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AMENDMENT WOCo RING PON. (Te: CAETS" Es —— As this law hea been on the statute pooks for years 1t is a disgrace. It should be completely revised and emended. Recommendations are in order es to amendments, i °-/': keeping in mind as to whether we wish to set an minimum daily standard as to the cost a of food, its preparation and serving etc. Also it would be in order to submit: semple. wems of what would be considered a “minimum bill of fare by the Seamen. | ae » Plrxprian TO BEC TION 4529 OF THE REVISED § 2S REGARDING ae NF UPAYMENT OF WAGES® * ‘This section of the Law nescs anending BO thet 4t will be more favorable tot us as also in order that we can pet paid off without any trouble during labor disputes, AMENDUENT IN REGARD TO AL TRONTIC’S Ac the present law provides that any boy of the ase of 12 yeara or over wit th. consent of his parents or guardian) can go to sea, and cs this is not in acvord with the ‘“proposad child labor measure" now before Con7ress, it is recommended that we raise the @ge limit to 16 years or over 50 as to confora with other progressive “child dabors MERSUTeS. QTYRR AMCNDUEATS Kany of tha laws relating to seamen which are still on the statute books are ° obsolete anc unworkable under present econonic conditions but as nothing has been done to remedy these lav2 for many years it will take quite a while to ret around to all of ~ them, All celegates ere requested to bring before their membersi:ip in all ports the importance of offering recommendetions which can be legislated to our advantage, * “PROGREIS OF LEGISLATION AFFECTING LABOR IN GENERAL. UNSMPLOY CENT? Mieny Bilis have been introduced at this session de#lins with the situation but no practical solution hes been errived at, The Bil: 5. J. ties, 176 which would provide fo: WPA workers to be «ent oa the SPA payroll until such tlies as they wiil be absorbed bach ~ into arivate incustry aerits our support. Jt is noticeable that rhere TTA workes> lave : .become organized they have been discriminated areinst and discharsed without proper heari: or trials before inpertiel Boards. 4+ will also be notee that at this tine when the CIO is conducting tneir great orpanizetional drive and when many major strikes are in progres | that a atrong effort is beinzs wade by the forces of the incustrialists anc birt business * a 1 os - os 1 —" rye, ™ AN * 1 4 have vundreds of MPA workers throm off the payroll, ‘Thus creating a potential, starve emmy of men who would be force. to scab on their fellow workers in order to live, ‘very effort must be made to keep all prusent FFA workern on the payreli so that they will net b ‘forced to become a menace to the trade union movement,