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Handbook for saboteurs
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Handbook for saboteurs

Publisher (American, 1937 - 2001)
Datec 1963
Object number00028625
NameBooklet
MediumPrinted text on paper. Cardboard bound booklet, two stapes at spine.
DimensionsOverall: 210 x 135 mm, 0.05 kg
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionBooklet titled 'A Handbook for Saboteurs' produced by the National Maritime Union of America.HistoryBooklet prepared by the National Maritime Union `in a desperate effort to awaken America, and her government officials to the terrible danger we all face...' The booklet provides facts, figures and historical information about America's maritime fleet, and is written under the fictional pretext that there is an organised plot to destroy the American merchant marine, and provides a manual for members of SOBIGM (an international combine whose initials stand for "Shove off brother, i've got mine"). SignificanceA propaganda booklet published by the National Maritime Union of America , AFL-CI O arguing that the
diminishment of the American Merchant Marine is subversive to the economy and security.