SET UP NEW MARITIME LEAGUE; ISSUE NEW WORK REGULATIONS FOR SEAMEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 496
• Publication Date: June 30, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT 50X1-HUM
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Transportation - Water
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Warsaw; Katowice
DATE
PUBLISHED 16 Feb - 4 Apr 1950
LANGUAGE Polish
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INFORMATION 1950
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SET UP NEW MARITIME LEAGUE;
ISSUE NEW WORK REGu'LA5I0NS FOR SEAMEN
LISTS LEAGUE'S OFFICIALS..,-- Zycie Warszawy, No 94, 4 Apr 50
The "Liga Morska" (Maritime League), resulting from a merger of the Polish
Western Union and the old Maritime League, is a public, democratic, nonparty
institution created to develop the maritime economy and to defend the maritime
interests of the Polish State, in close cooperation with the Polish naval forces
and merchant marine.
The newly appointed Presidium is composed of the following: Gen Mieczyslaw
Wagrowski, chairman; Commander J. Urbanowicz of Gdansk, Sejm Deputy M. Dachow
of Szczecin, and Edward Szubert of Warsaw, deputy chairmen; C. Pilichowski,
secretary general; J. Skarzynski of Gdansk, M. Witkowski of Poznan, J. Wo.sznis
of Warsaw, Stanislaw Soldek of Gdansk, H. Sobanski of Warsaw, and Stanislaw
Sierpinski of Warsaw, members of the Presidium.
Vice-Minister J. Saicewicz was elected chairman of the Chief Auditing Com-
mission, and W. Barcikowski, Vice-President'of the Sejm, was elected. chairman
of the League's Organizational Court.
REGULATIONS GUARANTEE STEADY EMPLOYMENT -- Rzeczpospolita, No 87, 28 Mar 50
According to new employment regulations, evepy sailor of the Polish Merchant
Marine will have the right to sign an agreement which will guarantee, him steady
employment and income. In the event of temporary unemployment on a ship, the
sailor will automatically be placed in reserve pool, under GAL (Gdynia-America
Lines), which has been organized to find substitute jobs for such workers.
Substitute jobs will be found in warehouses,.shipyarus, GAL offices, and
ships in ports. The Polish Merchant. Marine guarantees a 46-hour work week with
base pay according to the last rating held on.shipboard. The sailors of the
reserve will also be guaranteed full sickness and accident benefits, family
allowances and insurance.
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INTRODUCE FLOATING WORKSHOPS -- Zycie Warszawy, No 94, 4 Apr 50
State Transportation Projects Construction Enterprise No 3 is in charge of
the 1950 Wisla River regulation work. Priority in the construction of dikes
will be given to the Tarchomin-Modlin stretch of the Wisla.
In 1949, a 6-kilometer stretch of the Tarchomina-Modlin dike was completed,
and was capable of resisting this year's floods. This stretch will serve as a
model for the construction of the rest of the dike.
A new m ;hod of producing fascined."mattresses" will be used in 1950. They
will be made on the barges, whereas in the past they were made on the shore.
The new system of floating workshops will save 100 million zlotys annually.
GAL EXTENDS ACTIVITIES -- Tryy..._a Robotnicza, No 47, 16 Feb 50
The Gdynia-America Navigation . -es announce that arrangements have been
made for the port of Gdynia to hang cargoes destined for the chief ports of
eastern Africa. The goods will be shipped on a through bill of lading with
transshipment in London.
Similar agreements have been concluded with India, Pakistan, the Far East,
and Australia.
ORE CARRIER GETS FIRST POLISH BOILERS -- Zycie Warszawy, No 92, 2 Apr 50
The Brygada Makowskiego, the thi2.d ore and coal carrier built in Gdansk ship-
yards is to be put into service soon. It will be the first vessel of the Polish
Merchant Marine to have boilers of domestic manufacture.
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