If a combination Cook and Steward is carried on the motorship Norco, his wages will be $132.50 per month and we will carry in addition one (1) messman at $72.50 per month and one night man at $72.50 per month.

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed this agreement on the day and year first herein written.

(Sgd.)

PACIFIC AMERICAN SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION,
J. B. BRYAN, President.

MARINE COOKS AND STEWARDS' ASSOCIATION

(Sgd.) E. F. BURKE, Secretary.

OF THE PACIFIC COAST,

SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARINE COOKS AND STEWARDS' ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST AND PACIFIC AMERICAN SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION

Dated July 5, 1940

The Marine Cooks and Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast and Pacific American Shipowners Association acting on behalf of the steamship lines have agreed to certain emergency increases in wages, overtime rates, and rates for standby work to supplement the rates set forth in the agreement of July 5th, 1940, between the parties, which are as follows:

1. The basic wages set forth in the agreement for ships engaged in the Intercoastal and Offshore Trades to continue in full force and effect but, in addition thereto, shall be paid to all classifications of employees employed on such vessels in ratings now receiving less than $100.00 per month an emergency wartime increase of $10.00 per month and to the employees employed on such vessels in ratings now receiving more than $100.00 per month an emergency wartime increase of 10 percent.

2. The rates of pay for all employees on ships engaged in the Alaska Trade set forth in said Agreement to continue in full force and effect but, in addition thereto, there shall be paid to the employees employed on such vessels in ratings now receiving less than $100.00 per month an emergency wartime increase of $7.50 per month and to employees employed on such vessels in ratings now receiving more than $100.00 per month an emergency wartime increase of 10 percent.

3. The regular overtime rate of pay set forth in the Agreement applicable on all vessels engaged in the Intercoastal and Offshore Trade shall continue in full force and effect but, in addition thereto, there shall be an emergency wartime increase in the regular overtime rate of pay on such vessels of 10 cents per hour. The overtime rates of pay applicable on vessels engaged in the Alaska Trade shall continue at the rates set forth in the Agreement.

4. Wages for standby work shall be $6.80 per day of eight hours and 85 cents per hour.

5. The following war zones or areas rendered unsafe by reason of hostilities and increases in wages or bonuses payable by reason thereof are defined so long as existing conditions shall continue.

6. Twenty-five per cent (25%) of the basic wages payable under the current Agreement and including the proposed emergency increases shall be paid to crew members while vessels are in the following waters:

(a) In the Australian Trade, from the arrival of a vessel Westbound at Suva until its departure from Suva Eastbound ;

(b) In the Transpacific Service, from arrival of the vessel at first Japanese port Westbound until its departure from last Japanese port Eastbound. If the vessel goes direct to Chinese or Russian or other Oriental ports such as Shanghai, Hong King, Vladivostok, then from the time that the vessel passes the 140th eastern meridian Westbound until the vessel passes the same meridian Eastbound; (c) In the Round-the-World Service (via the Mediterranean), from the arrival of a vessel at first Japanese port Westbound until arrival at Port Said. From Port Said to arrival at New York the twenty-five per cent (25%) increase over the base wage will cease and in lieu thereof the crew shall be paid $1.00 per day from Port Said to New York;

(d) In the Round-the-World Service (via Cape of Good Hope), from departure of the vessel from Manila until its arrival at New York.

The foregoing emergency wage provision shall become effective on July 1, 1940, and the wages set forth in the Agreement of July 5th, 1940, with the emergency increases specified herein shall be subject to review semiannually hereafter at the request of either party.

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed this agreement this 5th day of July, 1940.

MARINE COOKS AN STEWARDS' ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST, By (Sgd.) E. F. BURKE, Secretary.

PACIFIC AMERICAN SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION,

By (Sgd.) J. B. BRYAN, President.

Acting on behalf of the steamship lines named below:

Admiral Oriental Line.

American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.

American Mail Line.

American President Lines, Ltd.

Alaska Steamship Company.

Alaska Transportation Company.

W. R. Grace & Co. (as Agents for Grace Line, Inc., Pacific Coast, West Coast Mexican Central American Panama Service of Grace Line, Inc.), and (Pacific Coast South American Service of Grace Line, Inc.).

Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company, Inc.

Matson Navigation Company.

The Oceanic Steamship Company.

McCormick Steamship Company.

(East Coast-South American Service.)

(Pacific Coast-Puerto Rico-West Indies Service.)

(Intercoastal Service.)

Northland Transportation Company.

Pacific Lighterage Corporation.

Pacific Republics Line.

(Moore McCormack Lines, Inc.)

Santa Ana Steamship Company.

(Thereupon, at 12:35 p. m., the committee adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, February 7, 1941, 10 a. m.)

MERCHANT SEAMAN

FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES,

Washington, D. C.

(The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., for further consideration of H. R. 2662, Hon. Schuyler O. Bland, chairman, presiding.)

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. Before we go on with the hearing, a statement from Congressman Shanley will be read into the record at this point.

STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES A. SHANLEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONN., THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

I certainly would be the last man in the world to deprive an American citizen of an opportunity to work; and certainly we owe the man who has been giving everything to his country, including the offer of his life, all priorities and all prerogatives possible for him. At the same time, may I suggest that unless we are able to make exceptions in the shell fisheries, we may not be able to get enough men to fulfill the duties of that trying occupation.

I think it is fair to say that of the 3,500 or more men who are engaged in the fishing industry along the coast, there are men of the highest type and integrity, utterly devoid of subversive interests, who, for one reason or another, have not obtained their citizenship. Unless some exception is made for these men, there won't be any fishing industry, and a great occupation will suffer irreparable damage. I am wondering, therefore, if it would not be possible, in your judgment, for some exception to be made for a certain limited period.

It seems to me a study might be made by the Labor Department, or possibly within your own committee, to check the real situation and verify the statements that I have been led to believe are true. I take this opportunity of going on record before you, and sincerely hope that the entire situation may be fully explained. It might also be possible for you to set a time limit in which those men would be compelled to show why they should be retained or show reasons which prevent them from being given a citizenship in our land.

The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Standard, we will hear you now.
Mr. STANDARD. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. State your full name and whom you represent.

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STATEMENT OF WILLIAM L. STANDARD, GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE NATIONAL MARITIME UNION, NEW YORK CITY

Mr. STANDARD. William L. Standard, general counsel for the National Maritime Union.

The CHAIRMAN. I think there will be some other members here in a few minutes. We cannot wait, as 10 o'clock has arrived, and we have many witnesses to hear.

Mr. STANDARD. Shall I start, sir?

The CHAIRMAN. Yes, sir; if you will.

Mr. STANDARD. Before this honorable committee will have heard the unanimous expressions of the rank and file union representatives and seamen, who will appear before this committee, there will be no difficulty in determining that the adoption of any portion of this bill will be nothing more nor less than a retrogression into the dark pages of strife between labor and capitol, employer and employee, which, prior to the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act, blackened the pages of our history.

It will be conclusively established that this bill is strictly an anticollective-bargaining bill. Its sole purpose is to destroy maritime labor unions.

The testimony which will be presented to this committee will further clearly establish that no labor union, without some voice in the selection of workers in an industry, can function. Five decades of labor relations history in our country and more than a hundred years of labor relations in Great Britain clearly establish the fact that the salvation of employers and employees, in our present stage of experience, calls only for voluntary and independent action on the part of employers and employees in the resolution of labor disputes.

Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries ordered hearings on Congressman Dirksen's bill, H. R. 2662, Congress had an opportunity to ascertain the objectives sought to be attained by H. R. 2662. Congress also heard the impromptu opinions of the chairman of this committee, Hon. Schuyler O. Bland, and Congressman Everett M. Dirksen.

On January 30, 1941, Congressman Bland had the following to state on conditions in the industry today. I quote from the Congressional Record of January 30, 1941, at page 438:

The report of the Maritime Labor Board to Congress (referring to the report submitted in March 1940) presents a full picture of the labor situation with respect to seamen during the period from 1936 to 1939. Data for the first half of the year 1940 shows remarkable improvement so far as the strike situation is concerned. There were 16 strikes of seamen in that period. There were no sit-down strikes. There were four walk-outs involving 87 persons. One thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven workers were involved, resulting in the loss of 20,373 man-days' labor. One strike involved both subsidized and nonsubsidized vessels. Otherwise there were no strikes on subsidized vessels. Mr. Chairman, as I pointed out the other day, this is no time to bring about discord and disunity. At this time the salutary, sound and wise advice of Solomon himself is well worth the consideration of this Congress on this problem and on every problem that is coming before our people. I refer to Ecclesiastes 3, verses 1 to 8.

Congressman Bland then read in full the eight verses of Ecclesiastes, and proceeded:

This, above all else, is the time when every problem before the American people should be approached sanely, soberly, calmly, and judiciously, and with an effort to secure constructive legislation and not legislation that tears down.