HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2662

A BILL TO ESTABLISH HIRING HALLS UNDER THE CONTROL

OF SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ENGAGING OF SEA-

MEN FOR CERTAIN VESSELS, TO CONTROL SUBVERSIVE

ACTIVITIES AMONG SEAMEN, TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL CITI-

ZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR MANNING VESSELS OF THE

UNITED STATI, TO ESTABLISH MORE STABLE LABOR RELA-

TIONS IN TH MERCHANT MAN AND TO PROTECT THE

STATUS OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE AS AN

INTEGRAL PART OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE

FEBRUARY 26, 27, 28, MARCH 5, 6, 7, AND 11, 1941

Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

CONTENTS

Statements of—

Collins, John J., representing certain licensed officers' unions and

unlicensed seamen's unions..

Page

43

Cooley, E. H., Massachusetts Fisheries Association.

Curran, Joseph, National Maritime Union.

49

115, 189

Delaney, James J., Masters, Mates, and Pilots of America......
Dirksen, Hon. Everett M., Representative in Congress from Illinois.
Halling, Bjorne, Congress of Industrial Organizations Maritime Com-
mittee__

53

382

Hogan, Samuel J., National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association.

Lundeberg, Harry, Sailors Union of the Pacific..

51

337

Malone, Vincent J., Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water

Tenders, and Wipers Association_ _ _

McHugh, Patrick, Atlantic Fishermen's Union..

McKenzie, Howard, National Maritime Union..

71

63

180

O'Donnell, Jack, Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Associations of the

Pacific Coast__

251

Owens, John R., International Longshoremen's Association.

362

Petersen, Capt. W. J., Pacific American Steamship Association, Ship-

owners' Association of the Pacific Coast_

398

Popper, Martin W., National Lawyers Guild.

392

Radcliffe, Dr. Lewis, Oyster Institute of North America_

68

Shanley, Hon. James A., Representative in Congress from Connecti-

cut_

305

Standard, William L., National Maritime Union...

Walker, Francis B., American Merchant Marine Institute_

306

28

Winocur, Murray, Maritime Department, American Communications

Association.

366

Statements for the record filed by—

Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper, representing the Chief of Naval Operations,

Department of the Navy-

Masters, Mates and Pilots of America, West Coast Local No. 90..

Philip Murray, President, Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Silas B. Axtell, attorney, Friends of Andrew Furuseth Legislative

Association_