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realized he was beaten and joined
them.
AS proof of Curran's member
ship in the Communist Party, the
New Leader reproduces receipt
issued to him from the New York
Communist Party, acknowledging
a total payment of $14.20. This
includes three months party dues
amounting to $7.20, a So contrib
ution to the party's waterfront
council, now known as the water
front section and So assessment
to the National Maritime Unity
Fund.
Curran, despite his prominence, is
only a "front" for the Communist
plotting in the maritime picture, Har-
rison shows. Tommy Ray is the di-
recting force behind the red marine
strategy. Conceded even by Curran
to be the real president of the NMU,
Ray dictates and enforces communist
party policy all the way down the
line. He was American marine dele
gate to the fifth congress Of the Red
International of Labor Unions at
Moscow in 1880.
Others Are Named AS Red
C0mmissars
Other officials of NMU act as COM
missars in Stalin's American mer-
chant marine forces, including Fred
erick N. Myers, field organizer of
NMU and husband Of Beth McHenry,
Daily Worker staff columnist; Hays
Jones, associate editor of MINUS
Pilot and author of pamphlet entitled
"In Soviet America: Seamen and
Longshoremen under the Red Flag;
Ferdinand G. Smith, recently elected
secretary, graduate of communist
Marine Workers School; Jack Law
renson, national field organizer Of
NMU; AL Vetere, known in NMU and
Communist Party as AL Lannon; Muir
ray Stein, name recently legally
changed to M. Hedley Stone, newly
elected NMU treasurer.
The New Leader article reproduces
the cover of the pamphlet, "In So
Wet America: Seamen and Long
shoremen under the Red Flag" Re-
plete with undisguised party propa-
ganda, the pamphlet crudely envis.,
IONS the paradise the United States
will be following the Soviet revolu-
ton, Harrison says. He gives these
samples culled at random:
"Soviet America will not allow it's
seamen to sail on the ships that pri-
vate companies have built, unless
major repairs are made
Mess Room to Have Red Corner
"The Soviet American seamen will
find his mess-room large, well-deco-
rated room, with one corner divided
of-a Red Corner for entertainment
study and recreational reading.
"Thc Communist Party has lead the
struggle against growing fascism
(this was written before the Hitler
Stain pact) and the growing war
preparations in this country. Join the
Communist Party!"
Harrison charges that in addition
to the Communist officers already
named, there are Communist dele
gates, port agents and minor func-
tionaries. He adds:
"And like all commissars in Sta
Inns worldwide organization, they
are implacable relentless and cum
ming. Nothing is permitted to stand
in the way Of these determined men
who set out to secure the mastery of
the U. S. waterfront and shipping
and succeeded"
Red C0mmissars "StOp at Nothing"
"They stop at nothing. The hun
dreds of letters, kilograms, official
minutes and secret reports that con-
stltute the documentary basis for this
story are filled with accounts of in
trigue, eXtortion, coded messages, cor
ruption, violence, terror and attempt
ed murder
Citing instances Of Communist tao
tics, Harrison gives the following:
instructions from Patrick b. Wha-
len, the unions agent in the Port of
Baltimore, to a west coast official of
the union concerning the A. F.. of L.
crew of the S. S. Penmar enroute to
San Francisco:
"'This ship is 1O0 per cent hot
which includes the entire crew from
captain down. Dump them all!
Dump in the lingo Of the sea
men, means to slug or to blackjac
The instructions were faithfully ex-
ccuted."
Another instance cited by Harri-
son:
"The following is from letter by
Walter Carney, at one time Curran's
bodyguard, telling of plan to shake
down other seamen: we all live to-
gether and the rest Of the gang are
on the education squad Can educa-
tion squad is strong arm gang.
They are going to form a reception
committee for the crew of the S. S
Washington when she arrives tomor-
row. You know the room rent is due
and they expect the 5 on the
Washington to contribute. Hi, ho!
"The Washington crew was 'edu-
Gated to sign up with the NMU, and
the room rent was paid"
In articles to come, Harrison will
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