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Deadly Slogan. Henry Styles Bridges (he dropped the "Henry" years ago in order to avoid confusion with the West Coast's Red-lining longshoremen's labor boss, Harry Bridges) was only nine when his father, a Maine farmer and storekeeper, died. "Upon my father's death," Bridges once said, "I worked the farm and met the responsibilities of manhood through my youth." At the University of Maine he earned his board and tuition by milking cows at the agricultural college; later he helped send a younger sister and brother through college. In 1920 he moved...
...publicity-and made his name better known. Hughes began to feel confident that his massive get-acquainted effort had paid off when, in the campaign's closing days, he paid an unscheduled visit to a Hudson River dock and found himself recognized by about 150 working longshoremen. Cried one: "You've got it made...
Tobacco for Tampa. A trickle of trade between Cuba and the U.S. remains-$30 million in the first six months of this year. Because of a U.S. Longshoremen's Association boycott, all cargoes to or from Cuba are handled at small, non-union docks in the U.S. They travel in foreign ships and small, privately owned U.S. vessels. The biggest regular shipping center is Tampa, Fla.. where two converted World War II landing craft make the Havana run every week or so. The bulk of U.S. imports is tobacco-$11.3 million worth during the first half...
...traffic on the St. Lawrence has increased 75% since 1958, last year's volume was still one-third below the 29 million tons that the Canadian-American Joint Tolls Committee originally predicted for 1960. Among the reasons why the 1960 projection proved over-optimistic was a 20-day longshoremen's strike at U.S. lake ports and a slowdown in ore shipments during the recession. But other difficulties are more chronic and basic. Some shippers complain about slow, costly stevedoring at Seaway ports. Others have been discouraged by erratic shipping schedules and time-consuming accidents and stoppages, notably...
...This," said Captain William V. Bradley, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, "is the most confused strike I ever heard of. And I have led some strange strikes myself...