Striking Seamen see Secretary Roper. Washington, D.C. Jan. 18. A committee of striking seamen from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, called on Secretary of Commerce Roper today to protest against provisions of the Copeland Saftey-At-Sea Act. In the photograph, left to right, seated: Patrick B. Whalen; Al Lannon; Joseph Curran; R.M. Jones; standing, left to right: S.M. Blinken, Ralph Emerson, and Paul Rothman