IOR/L/E/8/1616

File includes:

• All-India Seamen’s Federation Memoranda entitled "Indian Seamen in Merchant Navy" (May 1942)
• Report on a meeting of 11^th May 1942 between Ministry of Transport representatives and a deputation from the International Transport-workers Federation to discuss conditions of employment of India seamen
• Report on a visit to the vessel ss. Lossiebank at Hull where men were demanding £10 bonus for carrying ammunitions and where the Welfare Officer for Indian Seamen persuaded the men to drop their demands and proceed to sea (March 1942)
• Report from a Welfare Officer in Liverpool regarding “trouble with the crew of the ss. Aagtekerk” (3^rd June 1941) and further Reports, including newspaper reports, on unrest, disputes and grievances of lascar seamen serving on merchant navy vessels
• Statement of grievances submitted by sailors of the ss. Gurna [grievances include detention in jail, an incident of alleged assault by the Captain on a crew member and overall dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Captain] (3^rd January 1942)
• HM Government Circular on the subject of the welfare of merchant seamen in Colonial ports (9^th January 1942) with International Labour Conference Recommendation No.48 concerning the Promotion of Seamen’s Welfare in Ports
• Indian Political Intelligence report dated 4^th July 1941 on unrest Among Indian Seamen during the first few months of 1941 and a report on enquiries regarding Indian seamen at Liverpool and Glasgow dated 12^th March 1941
• Extract from a Metropolitan Police Report dated 25^th June 1941 on the subject of communist propaganda amongst Indian seamen
• Appeal to Indian Seamen from the General Secretary of the Indian Seamen’s Association (January 1941)
• Proposed appointment, by the High Commissioner for India, of Lascar Welfare Officers (letters, April1940-June1940)
• Statements and notes showing Indian seamen’s wages and wages of seamen of other nationalities (of passenger and Merchant Navy vessels)