Telegraphic Address: "searoving, lamb, london"
Telephone No: WATerloo 5906. (Five Lines)
National Union of Seamen
REGISTERED TRADE UNION NO 1493 APPROVED SOCIETY CERTIFICATE NO 128
Affiliated to the Labour Party, International Transportworkers Federation, Trades Union Congress
National Maritime Board.
(Sailors, Firemen and Catering Panels)
Executive Officers:
General Secretary W.R.SPENCE C.B.E.
Asst. General Secretary: G. REED
General Treasurer: J B WILSON
Registered Offices:
ST GEORGES HALL,
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD.
LONDON S.E.1.
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Your Ref HVT/AC/198
Our Ref GR/MLA.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY
Mr.H.V.Tewson, May 26th 1939
Trades Union Congress,
Transport House, Smith Square,
LONDON, S.W.1.
Dear Mr. Tewson,
SPANISH SEAMEN.
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant with cheque enclosed for £390. in settlement of the accounts in respect of the payments to Spanish Seamen for the period closing May 13th 1939.
I appreciate very much the sentiments expressed in your letter to the officers of the Union for making arrangements in respect of these payments, and I think you will appreciate we did our best under very difficult circumstances.
I am sure I do not envy you dealing with these matters, and I hope that the Trades Union Congress will succeed in getting these Spanish refugee seamen repatriated to some approved domicile outside the United Kingdom.
Yours faithfully,
George Reed
Assisted General Secretary
