Walter Macarthur (March 9, 1862 – December 8, 1944) was a Scottish-American labor leader and writer who served nearly twenty years as a United States Shipping Commissioner. He was one of the founders of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, and was the longtime editor of its official organ, the ''Coast Seamen's Journal''. He was involved with the San Francisco

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before disavowing it over its corruption, and was a co-founder of the

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1992. "The Development of the Anti-Japanese Agitation in the United States." ''

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Works

''Coast Seamen's Journal''

References

1862 births 1944 deaths American people of Scottish descent American white supremacists Sailors' Union of the Pacific people United States Merchant Mariners {{US-publish-bio-stub