In New York harbor, the Washington, one of the two largest U.S. passenger liners, was getting ready to sail for England. At the last minute the sailing was canceled. Reason: the United States Lines, which runs the Washington for the War Shipping Administration, had refused to fire an assistant purser whom the crew, members of the C.I.O.'s National Maritime Union, did not like. So members of the N.M.U. refused to sign on the Washington. The War Shipping Administration ordered the Washington sent to a shipyard for reconversion to peacetime travel.
The Washington was not the only vessel which could not sail....
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