Evening star., 1946-09-05
Maritime
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Union of the Pacific and the Sea-
farers' international Union came de-
spite last-minute offer by the WSB
to consider a rehearing Of its dis
approval of the pay increase.
The WSB notified the unions yes
!. terday it was willing to hold hear
ing Tuesday to consider any addi-
tional information the unions would
offer, and would decide then whether
to reconsider the case and vote on
its merits.
| But Mr.. Hawk declared that "by
Tuesday the ships will have been
tied up for five days" He said the
WSB had "all the information they
needed or were going to get" add
ing that nothing but complete
reversal of its decision would now
satisfy the seamen.
| Similar union sentsnent was ex-
pressed in San Francisco by Harry
Lundeberg, president of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific, who said: For
my part, the board can reconsider a
decision to go back to Sleep"
Despite the official strike deadline
AFL seaman began leaving their
jobs yesterday. Almost 5000 seamen
quit work on the Pacific coast.
Union leaders claimed the strike
would take 100000 workers of Their
jobs and tie up every port in the
United States.
The recently formed AFL Mari
time Trades Department, including
Representatives of longshoremen
masters, mates and pilots, CONNER
cial telegraphers and firemen and
oilers, yesterday pledged their sup
port to the seamen.
Picket Lines to be Respected.
Where the STU and the SUP
form picket lines, they will be
respected" the trades department
said. This, in effect, means q
complete tieup of all American
costal ports"
Asked about excepting relief
cargoes and troopships, Joseph P
) Ryan. president of the AFL Inter.
national Longshoremen's Associa.
ton, member of the trades de.
partment. said:
"There'l be no exemptions thi.
} time"
/, The dispute is not between tn,
union and ship operators but in
;. stead finds both arrayed against
the WSB which refused to approx,
$3.50 monthly wage increas'
> to which both parties had agreed
> The board held that any raise owe
$l7.50 would be inflationary.
Y WSB Refused Wage Raises.
= The WSB on August % refuse
E wage increases to watchkeeping sea
e men on AFL-manned ships operate
e for Government accounts becaus
= the scale was $40 a month NOR
S than National Maritime Union sea
t men were awarded last June in
S settlement of a threatened CT
maritime strike.
a The CIO union won raises {
4 $3.50 a month in these negotia
|, tions. The Sailors Union of tn
d Pacific had won $3.50 and tn
Seafarers' International Unio
n $3.50, but the WSB pared the latte
h figures to the $17.50 National Mar
d time Union figure.
= A spokesman for the Martini
n Commission here predicted a CON
: plete shutdown" of all martini
e activity in the United States If stril
n plans were carried out. He sai
# all ships, whether American ,
/. foreign, all shipping along the coast
between the coasts and transoceani
= would be affected.
s. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbat
last night most earnestly" askt
N the AFL unions to call of the
l. strike pending WSB review Tue
l. day. His appeal was made in tel
I'd grams to heads of the unions II
volved.
le Maritime Commission fofficials sa
ar no plans had been made for Go
el ernment operation Of Americs
n, flagships.
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