I can the land of opportunity," shout YMCA in New Orleans reads: for four years. He plans to get sive mood by a fellow crew- hear the speeches and read the the Gabriel Heatters, not men­ "Only man under 3S can se­ hitched and live in Bayou La member. Ship returned, recent­ editorials now. I can hear charges tioning for whom. The govern­ cure: rooms." I tried to get a Fouch Being a married man ly from voyage to Curacao, branding the totalitarian edict as ment of, by and for the people room there during the Mardi and. a Mobilian are the reasons England, and the Netherlands. "inhuman," "unchristian," "un- is silent. It refuses to protect Gras. I'm now staying at the W. B. Yarbrough gives for sail­ the interests of aU the people ing on the Clipper Tip Cole­ by ignoring the age deadline im­ LOG ON MENU man says the longer the trip the Ponders Writings Of Wunderlich posed upon its citizens. AT GRILL IN better. At present he's on a 17 To the Editor: A seaman starts out to see the Now the living dead are piling PORT ARANSAS day cruise ship. world and earn his bread doing up fast. Not only are the millions John Wunderlich wrote a let­ it. Some of the Brothers I'm To the Editor: At last I've come across the of unemployed to be considered, ter some time ago picturing a sure have recognized themselves Numerous merchant seamen "star messman." He's John­ but the fact is that America as ship at sea. He mentioned three in the writings of Wunderlich. come in this grill when they nie Crews of the Clipper.... a whole is getting older. The things: the soul, immortality and He is, it seems, what a poet once dock at Harbor Island across the Why do most Captains say birth rate is down and people the briefness of life. These termed "an artist of life." Many channel. Several have asked if they want a chicken farm are living longer than they did three matters can be pondered seamen may disagree with life as we had copies of your news­ when they retire from the sea? fifty years ago. Today a man at length by all of us, young or he sees it, but others of us see in paper. We would sincerely ap­ V/hat are your plans for the has fifteen years of life from old, ashore or afloat. his words that which we have preciate receiving one or more future? school to the finish line: 35-years- often felt but have been unable copies of the LOG weekly for Nathan Robbins is an out-pa­ Retired member or young pro­ old. In that period a man has to express. distribution to SIU men. tient at the New Orleans marine bationary Seafarer — these three to make enough money to live Mrs. A. A. Swanson hospital Mississippi is going things we all face. In all parts Keep writing, John. I'm sure out the rest of his life. Not one man in ten million living today Douglass Grill ahead with its plans for building of the world and. imder all con­ that many seamen, lonely as we can perform that feat. Port Aransas, Texas a large ship for its South Ameri­ ditions they are with us. We often are, find them worthy of (Ed. Note: You can get a can run. It's now up to us to can't escape them, though we Consider the prospects facing side order of the LOG at prepare a good working agree­ may resort to wine and women thought. organized labor, the backbone of Douglass' now.) ment. • for temporary freedom. William A. Kennedy American production. We, in the ranks of labor, are tied up to industry by contracts setting Red Puts Squeeze On Isthmian—Result:- Pineapple Juice wage scales. None of us is an If during the middle of last of roller skates. One of their tough neighborhood they came Among the crew we have employer who uses the labor of others to reap private gain. Not January you noticed the flag Port Captains is 109 percent Am­ "Charlie" MacNeil, the great down, to the ship to roll us. one man covered by these con­ over 19 Rector Street at half- erican. He comes down to the lover. In every port there's a However, being fully loaded tracts has any chance of earning mast, it was because I had left : payoff with a tomahawk. On girl .to see him off. She's the and carrying a deck load. of. more than a bare living. At Waterman Steiamship Company. Sundays the stockholders take lumber we hit out for Boston. one that lets the lines-go. Also But because my usual habit is their kids down to Beaver Street aboard is John Kuhley, and his forty he is finished as a work­ Such lumber—any self-respect­ er. gping from. bad. to worse, I to throw stones at the Union ing termite wouldn't be caught "mad-gic" violin. John is a true wound up with. Isthmian. Hall. Instead of getting up at musician. If he hears a girl sing­ Labor must begin to see clear­ dead in this wood-pile. Now I ly where the ruinous policies of Efficiency and precaution — the usual 7:20, I.get up at 5:20. know what they make cornflakes ing in the bathtub he puts his that's Isthmian. The anchors on That gives me two more hours ear to the key-hole. big business and government are out of. You've heard new home leading the nation. their ships are stamped, "Stolen to hate the company. owners complaiit about unaged I thought I'd have to stay for From The Isthmian SS Co." At This trip the Marquette Vic­ wood. This' stuff we're carrying, Instead of a sane approach: the top of the. gangway next to tory hit the Hawaiian-Intercoast- another trip with the big "I", but adequate pensions and a shorter still has nests in it. There are the Governor came through with the sailing board is a peach of al run; It. stinks!. However, the so many knots in these boards, work week, there is only one a. sign: "Put It . Back," One day islands have their usuaL points if a ball-club used them for a a reprieve. road which will bring the over- at a company pier I forgot to of interest. There's the Tiger- fence they'd ga broke; Red Campbell 40 worker back into favor; the clean my nails and was almost Inn—when yoa get the bill you road to war. pinched for taking, slushing roar! At. the RoyalrHawaiian. Strange is it not that there ashore. This outfit is so cheap each- room has- hot and cold are no deadlines or age ques­ they christen their ships with running pineapple j,uice. Even tions during a war? We are nev­ 7TUP. Then they dispute some in the bathroom whea you. pull, er too old to work then, and too poor sailor's overtime to cover the chainr—pineapple juice! The bad for us if we don't. The in­ the expense of the broken bottle. prices are so high they don!t surance rates are never mention­ Isthmian's got the answer to change the linen, anymore , — ed and big business openly the transportation question. At they throw out the whole bed boasts of the nation's production, the payoff they propose to give At Wakaki beach I gpt quite while the newspapers gloat and you a pocket compass and a pair a sunburn. Everyday I used, to howl about the freedom to work go down to the beach to see and create, ad nauseum. "Who's Cooking." My face peel­ Do the blind fools of big busi­ ed so much I could brush my ness believe that a man's pa­ teeth without opening my mouth. triotism will glow like a shin­ Chief Cook Eddie Dunn got so ing star in the day of national much sand in his stomach his peril after he has been thrown floating kidney was beached for on industry's scrap heap? Even three days. a hero learns in time. HEY, RUBE Wandering Seafarer Having finished with the Is­ lands we went to the West Coast. In Washingtod we hit a town so small they had midnight Note To Bosuns ' shows at nine o'clock. Linton has Men desiring to have Bo- ^ three traffic lights—^two more sun stomped in their Union ' than it has automobiles. Next, books can have it done by ' Frisco and "Sunny California." appearing before the com­ Sunny?—my foc'sle was as cold mittee handling this matter r as an Eskimo outhouse. "Chips" on the 2nd deck of the New - Jacques had* so many bljuikets York Hall. t Eddie Dunn—at the moment oh we had to use a bookmark Red CampbelL Bosun, left, with Hunt, AB, and an uniden- All discharges must be hk floating kidney is in a to find him in the morning. Ih iifled OS; while topping gear in Honolulu. Picture by Michael presented at the time. good mooiL Frisco we tied up at such a Criitaldi, AB. Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Monday, May 2, 1949 inutes Of A&G Branch Meetings in Brief GALVESTON—Chairman, Jeff promised to put all possible pres­ lorrison, 34213; Recording Sec sure on the Coast Guard for its |:etary, R. Wilburn, 37739; Read- failure to send a plane to remove A&G Shipping From April 6 To April 20 the injured man to a hospital. ig Clerk. J. Byrd, 33459. REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL Minutes of meetings in other Minutes of meetings held in PORT DECK ENG. STWDS. REG. DECK ENG. STWDS. SHIPPED ports accepted, except Galveston Ijther SIU Branches read and ac­ New Busihess which was held Boston 13 15 10 38 8 10 5 23 over to New Business. Agent cepted. Agent Keith AIsop re­ New York 167 144 140 451 150 115 106 371 ported on the shipping picture, Tanner spoke on shipping situa­ PhUadelphia 26 21 ' 28 75 40 29 24 93 tion and reported that Waterman /hich he termed as "slow." He Baltimore 132 ,96 65 293 102 84 71 257 jilso gave the membership the expects to bring out of the bone- Norfolk : 29 30 23 82 8 5 6 19 yard three ships for the coal Icore on the Canadian District Savannah (Dept. figures not received) 37 (Dept. figur^ not received) 39 l)eef, which the A&G District run. He also outlined the hap­ Tampa 11 9 8 2? 7 6 8 21 penings at the SIU Convention Iiad pledged to support. Trial Mobile 70 63 63 196 ^ 68 57 57 182 JyOmmittee elected from floor. and told of the Union's organiz­ New Orleans 56 45 98 199 69 64 118 251 ing program to organize every­ Irelegram from Assistant Secre- Galveston. 73 72 45 190 17 9 3 29 I ary-Treasurer Matthews read, thing in the maritime industry. West Coast 35 43 24 102 " 41 37 31 109 New Business: After discussion, jj/lessage reported the tie-up be- San Juan 20 6 6 32 11 8 6 25 I ween the CSU and the MCS in motion carried to accept Galves­ J^he United States. One minute GRAND TOTAL 632 544 510 1,723 521 424 ^35 , 1,419" ton minutes. Meeting adjourned j^f silence for departed Brothers, with 310 members present. leeting adjourned with 118 left. The Agent also discussed should be required to bring doc­ men showed in turning out for 4 4 4 |)Ookmembers present. the present shipping status of tor's statement attesting to ill­ demonstration before the MCS. NEW YORK—Chairman. J. P. 4- . 4 the port. Motion carried to pro­ ness he claimed. Under Good Hall. Communication from Sea- Shuler, 101; Recording Secretary, TAMPA — Chairman, Ray hibit loitering in front of the and Welfare, many members hit train New Orleans concerning Freddie Stewart, 4035; Reading ^hite, 57; Recording Secretary, building and for fines to be im­ the deck to talk on matters con­ crewmember who knocked off Clerk, Robert Matthews, 154. posed on those whose conduct cerning the Union. work in port before getting okay. |a. H. Hall, 2600; Reading Clerk, directly outside the building re­ 4 4' 4* Matter referred to committee. Motion carried to accept and levin Ellis, 16. file minutes-of meetings held in flects unfavorably on the Union NORFOLK — Chairman, Ben Secretary-Treasurer's report read Previous minutes of Tampa and the membership. Secretary- and accepted. Committee on bal­ other Branches. Headquarters Treasurer's financial report read Rees, 95; Recording Secretary, P. loting reported that 597 men had^ report delivered. A&G assistance Jranch read and accepted, along Livingston, 48950; Reading Clerk, /ith minutes of previous meet­ and accepted. Trial Committee cast their ballots to date in being given Canadian District ings in other Branches. Motion was elected to hear case of Charley Newman, 20981. transportation rule referendum. outlined td membership. Disposi­ fcarried to accept Secretary- Brother who was accused of be­ Eight men took the Union oath tion of Bernstein charter appli­ ing drunk at a sign-on and who Previous Branch minutes. of Obligation. One minute of cation and status of Cities Serv­ [Freasurer's financial report. Port Headquarters report read and ac­ |\gent reported on State Federa­ then missed ship, causing the silence observed for Brothers lost ice election outlined. Ageijt re­ ship to sail shorthanded. Two cepted. Agent discussed fully at sea. Good and Welfare: Dis­ ported shipping as being slow, other cases of a similar nature the present picture in the Can­ cussion on ' keeping Hall clean. were reviewed by the Trial Com­ adian District, pointing out that Suggestion made that members the current struggle is the same mittee. It was agreed by all work off fines by cleaning and battle the SIU has been fight­ hands to help keep the Hall in sougeeing around the Hall. Meet­ ship-shape condition. Meeting ing against the commies all ing adjourned with 326 members through its existence. Dispatch- adjourned at 8:25 PM, with 125 present. members present. 4 4 4 SAN JUAN—Chairman, J. 0. tion of Labor convention held at 4> 41 4> and urged eligible aliens to ap­ [Lakeland. He said that it was BOSTON—Chairman, T. Flem­ Bernard, 42829; "Recording Secre­ ply for their citizenship papers, rioped that progress could be ing, 30821; Recording Secretary, tary, J. Garcia, 7152: Reading otherwise they will not be ship­ i nade to remove some of" the re- R. Lee, 47958; Reading Clerk, B. Clerk, R. Morgan, 10670. ped after July 1 per membership itrictions that have been holding Lawson, 894. er's report accepted. Motion car­ ried to check number of mem­ Motions carried to accept min­ resolution. Eleven men took the abor down in this state. The Union Oath of Obligation. One •onvention decided that efforts Minutes of previous meetings bers present from the shipping utes of meetings held in other in other Branches read and ac­ cards turned in. Membership Branches. Agent reported on Brother made appeal fior recon­ yould be redoubled to win for sideration of his case by Trial Organized labor a more favor- cepted. Headquarters report to discussed several matters of im­ status of shipping in port. Patrol­ the membership read and ac­ portance to all hands.' Meeting man reported on problems met Committee. Matter referred to i ble position than is possible un- Appeals Committee. iler the present set-up. The cepted. Following also were ap­ adjourned at 9:30 PM, --with 93 and solved aboard the ships in proved: Report of delegates to members present. port. New Business: Motion by 4 4 4 Vgent also discussed the current SAN FRANCISCO—Chairman, organizing drive of the AFL Re- fourth biennial convention; com­ M. Santiago that registration 4 4 4 A. Michelel, 21184; Recording ail Clerks, which is concentrat- munication from Assistant Secre- BALTIMORE—Chairman, F. A. Secretary, R. W. Pohle, 46826; hg on one of Tampa's larger de­ Stansbury, 4683, Recording Sec­ partment stores. . The campaign Reading Clerk, V. J. Keller, retary, M. Bumstine, 2257, Read­ 3 proceeding smoothly, he said, 34557. nd 'the clerks will soon call for ing Clerk, G. A. Masterson, collective bargaining election, 20297. Minutes of previous meetings .•"he Seafarers is aiding the hours be from 9 AM to 5 PM. in all Branches read and ac­ lerks in their drive, he reported, tary-Treasurer, Agent's report Baltimore minutes, minutes of Amendment by Lockwood that cepted. The Port Agent delivered jnder Good and Welfare, there and Dispatcher's reports. One other Branch meetings and Sec­ registration be during the above a report on the fourth interna­ iwas considerable discussion of minute of bilence in memory of retary-Treasurer's report read hours, whenever possible. tional convention of the SIU, l;he current situation in labor departed Brothers. Meeting ad­ and accepted. Nine men were Amendment carried. Motion by held recently in Baltimore. He ^ind of the role being played by journed at 7:45 PM, 85 members excused from the meeting. Trial Dunphy to give Brother Banning outlined what was accomplished •he SIU as an integral part of present. Committee, hearing case against a vote of congratulations^ on his at the convention, and explained •he labor movement. 55 mem- 4 4 4 Brother charged with missing recent marriage and thank him the program that was formulated ship, ruled that he is clear, and for the hospitality extended to )ers were present at the meeting. SAVANNAH — Chairman, C. by the delegates from the sev­ that he missed ship through no Seafarers on his wedding day. eral Districts of the SIU. He also 4 4" 4" Rice, 407707; Recording Secre­ fault of his own. Recommended Motion by Santiago that ship­ discussed the present state of PHILADELPHIA — Chairman, tary, J. Drawdy, 28523; Reading Brother be cleared for im­ ping list be placed in a visible shipping in this area, pointing Don C. Hall, 43372; Recording Clerk, L. Hodges, 255. mediate shipping. Balloting Com­ spot. Three men appointed to out that, while shipping was ex­ Secretary, Larry White, 2716; mittee was elected and balloting inquire as to cost of paper pected to improve a little, the Reading Clerk, C. L. Cousins, Motion carried to accept pre­ on transportation rule continued towels. One minute of silence picture as a whole was not too 38685. vious Savannah minutes and until 8 PM. Agent, Patrolmen for Brothers lost at sea. Meeting good. He explained that some those of other Branch meetings. Minutes of previous Philadel- and Dispatcher made their re­ adjourned with 92 members of the shipping activity normally Headquarters report to the mem­ ports. One minute of silence in present. confined to this port would shift I phia meeting and those of other bership read and accepted. Port Jranches read and accepted. memory of drPparted Brothers. 4 4 4 to the Wilmington area, as all Agent discussed the shipping pic­ Meeting adjourned at 8 PM with MOBILE—Chairman, L. Neira, the piiseline-carrying ships were ture in Savannah, pointing out 250 members present. 26393; Recording Secretary, due to payoff there. Several that 39 men had been shipped 4 4 4 James L. Carroll, 14; Reading communications were read and out in the past two weeks. It is Clerk, H. J. Fischer, 59. expected that plans under discus­ NEW ORLEANS — Chairman, sion for expansion of the State Leroy Clarke, 23062; Recording Secretary, Bill Frederick, 94; Motion carried to dispense ^ent reported that an SIU ban- docks will materially aid this with regular order of business so |;r had arrived from Headquar- port, the Agent said. However, Reading Clerk, Buck Stephens, 78. as to hear address by Moe Rosen, jvs and, as soon as a frame is even if the plans go through, he Vice-President of the Central j'.ade, the banner would be predicted that it would be sev­ Minutes of meetings held In Trades and Labor Council of acted upon. Patrolman's and aced in it and hung in a suit- eral months before the actual other Branches read and ac­ Greater New York. Brother Dispatcher's reports were ap­ le place in the Hall. He benefits would be forthcoming, cepted. Agent reported on ship­ Rosen addressed the membership proved', along with Headquarters •'ited that the new Hall is being since it would take that time to ping tempo and result of Cities and told them of a trip he had and Secretary-Treasurer's finan­ • lipped into shape and within line up cargoes and bring them Service election. Membership made as a passenger on the Wild cial reports. One minute of si­ £week or two will be in proper into port. Motion carried that told that a showdown may be in Ranger. He commended the lence was observed in memory li;t;ndition. The men are keeping Brother who forwarded com­ order before SIU signs a con­ crew for their Union principles. of our departed Brothers. Meet­ e new place much cleaner than munication in which he asked to tract with the company. Mem­ He also mentioned an accident ing adjourned at 8 PM, with 138 ''ey did the Hall we recently be excused from the meeting bership thanked for cooperation he witnessed aboard the ship and members in attendance. Monday. May 2. 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Fas^ Fifteen

(Continued from Page i) from the short and the long term point of view. stitutes 95 percent of the manpower in Pan­ motives behind tHe transfer of ships to the The ultimate consequence of a flight of ship­ amanian ships. Panamanian flag, it would difficult, generally ping; tn flags - under which there is no proper The bulk of the crews manning these ships speaking, to- maintain- that at present the condi­ regulation and control must be to undermine are unorganized, and a considerable proportion tions offered in Panamanian ships are inferior to the whole structure of standards in the shipping of them are indifferent, if not hostile, to trade those obtaining under other flags, with the ex­ industry, both as regards to safety of life at sea unions. ception of the American. But one or.tw^ points and seafarers' working and living conditions. The reason for this, in many cases, is that may be noted. It is clearly the duty of the seafarers' organi­ they have either been discharged from the mer­ THREAT TO LABOR STANDARDS . zations to check the process before it gets com­ chant navy of -another country on account of pletely out of hand. • bad conduct, or expelled from their trade unions The owners of these ships are completely free The question of the certification of officers for accepting employment in Panama-flag ships.' from the restraint of social or maritime legisla­ illustrates the detrimental, effect of the Pana­ SHIPS WITHOUT HOMES tion or the* pressure of trade' union standards, so manian position on maritime standards. that if the present boom in shipping came to an In Panama, an officer's certificate can be ob­ These ships, for the most part, do not visit Panamanian ports. They have no home ports, end there would be nothing to keei) Panamanian tained upon payment of a nominal fee and pre­ they are indeed veritable hoboes of the sea. conditions at the present level. sentation of a foreign certificate and, there are Furthermore, the ships transferred to the grounds to believe that little discrimiifiation is From a trade union point of view the position on board Panamanian ships is therefore chaotic, Panamanian flag, for the most part, continue exercised in this respect, the danger exists that their former practice as far as conditions of ships will carry officers holding ranks for which and there seems to be no solution for it. service on board are concerned, with the result they would not be qualified in ships of other We are dealing at some length with this trade union problem, because it has been suggested at that there prevails complete chaos in this respect. nationalities. In these circumstances it is not difficult to times that a solution would be for Panamanian EFFICIENCY RATE LOW foresee what would happen to labor and safety ships, the majority of which are today of Amer­ standards in Panamanian ships, and 'v^at would There is evidence that to some extent this ican origin, to pay American wages and gen­ be the effects on the employment prospects of position exists today. Similar considerations erally observe American conditions. seamen in other ships, in the event of intensi­ apply to the other departments on board and, . ,But the question immediately arises, who fication of the competition for freights.- generally speaking, it may be said that pro­ would ensure the observance of those conditions, It is the freedom to manipulate seafarers' con­ ficiency standards in Panamanian ships are be­ and who would organize the men concerned in ditions and other factors governing operating low normal. the strong union which would be needed? costs which disquiets the seafarers, and which is The number of seamen of Panamanian na­ Owing to the nature of Panamanian shipping,, undoubtedly a major motive for the artificial tionality is negligible, and this may be one of such a union would require to be represented in expansion of shipping under the Panamanian and the reasons why to our knowledge there exists many world ports, the more so seeing that a similar flags. no seamen's union-in Panama. considerable proportion of the shipowners operat­ For the seafarers the Panamanian shipping But, even if there was such a union, it could ing under the Panamanian flag are notorious for issue therefore constitutes a . direct danger, both not handle the multi-national crowd which con­ their sharp practices. SlU HULLS Frisco Shipping SIU, A&6 District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Is Stabilized; William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4S40 BOSTON 276 State St. E. B. Tilley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Dispatcher Richmond !2-0141 No Men Needed GALVESTON 308 Vi—23rd St. Keith Alsop, Agent Phono 2-8448 By FRENCHY MICHELET MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. EDWARD P, WERDA P. J. THORNTON RUSSELL E. LUND SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Your mother is anxious to hear NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Get in touch with F. Zielas- Communicate with your has slowed down considerably on E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 kowski, 801 N. 2nd Ave., Alpena, daughter, Mrs. R. H. Stephens from you. this coast. This development, NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. Mich. * 6933 Oakwood St., Jacksonville XXX coupled with the continuing in­ Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 3^ 4, 6, Fla. JOHN J. HARTY flux of men from the other coast, NORFOLK 127-120 Bank St. Miss Jessie G. Neal asks that Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 JOHN LEYS ' t. X X is making for a bad situation. PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. Contact Abraham Berkowitz, HAROLD L. GILLAN. you call or write. Her address: J. Sheehan, Agent Market 7-1635 Attorney, 1108-10-12 North Am­ 30 Bellingham Ave., Revere, We advise all men who are SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. erican Building, Broad below. A seaman's wallet, containing Mass. considering coming out here not Frfinchy Michelet, Agent Douglas 2-5475 your discharges and photographs to do so. The runs from this SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. has been turned in at the New- - CLIFFORD NEWTON coast have stablized, and none of L. Craddock, Agent San Juan 2-5996 York Hall. "CaU for it at the SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St. 3^ Contact V. L. Lyon, Four Leaf the companies are contemplating Jim Drawdy, Agent Phone 3-1728 CHARLfeS PETERS baggage room. Clover Realty, 501 E. Walnut putiing any new ships in service TACOMA 1519 Paciac St. Street, or call SY 2-8288. Moved from here. Broadway 0484 Your mother is anxious to hear TAMPA 1809':^1811 N. Franklin St. from you. and missed your communication. E'er some months now, we Ray White, Agent Phone M-1323 XXX have been following a policy of WILMINGTON, Calif., 227 Vz Avalon Blvd. KILMER*^ E? PARSONS DAVID MAXWELL letting permitmen remain on Terminal 4-2874 Get in touch with your sister, Get in touch with Miss Bon­ ships as long as they wished. HEADQUARTERS. . 51 Beaver St., N.V.C. Mrs. Jennie Lundrgen, 30 Haw- nie McCain, PC Box 313, Phone SECRETARY-TREASURER The scarcity of jobs has forced 39332, Galveston, Texas. Paul Hall ley St., New Britain, Conn. us to discontinue this practice, DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION Si 3^ ft XXX Lindsey Williams and permitmen are consequently CARROLL E. HARPER SS COLABEE MALCOLM CROSS beginning to find the sledding a ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURER Your wife, Florence, asks you Rob'ert Matthews J. P. Shuler Get in touch with Ben Sterl­ The following men have retro­ little rough. It will probably be­ Joseph Volpian ing's office, 42 Broadway, New active wages due them, which to write her. Serious illness. come increasingly so as time goes York City. may be collected at the Pay­ XXX on. SUP % % FREDERICK E. BROWNLOW HONOLULU .16 Merchant St. masters office, 2nd floor, Ameri­ Most of the payoffs that are Phone 5-8777 ERLING MELLE can-Hawaiian Steamship Com­ Communicate with Lora PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. Your wife asks you to write Brownlow at 125 East 24th St. scheduled for this coast, in the pany, 90 Broad Street, New York forseeable future, will be in Wil­ Beacon 4336 her at 920 Eddy Street; San 4, N.Y. RICHMOND, Calif. 257 Sth St. Francisco. DAVID B^ MORRIS mington. Phone 2599 Capriano, Teodorico C.; Jacob- SAN FRANCISCO. 59 Clhy St. S- X Toni Ramirez asks you to get In the Seattle and Portland LARRY TEFFT sen, Edward N.; Herlihy, Donald in touch with her at 106 Con­ Douglas 2-8363 T.; Dugina, John J.; Kovamees, area very little activity is ex­ SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Get in touch with your old gress, Mobile, Alabama. Wasile; Pawel, Frederick; Jen­ pected. There are a couple of. Main 0290 shipmate from the SS Gateway XXX ships that wiU payoff there in WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. sen, August; Gil, Jose B.; Richie, Terminal 4-3131 City and Arizpa, Edgar Kurz. FRANK BOYNE the near future, and this will His address: 225 East 85th Street, "Nieolh; Johnson, Rby 91; Scialpi, Please write Slim Nelson, c/o Ettore M. help to relieve the situation in Canadian District New York, N. Y. He is anxious General Delivery, Box 82, Lin­ San Francisco. Headquarters. .512 McGill St., Montreal to hear from you. Reilly, James; Gerrick, Jr., den, New Jersey. HALIFAX 128"/, Hollis St. William; Teets, Rolland; Nagles, However, we understand that Phone 3-8911 XXX both South Atlantic and Smith CHARLES^ L l^RKELEY Jacobus; Murphy, James E.; ROBERT CALVERT MONTREAL-^ ..1227 Philips Square and Johnson, who are now oper­ Plateau 6700—Marquette 5909 Formerly aboard SS Wanda. Uolmvist, Bengt R.; Klain,-Kons- You can contact John Wun- ating out of there on the grain PORT ARTHUR 63 Cumberland St.. Your mother is very anxious to tant M.; Kelleher, Daniel; Ben- derlich at Savannah Ship Chand­ run, are going to return their Phone North 1220 have yotr commtinicate with "her son> Edgar P.; Cil, Jose; Yudo- lery, 117 West Bay St., Savan­ PORT COLBQRNE 103 Durham St. ship's to the east coast once the at 20 Main St., Charlestown, vishes, William; Castelo, Andres nah, Ga. Phone: SSOt present grain contracts expire. TORONTO .lllA Jarvis St. Mass. C. .XXX Elgin 5719 X Nelson, Louis; Dingle, George JOSEPH L. MILFORD To sum up: shipping is only VICTORIA, B.C. 602 Boughton St. JAMES b. BRUSO 'H.; Bass, Melvin W.; Brown, Joe Contact B. G. S. Decker, Sal­ fair now and, from all indica­ Empire 4S3T VANCOUVER. 56^ Hamilton St. Get in touch with your wife. B.; Warren, Caswell E.; Childs, vation Army, 52 Ellis St., N.E., tions, it will not improve in the PaciAc 7824 Urgent. .. - , Samuel C. — Atlanta, Ga. imimediate future.

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A coalition of ^Congressmen 14. Restrictions on welfare opposed to the Thomas-Lesinski funds and. check-off — retained Bill,- which would -repeal the and strengthened by making Taft-Hartley law, is sponsoring SlU Endorses Thomasdesmki, Bill »heck-off authorization automa­ a substitute measure known as In a letter sent to all Senators and Representatives last week, the SIU Atlantic and tically non-effective at the ex­ the Wood Bill. The Wood BU piration of one year from the is in many respects worse than Gulf District urged enactment of the Thomas-Lesinski Bill, which would repeal the Taft date of its execution, thus eli­ the Taft-Hartley law and has Hartley Act and substitute a modified version of the Wagner Act. The A&G communi­ minating automatic renewal and .been denounced by the American cation also declared that the Union is vehemently opposed to the Wood Bill (which is making it necessary to procure -Federation of Labor, which de analyzed on this page), sponsored by a reactionary coalition of Republicans and Democrats, new auHiorizatiohs each year. - dared there is little to choose 15. Craft unit proviso — re­ between the two. which in many respects is worse than the Taft-Hartley law. Text of the letter follows: tained. • Counsel for the AFL has pre­ The membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International 16. Provision for 00-day no­ pared a detailed analysis of the tice of termination or modifica­ Union, American Federation'of Labor, respectfully urges that you support the Thomas^ Wood Bill as follows: tion of existing agreement—re­ While the Wood bill does Lesinski Bill (HR 2032; S 249) in the interests of re-establishing an equitable labor- tained, except that an employee- throw several sops in labor's di­ management relationship. striking in violation of the 60- rection, in reality -the bill en­ . Our reasons for favoring the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law and the enactment of day clause does hot lose his larges and strengthens the most status as an employee. objectionable feature of the Taft- the Thomas-Lesinski Bill are the same as those outlined in the official position of the 17. Separate conciliation serv­ Hartley Act, namely, the use of American Federation of LaBor. ice—retained. injunctions against alleged union We strongly feel that passage of the Thomas-Lesinski measure, without crippling 18. Provision' for enjoining •unfair labor practices and in amendments, will provide the atmosphere for peaceful and harmonious labor-manage­ strikes in emergency situation, connection with so-called "na­ 80-day 'cooling-off' period and tional emergency strikes." ment relations. 'last "offer' election — strength­ INJUNCTIONS Typical of the injurious effects of the Taft-Hartley Law is its ban on the closed ened by permitting injunction at The new bill permits the gen­ shop. The situation in the maritime industry is a case in point. For years, the closed any time a dispute is threatened eral counsel for the NLRB to shop—or Hiring Hall—has been of immeasurable value in maritime and its virtues have without investigation or fact­ finding by presidential board. file suit for injunction in the time and again been acknowledged by management. federal courts merely upon the However, the useless last offer filing of charges alleging the The Wood bill is nothing more than the Taft-Hartley Law under another name. election is eliminated. union has committed any unfair It would do nothing to correct the injustices of the Taft-Hartley Law. ELIMINATES SAFEGUARDS labor practice, and without fur­ Today, when the rights of laboring men and women in other parts of the world Under the Wood bill, the safe­ ther investigation, and the courts are being wiped out by tyranny, it is more essential than ever for our nation to force­ guards inherent in an investiga­ are empowered to issue injunc­ tion by a boai-d appointed by the tions in such cases in their com­ fully demonstrate that American organized labor enjoys equality and justice under the President, which makes an in­ plete discretion and without any law. vestigation and issues findings of standards to guide them or safe­ It is our considered opinion that the tause of democracy and the rights of free fact prior to the iss^iance of an guards to protect against indis­ men and women to better their lot will be rendered a service by your support of the injunction, az-e entirely . elimin^ criminate or arbitrary orders. ated. The boaz-d now functions Under the Taft-Hartley Act, Thomas-Lesinski Bill. only after the injunction is ob­ the general counsel can seek an Sincerely, yours, tained. injunction merely upon filing PAUL HALL, Thus,- the Wood bill makes it charges only where violations of Secreiary-Treasurer • impossible for the President even Section 8 (b) (4), relating to sec­ to attempt to settle the threat­ ondary boycotts, are charged, ened national emergency by the and then only after a full in­ appointment of a Board of In­ 2. Blanket prohibitions on re­ Under the Wood bill, all closed- vestigation has shown the exist­ benefit whatsoever which could quiry without first obtaining an straint or coercion by unions—re­ shop agreements requiring mem­ ence of facts rnaking it reason­ be dei-ived from this pi-ovision. injimction. tained and strengthened by per- bership in a union earlier than ably certain that the charges are In all other respects the pro­ Under the injimction the court mittiog injunctions merely upon 30 days after employment are hibitions on closed-shop agree­ can order the parties to the dis­ true. the filing of charges and without outlawed, and this even includes Furthermore, in respect to the. ment and the restrictions on pute to use their best efforts to investigation or issuance of com­ agreements which might have national emergency injunctions, union-shop agi-eements are iden­ settle it, under threat of con­ plaint as required under Taft- been valid under the Taft-Hart­ the new bill permits the Presi­ tical with those under Taft- Hartley. tempt of couz-t if they .fail to dent to apply for an injunction ley Act, such as those entered Hai-tley, including the provision do so. into prior to the passage of that immediately upon the threat of 3. Broad prohibitions on sec­ making the Hfcdge-podge of state The Wood bill, therefore, strike, and without the require­ ondary boycotting — retained act and made effective' for a anti-closed-shop laws paramount period of years. would arouse all the antagonisms ment that a Board of Inquiry be completely, with the very slight to the federal law. that are automatically induced assembled to investigate the dis­ exception that union employees Whilev the Wood bill does eli­ 6. Exclusion of 'supervisors' by the issuance of any injunction pute and make findings prior to engaged in a lawful primary minate the useless union-shop from all pz-6tection against em­ in a later dilute Before the . the issuance of the injunction, as strike may induce other union election pre-requisite, it permits ployer discrimination and refusal' Pz-esident is empowered to even is required under the Taft-Hart­ employees to assist them in the employes in a bargaining unit to to bargain—i-etained. tz-y to bz-ing about conciliation or ley Act. following limited situation: rescind the authority of a union 7. Proviso permitting employer settlement of the issues. ' where these other employees are The few safeguards on the is­ to enter into a union-shop agree­ to use 'free' speech to abuse 19. Restrictions on political suance of injunctions in cases in­ employed to work on products ment by majority vote! unions with no threat of i-eprisal conti-ibutions by labor organiza­ volving jurisdictional strikes that ordinarily made at the struck ARMS EMPLOYER —retained. tions—retained. plant, as in a case where such are contained in the Taft-Hartley The bill further permits the 8. Non-Communist affidavit 20. Separation of powers as be­ Act are eliminated under the products have been jobbed or tween boaz-d and general counsel contracted out, but even then employer to discharge an em­ and other filing i-equirements— new Wood bill, and under that ployee under a union-shop agree­ i-etained as to unions and ex­ —retained, and powers of gen­ bill either the board or the court only if these other employees are eral counsel greatly expanded by, members of the same local ment for two reasons, in addi­ tended to include employers. has complete discretion to issue tion to failure'to pay dues and giving him absolute discz-etion to orders respecting jurisdictional union as the employees on strike 9. Restrictions on excessive seek injunction in ' any .case and have a contract with their initiation fees, namely, whez-e the initiation fees—retained. sti-ikes, without even affording employee was expelled from tije where charges may have been the parties to the dispute an op­ employer permitting them not to 10. Resti'ictions on 'featherbed- filed. work on struck goods. union for engaging in a wildcat ding—retained. portunity to settle the jurisdic­ stz'ike or for being a communist CONCLUSION As can readily be seen, cases 11. Definition of good-faitjz^ tional dispute for themselves, as or for being affiliated with a Fz-om the foregoing section-by- where the employer has agreed bargaining—retained. was permitted under Taft-Hart­ communist 6r similar organiza­ section comparison of the Wood that his employees need not work 12. Employer petitions and de­ ley. tion. bill with the Taft-Hartley Act, on struck goods, and where the certification provisions—I'etained. , The following is a provision- it can be readily seen that, if employees engaged in the prim­ Further, the employer is per­ 13. Opening of federal coui-ts by-provision comparison of the anything, the Wood bill is more ary dispute are members of the mitted to notify a union 'of op­ to damage suits for bi'eaches of new Wood bill with the Taft- vicious .and more oppressive than Hartley Act, showing what, if same local union as employees portunities for employment,' but contracts and for violation of since the prohibitions on the secondai-y boycott provisions— the Taft-Hartley Act and should any, changes are made in i-espect making or working on products be as strenuously opposed. to each of the various provisions for the struck plant, will be very making and use of union-shop I-etained, with slight limitation agreements are veiy specific, it Wherever the restrictions of in the Taft-Hartley Act. The •few and far between, so in prac­ discussed under secondai-y boy- is impossible to see any matei-ial cott paragraph (No. 3) above. the Taft-Hartley Act are lessen­ following provisions of the Taft- tical effect the so-called broad­ ed, it is for the most part in un­ Hartley .Act are* retained, ening provision is meaningless. important respects, and, on the strengthened or modified by the 4. Prohibition against jurisdic­ other hand, the most objection­ Wood bill as indicated: tional disputes — retained and able of the Taft-Hartley Act pro­ OTHER PROVISIONS strengthened against unions by Write Your Congressmen visions — those dealing with in­ 1. Disenfranchisement of econ­ eliminating opportunity for par­ junctions against labor organi­ omic strikers—^modified so as to ties to settle their own dispute Seafarers and members of their families are urged zations — are considerably - permit an economic stfiker to and by permitting court injunc­ 16 -write immediately to their Senators and Congress­ stz-engthened. - vote in a representation election tion merely upon filing of men, telling them to vote for the Thomas-Lesinski Bill If ttze foregoing analysis is charges and without issuing of but only if he has not been per­ to rhplace the T^ft-Hartley law. The Thomas-Lesinski compared with the analysis of. manently replaced for a period complaint or other investigation. the Thomas-Lesinski bill, it can Bill is now before the House. The complete list of of 90 days prior to the election. 5. Ban on closed shdp and re­ be seen that the Wood bill could In other words, if the economic striction on union shop—retained Senators and Representatives, arranged according to not, under any circumstances, be> striker has'been replaced for 90 in most respects, strengthened state and district, appears on pages § and 9 of this issue. considez-ed in any way an ade­ days, he cannot vote. in others, and modified in some. quate substitute.