Word: seamens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said of such that he knows three things: first, that Cape Cod is the finest place in the world; second, that its people are the finest in the world; and third, that he is the finest of them all. But all the same, these old seamen were great characters. They didn't do any flag-waving, they didn't make the eagle, scream. They were sturdy, dignified and fond of having their own way; a phrase coined some years ago just fits them--100 percent American...
...Andrew Furuseth, President of the International Seaman's Union of America made a powerful speech, explaining to the Convention the need of keeping in force the "Seamen's Law of 1915." Shipowners are trying to get it repealed on the ground that it handicaps our merchant marline. But their reasons are unfounded, and the law is absolutely necessary to preserve the seaman from slavery to the shipowner...
...talk about what ought to be done, but no action of nay consequence has followed. After all the facts concerning the reasons for the backwardness of American shipping are reviewed. It is clear that the main obstacle in the way of developing an effective mercantile marine is that of seamen's wages. The cost of supplies and building of ships is estimated to be on a competitive basis with foreign construction. A reorganization then, of the manning of future and present American vessels, involving expert adjustment of the classification of seamen in regard to wages is essential. The present Shipping...
...today, in almost every sea-side hamlet. In the days of our fathers, there were always to be found those who, with bated breath, had watched the demon of the sea; and from whose tongues the off-told tale slipped readily over a mug of ale in the smoky seamen's taverns. Weird and fearful were those stories, none the less so because the visible proofs of their truth were always lacking. Long and hot would be the resulting arguments; the scoffers declaring that the supposed monster was only an unusually large whale a school of dolphins, or a mass...