To most longshoremen, however, the Blue Book union was an
unqualified company union, employer-dominated, employer-
controlled. The Harmony Club had been formed under the em-
ployers' prodding, they said. Its president had "collaborated with
the employers to set up a company union." The employers had
provided headquarters for the new organization, the Wateifront
Worker reported later. In the end, two unarguable results emerged:
The Riggers' and Stevedores' of the ILA were smashed; the Blue
Book union dominated the waterfront.

The voluble Captain Dollar told the National Association of
Manufacturers: "Up to the time of the strike San Francisco had
been known as the tightest 'closed shop' city in the world. When
the last rumble of the dock strike had died away, the labor aspects
in San Francisco had undergone a complete change. It became
known as the most wide 'open shop' community in America. How
shipping men brought this about has lots of thrills." 16