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BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE.

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Dear Mr. MeAll,

This is Just to acknowledge very briefly your
letter of 6 August and to thank you very much Indeed for
the paper enclosed with it and also for all the other
papers which you have been sending me following up your
letter of 1 February.. These various papers are of great
use to our work here and I am,grateful to you for opening
up contact between us by correspondence and hope this
correspondence will continue from time to time with an
exchange of any documentation which may be of mutual
assistance to us.
I have, to go away on mission for two or three
weeks tonight and so I shall have to write to you at
greater length later when I come back. I may, in fact,
during my mission pick up some Information which it may
be useful to pass on to you in connection with the question
of seamen’s welfare in port in which you are so much
interested. Meanwhile, you may be glad to have the
enclosed copy of a. column which appeared in the "Times"
of 29 March last and which gives you some idea of what is
being done in this matter in Great Britain.
Please excuse me for not writing more at the
moment, but I shall have much more to write to you in a
few weeks' time.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. R.L. McAll,

Secretary,
1 gnal Group of Seamen's Agencies,
2266 Sedgwick’Avenue,
HEW YORK CITY.
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Rev. Harry J. Pearson John T. Little

Chairman NATIONAL GROUP OF SEAMEr^^^^O^b;-- Treasurer
James A. Pickard R. L. McAll
(UNITED STATES and CANADA)- ------- - j
Vice-Chairman Secretary
August 6, 1958
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; 1268 Sedgwick Avenue
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My dear Mr. Scott, ./.Ek- H' 74 w

’ I am enclosing an address I prepared forthe Naiionai Conference; of Social
Work at Seattle last month. Tt gathers together in popular form a lot of matter
/ I have been gathering, some of which is in advance of official publication here.
'>,1 I have been much interested in the attention you have given to the welfare of
r y seamen in ports. Can we in the Seamen's Agency Group help to promote or interpret
further action on this part of your labors? It seems to me that with hundreds of
private agencies working in the chief ports of the Yforld, there may be something
we can do to help. Are you interested in having any reactions about the actual
efficiency of these agencies hereabouts? We are now making a friendly survey of
the smaller Homes and Institutes in North America, and there are some serious gaps
in the level of accomddations etc offered by them.
May I also ask if you received various materials sent you, some through Mr. Mag­
nussen
nus sen from our Group? We shall be glad to keep in close touch, and perhaps we can
\ , furnish you with helpful data from time to time.
Yours faithfuly,

R» L. MeAll, Sec.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1936-7 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE lQsk-7

Rev. Harry J. Pearson, Chairman SEAMEN’S AGENCIES Rev. R. Ernest Bayes

25 South Street Boston, Mass.
New York City SPECIAL GROUP Rev. Merritt A. Farren
Rev. Wallace Martin, Vice-Chairman OF THE Boston, Mass.
East Bay Market Streets NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK Dr. James C. Healey
Charleston, S. C. New York City
John T. Little, Treasurer Frank P. Mitchell
11 Park Place Baltimore, Md.
New York City 2268 Sedgwick Avenue, Miss Madeline Oldfield
R* L. McAU, Secretary New York City New York City
2268 Sedgwick Avenue Dr. Leo W. Simmons
New York City Feb. 1, 1958 New Haven, Conn.
„,..Miss A. A. Buffington
New York City

Nr. T. T. Scott,
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c/o Maritime Questions Section,
International Labor Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland
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Dear Sir, j . ■
I have wanted to write to you for a long time”, and venture to do so now, in
order to let you know how interested some of us are here in the various
questions that arise in relation to the welfare of seamen- at all times, ashore
and at sea, employed and unemployed. For several years I had the responsibility
of controlling the relief which was given to seamen in this port, from 19J1 till
1956, during v/hich I was able to get quite a large spread of factual information
about them. This has been sent to you from your '.'.'ashington office, I believe,
under the title of "Reference i.iaterial Concerning Seamen" in 5 or 6 sections,
bound just in a filing folder. It was a most modest attempt, but otherwise there
would have been no use made of these unique facilities for fact finding.

Since then I have worked from my own point of view in obtaining helpful informa­
tion about the comparative conditions of work and security in the great maritime
nations of Europe'. This resulted in the enclosed very condensed chart, which I
made up myself. I did not then include U. 3., because there was not uniform
standard set of conditions to recordl The facts on social security are the
most significant, together with all that makes for continuous employment. You
will of course kna'.' that the new agreements of the N. M. U. are moving swiftly
in that direction. gj-,,-

You may care also to glance at the reprint of an article Iw as asked to contri­
bute to the New York Journal of Commerce’ Annual Shipping No. The whole of that
issue is most interesting, and I am asking them to mail you a copy, but my text
is much more readable in the galley reprint.

You may also care to have the directory of Seamen's Agencies, that will come to
you from our office. It covers only U. S. and Canada, but we are gradually form­
ing a well-knit group, and I am spending much time on this task.

I have had much help in my work from your own papers, and reports, I was much in-
terssted in the Draft concerning welfare of seamen in ports, I think that our wel-
fare people should be represented when the matter comes up agian. Does that sound
feasible or desirable to you?
Cordially yours,

X
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Secretary

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 CHART SHOWING SOME INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS AMONG MERCHANT SEAMEN OF EIGHT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, FROM DATA OBTAINED„IN 1937 Prepared by B. I. McAll

____ (See key to abbreviations below)_____ DENMARK FRANCE GERMANY GREAT BRITAIN HOLLAND ITALY NORHAY SWEDEN
I. EMPLOYMENT
A. Method of Hiring Union Halls Govt Offices Licensed Agents Joint Hiring Halls Co. Hiring Halls Govt Offices Union Offices Govt Offices
Right of final rejection by officers? yes yes yes yes yes strict rotation yes yes- only for 3 Mn
B. Conditions and Continuity of Employment
1. Term- continuous in practice? yes generally yes usually generally generally yes yes
Mutual notice to quit service (days) Off.3O-9O; Men 7 ? 1 to 30 Off.30-90; Men 7 Off. 14-30; Men 7
2. Conditions favoring continuous serv.
a. Senlorlty increases In wages Off. only Off. & some Men Senior Off. Senior Off. all Off. Some Off. Off. & stewards Off. & stewards
b. Increases with greater tonnage up to 5,000 t. private agreement stewards Off. Off. to 6,000 t.
c. Supplementary allowances private agreement stewards (pass.) stewards for long voyages stewards
d. Vacations pay- days per year Off.14-21; Men 7 Off.SSUiM Men 15 Off. ;Men 6-20 Off.9-14; Men 9 Off.6-18; Men 4 Off. ; Men 1 Off.14; Men 8 Off.10-14; Men 5
e. Clothes etc lost w ship replaced yes yes o—C yes yes 1 yes yes yes yes
3. Hours of work, etc.
Deck & engine depts. (jVi,

In port, exc. days of arr. & sail. 8 hrs. 45 hrs. per week 45 hrs. per week 8 hrs. 9 hrs.
______ At sea- no. watches or hrs per week J wa. / 63 hrs. wa. H~o 3 wa. 3 wa. / 50 hrs. deck 2 wa; eng.3 wa 3 wa. / 56 hrs. 3 w,/ 63 hrs.
Stewards' dept.
Cargo vessels- in port / at sea 9 hrs. I 10 hrs. I 12 hrs. / 12 hrs.
Passenger ,, - In port / at sea 8 hrs. / 12 hrs. I 12 hrs. I 12 hrs.
Time off in port- in days g for every 15 1 in every 7 ? | when convenient probably
Overtime in cash yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
4. Documentation of service
a. Seamen's records
Sea service books- compulsory nearly always (Gt) yes (Govt book) yes (Govt book) yes (Govt book) yes (Co. book) yes (Govt book) yes (Govt book) yes (Oovl book)
Conduct & ability marks Incl. no no yes , no no no optional
____ Books used as passports yes no yes yes__________ no__________ yes. If with photo
Alternative loose discharges yes no no yes f yes for cargo sh. no no
Individual wage account books yes no no no no yes & naval record yes — S
(serv. cerz. w. con-
b. Official character ref. from Co. letter on request letter on request serv. certif. letter on request letter on request letter on request (duct & ability mark
c. Permanent records of service no system yes, all records no system yes / central only fr. Co's rec. yes / regional no system yes/ port of issue
(central, regional or port of issue) at port of Issue.

II. HEALTH, SANITATION etc.

A. Compute. Preemploym. Med. Exam? / Pd. By yes / Co. yes I Co. yes / Co. yes / Co. yes / Co. yes I Co. yes/Pers. & Govt
yes / Co.
B. Cleaning of Crew Quarters- in Work.Hrs. yes yes yes yes yes_____ ? yes_____
III. EDUCATION FOR ADVANCEMENT
System of Officer Training crew service, na. apprent.,na.school crew service,naut. apprent., na.school crew service, naut. apprent. or crew, crew service, naut.
school & exams. and exams. school & exams. and exams. school & exams. na. school & exams. school & exams.
IV. SOCIAL BENEFITS & SOURCE OF SUPPORT
(compulsory, unless Indicated)
A. Accident & Disability, Inc. Workm. Comp. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co.
. Sickness & Disability, ,, ,, ,, Co. & Pers. Co. & Pers. Co. & Pers. Co. & Pers, Co. Co.
Co. Pers. & Govt Co. Union
B. Unemployment Aid & Insurance Union Pers. & Govt (vol) Co. & Pers. Co. Pers. & Govt Pers. & Govt (vol) probably Co. & Pers Un. & Govt (vol)
C. Pension Plans for Officers Co. & Off. Cd. Off. & GoVt. |(Co. & Pers. Co. Off. & Govt (Sh. dues & Govt- (Govt-llmlted only
Co. Off. & Govt - ----- & then Co. & Off.
Men Govt & Local Co. Men & Govt Co* Men & Govt. (Govt, alone. Govt. Co. Men A Govt (now Pers. & Govt (w. Pers. & eh. dues
D. Special Services Hosp. & maternity Inst, for workers'
Family Allow-Govt leisure
V. JOINT RELATIONS
A. Degree of Unionization complete-deck & eng complete very strong complete
almost complete complete complete very strong spokesmen
B. Ship Committees or Spokesmen official spokesmen spokesmen
? spokesmen
C. Machinery for Mediation Co. & Un. panels Co. & Un. Bd.- with
Co. & Un. Bd. Co. & Un. Bd-then Govt mediation
Govt.
Abbreviations. Co. for Company; Un, for Union; Off. for officers; Men for non-llcensed members of crew; Pers, for entire ship's personnel; Govt for the State, Local for Commune or locality.