Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Argentia, Newfoundland
June 6th: In port all day.
June 7th: At sea 9 AM to 5 PM, in port rest of day. One sailor sent ashore to serve 10-day sentence for smoking in gun magazine.
June 8th: At sea after 9 AM. Some time at General Quarters in the afternoon.
June 9th: Returned to port at 2 PM. Fueling in afternoon.
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A coal strike began in early June and slowed steel production. There was outrage in public opinion and in the Armed Forces, despite the terrible conditions suffered by the miners. Roosevelt ordered a government takeover of the mines, and ordered the strikers back to work. The Smith–Connally Act, passed over a presidential veto in late June, allowed for seizure by the government of critical industries for wartime production. Miners would strike twice more during 1943 before an agreement was reached late in the year.More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, p. 345-346.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-52.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 120-140.
- No Ordinary Time, Doris Kearns Goodwin, pp, 440-444.
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