New-York tribune., 1921-07-20
Peace Reigns
!: = In u. Marine
ssqs
! After. Parley
Revised Working Rules
Adopted by Agreement
Between Owners and
Employee Organizations
Mates Accept IS P. C. Cut
Decision Will Affect $500
Masters and From 5000
to 10000 Deck Officers

Feace. as Tar as wages and working
agreements are concerned, reigns
again throughout the American mer-
chant marine as the result of the final
conference yesterday between the
American Steamship Owners Associa-
tion on one side and the American Lii
censed Officers Association, the Ma
tional Organization of Masters, Mates
and Pilots and the Neptune Associa-
tion on the other.
Three other bodies were present at
the all-day discussion at II Broadway
in the Offices of the owners associa-
tion. They were the United States
Shipping Board, the Marine Society of
New York and the Shipmasters' Club,
bat their representatives were present
merely as listeners.
BY a gentlemen's agreement the re-
vised working rules were adopted
without change and reduction of Is
per cent in their wages was accepted
by the mates, both to go into effect
august l.
Captains of vessels will be dealt
=sRdth directly by the owners in the
matter of pay.
Winthrop L. Martin, general mana
ger of the Ship Owners Association,
announced at the close of the confer
4nce that all differences between own
srs and employees of all classes in the
marine service had been adjusted and
that resumption of duties would con-
tinue on pre-war basis.
! Board Questions Unsettled
There were several questions involv-
ing the Shipping Board that were not
settled. Among these were the cur.
tailment of authority of supercargoes
and the disposition of crews on Ship
ping Board vessels turned over to pri-
rate owners when the latter decided
TO put their own men in command
1t was contended by several of the
masters present that supercargoes on
Shipping Board ships assumed even
greater authority than the captain
himself, but it was said in answer to
this contention that this Office on
board ship is rapidly dwindling and is
confined to government-owned boats.
! AS to the discharge of a government
to private owner by the Federal au-
Shorities, it was the consensus that the
operator had the privilege of selecting
his own men and nothing could be
done in the circum stances.
! 1t is also probable that hereafter
fhe pay of a captain will not be made
public, as in the past, and that his
SALARY will not be reduced greatly,
owing to his responsibility.
| 1t is understood that the representa-
.tives of the Shipping Board will report
favorably upon the action taken yes
sterdav when they return to Washing
ton and that the government will ac-
,cept the terms.
1880 Men Affected
Among those present were Captain
IF. A. Gainard, New York; Captain
ALBERT Baron. Seattle; Captain J. r..
Roll, Baltimore; Captain Calvin Moore,
New Orleans Captain J. F. M3liken,
New York, and Captain L. A. Hail,
Philadelphia, representing the Neptune
Association.
Captain Luther B. Dow, Captain G.
Carlson and Captain G. Halsey ap-
peared for the American Licensed OFF,
GERS Association.
j. c. Perkins and W. B. Keene, both
,oe Washington, represented the United
States Shipping Board.
The Shipmasters' Club sent as dele
gates James G. Ballinger, F. S. Mac
Murray, James Dalton and Captain w.
u. Connell.
Captain Melvin E. Crockett, George
Mcdonald, Walter A. Pendleton and
Captain w. Armstrong Were present for
the Marine Society Of New York
Captain Eugene E. O'Donnell, Of Bos-
iton, chairman of the wage committee
lof the American Steamship Owners
Association, presided at the conference.
@ Is. 1t was reported that the agreement
will affect $500 masters, and from
5000 to 10000 deck officers in shipping
IA the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The defeat Of the marine engineers,
Efiremen, oilers and water tenders in
their wage controversy is presumed to
have had a direct bearing on the
amicable outcome of the conference.