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Show H SHIPOWNERS TYRANIZED H. J Geneal Manager Haines of the Pacific H' j J Steamship Company of Seattle recently B I ' told the Senate committee on1 Commerce H" , that shipowners' do not run the ships any H ( - longer, but the Seamen's unions runs B ' w them under the provisions of the La Fo!- B . i lette Seamen's act. H I He told how one man of a crew at As- 1 i toria held up a ship ready to sail and H made the government lose $5,000 by de H lay and time it took to replace the man. K who, under the law, could quit after sien- 1 ing for the trip. K ' ; The law requires that 50 per cent of B . . i f - the wages due ust be paid every five davs m ' ' on demand and an American ship was m ' shanghaied and tied up for five days and H. put in quarantine because the men r-k r-k ' fused to obey shore leave orders. B Under the La Follette law 75 per cent m. of. the crew must speak English and K hence crews for American vessels cannot B, be maintained in foreign waters where B only Chinese, Malays, Lascars and Filial Fili-al pinos are obtainable as sailors or can en-B en-B dure the climate. B . 4 Now the crews go a step farther and B i f1 will not sail unless the officers belong to B , i officers union. Haines showed that only B" 'if' the government could operate ships here- B , J ; after under subsidies falling upon the tax B ! ( ? payeVs, as sliip owners had no right to B ! v handle their own vessels. |