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Meantime New York's Senator Royal S. Copeland remained unconvinced of the N. M. U.'s good intentions. From the Senate he wheedled $20,000 for a "full and complete investigation" of the maritime labor situation...
...chief quarry of Senator Copeland's hunt was one specific "Red": Harry Bridges, the Australian-born leader of Pacific Coast longshoremen. Harry Bridges' papers are in good order but like any alien he may be deported if he advocates overthrow of the Government by force. Therefore, Senator Copeland set out to prove he was a militant member of the Communist Party. Though most labor observers believe Bridges hews close to the Communist Party line, he denies being a party member. Dr. Copeland claims, however, that Mr. Bridges is in fact a member under the name...
...Harry Bridges' request for a hearing Senator Copeland turned a stony ear remarking: "This is an American committee considering the American merchant marine. We have no place for aliens." Meantime the Senator put on the witness stand the A. F. of L.'s maritime strongman, Joseph P. Ryan, boss of the Port of New York. Burly Mr. Ryan blandly assumed that everyone knew that...
Referring to the N. M. U. Manhattan offices, Joe Ryan declared: "I've seen half-a-dozen men come out of that Communist centre with bats." Senator Copeland asked what he meant by "bats." Joe Ryan: "I mean baseball bats for slugging." Then he added thoughtfully: "Possibly we were responsible for that because we first started using them." With perfect frankness Longshoreman Ryan admitted that his batmen had been paid with money furnished by the shipping companies to beat up Joe Curran's striking seamen...
Though he has blamed the shipowners as much as the seamen for the current maritime unrest, Mr. Kennedy also blames Frances Perkins. His opinions of the Secretary of Labor are hardly printable. And with his Irish up he marched before the Copeland Committee last week to rebut Mrs. Perkins' previous testimony that the time was not ripe for special maritime labor legislation (see p. 13). Without mentioning the Secretary by name, Mr. Kennedy observed sarcastically: "I submit that if the maritime industry is not 'ripe' for conciliation and mediation of its labor disputes, then it is overripe...