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The other big eastern maritime group, the longshoremen, are under the manicured thumb of Joseph P. Ryan. Lately Chairman Joseph Patrick Kennedy of the new Maritime Commission brought Mr. Ryan and Mr. Lewis together, Chairman Kennedy being anxious to obtain assurance of labor peace while he is putting the Government's new shipping policy into effect (TIME, July 12). Though the story is that Mr. Ryan is looking eagerly for an excuse to lead his men into C. I. O., the hulking longshoreman simply stormed "Communism!" when questioned last week on the Lewis-Bridges campaign. Nevertheless, a sub-committee of maritime labor headed by Harry Bridges left for Manhattan as soon as the Washington conference broke up to lay before Joe Ryan a program which includes two national conventions in Chicago, one in August, another in September, to set up a national Industrial Maritime Federation under C. I. O. On arrival in Manhattan Harry Bridges clearly indicated the temper of his campaign. Compromise was out. Snapped he: "The C. I. O. has put forth certain proposals for the consideration of Mr. Ryan and all others concerned. They can accept or reject them."