Painter v. Southern Transp. Co.

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

Findings of Fact

1. The Maritime Commission and the Department of Labor called a conference held on December 17, 1941, in Washington among representatives of the Government and employees and employers of the steamship industry, for the purpose of undertaking to work out a practical program to insure cooperation between all phases of the industry and the Government to expedite the movement and operation of ships. It is recited that present at the conference were representatives of “all seamen, licensed officers and radio operators unions, longshoremen unions,…