The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
F.D.R. OFFICIALS SPEED
BOARD PLAN TO BLOCK
SHIP AND DOCK STRIKE
Seamen in Many Ports
Reject Olander Deal,
Prepare Walkout

NEW YORK. - At a rousing
meeting on Tuesday night, at
South and Whitehall Streets, hub
Of the New York waterfront, more
than 1000 seamen from the ships
locked in the largest port in the
world pledged 10 strike Monday
morning under the leadership Of
the Joint Strike Preparations Com
mittee.
/ Along the entire Atlantic coast,
from Boston to Norfolk. and in
the ports of the Gulf of Mexico,
/ in New Orleans, Galveston, and
Corpus Christi, the men who man
the ships were meeting yesterday
and planning to override the no
strike order of Victor Olander, sec
-etary of the International Sea-
mems Ur'on, and Llovd K. Ga--
ri5on Of Tire National Labor Rela-
tions Board.
Sailors in dungarees packed
Fsneuil Hall in Boston Tuesday
night to hear Row Hudson. chair
mcn of the Joint Strike Prepara-
tons Committee, speak on tie
issues of the strike. Crews from
four coal boats in Boston hart or
declared their readiness to join the
walkout. Committees from these
ships sent protests to the shipow--
ers against their negotiations with
leaders of the international Sea-
mems Union, who the men claim
do not represent them. The pro-
tests stated that only the Joint
Strike Preparations Committee was
authorized to speak for the rank
and file seamen.
Crews Present Demands
A committee Of seamen repre-
senting the crews Of 400 coal boats
presented demands for increased
wages to the shipowners yesterday.
In the headquarters of the Joint
Strike Preparations Committee, 40
Broad Street, it was announced
that meetings will be called in all
Atlantic ports on Friday to take
iup the question OF immediate and
decisive action for the establish
ment of centralized shipping bu-
Ireau for seamen.'
Explaining its position in con-
tinuing the strike plans in face of
President Roosevelt'S request for
truce and the retreat from every
one of the seamen's demands by
leaders of the 1. S. u, the Joint
Strike Preparations Committee de-
clared that their fight is not a
fight against other unions, as the
capitalist press is attempting TO
make it appear, but a fight against
the miserable conditions which
prevail on the ships at sea.
Our fight is one to improve the
conditions OF all seamen regard
less of union affliation," declared
H. Baxter, chairman of the New
York section of the Joint Strike
Committee.
A Fight for Demands of All
Almost identical demands for
improvement of conditions on the
ships came from the men in all
seamen's unions" Baxter continued.
But now it is plain that only the
Joint Strike Preparations Commit
tee intends to press for these de-
mands: the A. F. of L. leaders have
given up everything. The seamen
cannot be prevented from knowing
this and a strike will be the re-
suit.
Olander Continues Betrayal
Victor Olander and other top
leaders of the I. S. U. continued
to maneuver to complete the be-
trayal of the strike. A leaflet gotten
out by the I. S. U. officials an
nounced that the question of the
agreement would be voted on at
meeting at . South Street Tuesday
night. The meeting was held and
was attended by about 100 men,
but no vote was taken.
While Olander was speaking in
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