Dockers Hear 'Leader' On First Day of Emergency -- Crowd of London dockers listen to a speech by Albert Timothy, member of the unofficial 'lock out committee, at Royal.Victoria Dock to-day (Tuesday), first day of the State of Emergency regulations in the Port of London. More than 10,000 men are idle at the docks, and 112 ships are held up, owing to the refusal of the men to work the Canadian ships Beaverbrae and Argomont, which have been involved in a Canadian seamen strike. July 12, 1949. (Photo by Reuterphoto).