I te marama o Noema 1939, ko te "Pan Royal" tetahi o nga kaipuke e 21 i whakamutua i runga i te mahi na te patu a nga kaimahi 5,000 i New York. I te marama o Hune o te tau e whai ake nei, i kii te "The Christian Science Monitor" kua whakauruhia a "Pan Royal" ki te whakahoki i a "Big Joe" ki te Soviet Union. Ko "Big Joe" he ingoa ingoa i hoatu ki te kaimahi Soviet e mau ana i te whetu whero i roto i tona ringa e totoro ana ki runga. I whakapaipai te whakapakoko i te pou i mua o te Whare o nga Soviet Socialist Republics i te New York World's Fair i te waa ataahua o te tau 1939. I whakakorehia te whare Soviet i mua i te wa ataahua o te tau 1940 i muri i te hurihanga o te whakaaro rongonui o Amerika ki te Soviet Union na te mea i uru mai a Noema 1939 ki Finland
He aha? Hei waahanga o te whakakorenga, "Big Joe" i penapenahia ki Hoboken, New Jersey, engari i aukatihia te kaweake mai i te whakataunga a te United States Maritime Commission e whakamana ana i te "tihi morare" e aukati ana i te hainatanga o nga kaipuke Amerika mo te Soviet Union.