Seafarers Log: Vol. 15 No. 13 (1953-06-23)

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• OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS i N T E R N AT I p N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • A F l •

FOUR WIN $6,000
SRI SCHOURSHPS

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Piakino l/lffnnAfC Members of SIU Scholarship Advisory Committee complete their recommendations for winners
/ tT- *5"? of four $6,000 SIU college scholarships. They are: (seJted around table, clockwise), C. William

Edwards, Princeton University; Bernard Ireland, Columbia University; Miss Edna Newby, NJ College for Women; F. D. Wilkinson, Howard Univer-
si^ Arthur Ben^n, Educational. Testing Service; Elwood Kastner, New York University. Standing (left-right) are: Herb Brand, SEAFAEERS
LOG editor; Robert Creasey, administrator, SIU Welfare Plan: Ch."?.rles Logan, trustee; A1 Kerr, deputy administrator. (Story On Page 3)



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Atlantic Ignores
Crews, Attempts
Election Delay

flying jn the face of the wisha of dkise to 80 per­
cent of its tanker crewmembers, the Atl^tle Refii^g
CoMpiny this week began a de^rat^ last ditch legal
delaying action to stall off't
an eventual SIIJ election
victory in the fleet Atlantic
attoneys taking charge of the
anti-Union campaign, won a
brief eight-day hreatUng spell
at the National Labor Rela­
tions Board after two informal
hearings.

As a result, the NLBB's Phila­
delphia office will hold a formal
hearing on the SIU's petition for
an election in the fleet on Tues­
day, June 30. At that hearing SIU
representatives will get the fall
weight of Government legal ma-

. chinery rolling, in the face of ex­
pected filibuster tactics by Atlantic.

Atlantic's stalling tactics at two
previous informal board hearings
came as no surprise to the SIU
orga=iaers. They had:, expected for
some time that the company \.'ould
come out into the position of open­
ly opposing the SIU, instead of us­
ing the AMEU as its catsprw to
block the desire of tankermen for
real union representation.

AMEU Crumbling Fast
As more and more tankermen

signed SIU pledge cards, and with
the AMEU crumbling under a

. growing flood of membership with-
• drawals, it became apparent that
the company would either have to
throw in the sponge, or discard its
mask of "neuti-ality" and take up
the battle against the SIU. The
AMEU's leaders were not even
present at NLRB hearings with the
exception of th^ independent un­
ions attorney who holds the title
of "business manager" for the
AMEU. He meekly followed the
lead of company attorneys on all
questions tliat arose.

Union representatives agreed
that the company, by attempting
to delay an election that was sure
to come off, showed it had no de­
sire to 'do business with a real

SEAFARERS LOG
Jan* 2&, 1953 Vol. XV. No. 13
As^I See It Page 4
Committees At Work Page 6
Crossword Puzzle Page 12
Editorial ..Page 13
Foc'sle Fotographer.......Page 19
Galley Gleanings Page 20
Inqiliring Seafarer Page 12
In The Wake Page 12

-..Labor Round-Up Page l.i
Letters Pages 21, 22
Maritime Page 16
Meet The Seafarer Page 12
On The, Job Page 16
Personals Page 25
Quiz Page 19
Seafarers In Action Page 16
Ship's Minutes.. > Pages 24, 25
SIU History Cartoon Page 9
Sports Line. Page 20
Ten Years "Ago . Page 12
Itop Of The News Page 7
Union Talk Page 9
Wash. News Letter .Page 6
Welfare Benefits ... .Pages 26, 27
Welfare Report Page 8
Your Constitution Page 5
Your Dollar's Worth Page 7

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trade union in the fleet, or to pre-
mit its tankermen to enjoy gen­
uine collective bargaining on
wages and conditions.

The company's desperation ma­
neuvers came out In the open at
the second of two, NLRB Informal
hearings on the SIU's petition and
on the Union's unfair-labor prac­
tice charges. Company representa­
tives, backed up against the wall
by the SIU's evidence of 30 un?
justified firings in the fleet, never­
theless refused to concede and
reach agreMnent on reinstatement
and back pay. By doing so they
left themselves wide open to an
official unfair practice indictment

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Last Atlantic Holdouts
Invited On Bandwagon

With SIU pledges in the Atlantic tanker fleet hearing the 80
percent mark, SIU membership in all ports last week put out
the welcome mat to the few remaining AMEU backers on the
ships. The June 17 meetings-^

SIU Savannah port agent, E. B. TUlcy (left) presents Seafarer Jackson E. Meyer wlttt S fZM ma­
ternity benefit check and |25 baby bond. Meyer's wife; son, Edward, and danghter, Brenda Dlanne,
look on, Meyer la the first Seafarer to collect bis second maternity benefit since tte plan started
in April, 1952.

He's 1st For 2nd Baby $
Another major "first" was rung up in the SIU maternity benefit program when Seafarer

Jackson E. Meyer qualified for his second maternity benefit. Meyer, who received his first
benefit with the birth of his son, Edward Lee, on April 9, 1952, eame in for another $200

'^plus a $25 US defense bond"*

at all ports adopted a resolu­
tion inviting all these tanker­
men, amoimting to about 20 per­
cent of the fleet personnel, to join
with the other 80 percent under
the SIU banner.

The membership action empha-

Delta Line
Head Dies,
Formed Co.

One of the prime founders of the
Mississippi Shipping Company, and
its former president, Theodore
Brent, died recently in New Or­
leans at the age of 79. The veteran
shipping man had been connected
with the conipany Since its found­
ing in 1918.

Brent had served as president of
the company from 1942 to May 4,
1953, after holding several offices
and being a member of the board i takes place.
of directors since the company was
organized. Last month he stepped
out of the president's post'and as­
sumed the position of chairman of
the company's board of directors.

When the company was first
founded in 1918, it consisted of one
ship purchased from the old war^
time shipping board. At present
the conipany owns 11 cargo vessels
and three luxury passenger ships
whichkpperate on the South Ameri­
can run.

Aside from his connection with
the Delta Lines, Brent was promi­
nent in promoting the port of New
Orleans as a shipping center. He
was one of -the organizers of the
famed International Trade Mart
which has done so much to boom
import-export trade in New Or­
leans. He also had connections with
various other shipping .and ship­
building eaterpriseih

sized that whatever these men may
have felt or said about the SIU
in the past, the Union wiU accept
them witoout prejudice, because
the issues in the SIU organizing
campaign do not involve personali­
ties, only the over-all betterment
of tankermen's' w'ages and condi­
tions in Atlantic.

AMEU Helpless
It was pointed out that the great

niajority of these men, who had
been staunch A.MEU backers, now
realized that the AMEU was com­
pletely under thi company's
thumb and was helpless to give
them any kind of representation.

However, because they had taken
positive anti-SIU positions in the
fleet, these men .were hesitant to
approach <6IU organizers, feeling
that they would be'turned down,
and consequently that they had to
stick with the AMEU.

Under the terms of the member­
ship resolution, their past oppo­
sition to the SIU will be forgotten
provided they pledge their support
to the SIU now, before the National
Labor Relations Board election

As the resolution put it, the
SIU will welcome "each and every
man of the Atlantic tanker fleet
into our Union, including those
who have been opposed to us for
whatever reason of their own they
may have had-

"The sole isue throughout the
drive is the SIU's superior repre­
sentation as a result' of the top
wages and working conditions, wel­
fare and vacation benefits and the
on-the-spot, round-the-clock job
protection and security that would
be provided Atlantic tankermen
under the SIU banner.

"We impress upon all hands in
the,, Atlantic fleet, from the most
pro-SIU man to the officials of the
cqmpany union—AMEU—that our
sole desire . is to have them
strehgthen, their posttipns As sea­
faring men under, the SilJ

this week. The happy event
was the birth of a daughter,
Brenda Dianne, on June 12, 1953.

As a result, Meyer is the first to
have a fuU-sized 100 percent SIU
family. While there have been
cases of twin births, which have
meant a double benefit Meyer is
the only one thus far to have a
second single child since the bene­
fits began, April 1, 1953.

Over fl30,000
Brenda Dianne was the 655th

maternity benefit baby in the 15
months since the benefit began. To
date, the benefits have passed the
$130,000 mark. And each of the
SIU benefit babies has received the
$25 US savings bimd, directly from

the Union or over $16,000 in bonds
alone.

While maternity benefits are
fairly nninmnn in grOUP InSUranCS
plans, no plan comes near paying
the amount provided by the sfu—>
which is at no cost to the Sea­
farer. The average benefit iisualljr
runs from $50 to $80, and requires
one year of eligibility in contrast
to the SIU requirement or just on*
day on an SlU ship before th«
baby is bom.

Meyer wouldn't commit himseil
on whether or not he would have a
third chUd. Bight now he's ship­
ping out again to provide for hia
growing family. His last ship be­
fore the baby was bom was tha
Seatrain Savannah, on which ha
sailed as an oiler.

0r««ting8 From Congroosman

Baltimore port agent Earl Sheppard, in ngtit suit, gets « warm
bandshakfl from Congressman Robert Mollahan (D-W. 'Va,), who
Attended hraach's June 17 ineeti^- .Lp^lator lat«r. AjJilrcsiM^
meeting, and was thown new hall now being construct^ )

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"Jtaneif, 1»SS S E A F An ItR S \ 0G Pare Hi«e

SlU Acts,50-50 Put
Back In Pakistan Aid

Speedy SIU action in alerting members of the House of
.Representatives led to an important test victory of the 50-50
principle in aid shipments. Members of the House voted to
restore the 50-50 provision to

.the Pakistan wheat shipment
bill after it had been removed
from the bill by the House Agri­
culture Committee.

The Pakistan wheat bill, an ad­
ministration - sponsored measure,
provides for shipment of one mil­
lion tons of wheat to Pakistan to
prevent possible famine in that
county. The Senate previously ap­
proved the bill with the 50-50
amendment attached, providing
that 50 percent of the cargoes car­
ried under the bill should go in
American bottoms.

Several Amendments
The amendment on the floor of

the House to restore the 50-50 pro­
vision was offered by Representa­
tive Alvin Weichel, chairman of
the House Merchant Marine Com­
mittee. When it became apparent
that the 50-50 fight would-go to the
floor of the House, a sizable num­
ber of Congressmen were alerted
by the SIU Washington office and
by the various ports of the danger

EiOG To Reprint
Constitution ^

In accordance with the de­
cision of the recent port
agents conference, the next
Issue of the SEAFARERS
LOG will carry a full reprint

' of the new SIU constitution.
* The agents recommended that

the constitution be reprinted
in the LOG at six month in­
tervals.

In addition, the LOG will
carry a full review of all trial
and appeal proceedings that
have taken place in the nine
months.^sinee the new consti­
tution went into effect. De­
tails of all trials and appeals
will be printed, decisions ren­
dered in 'each case, so Seafar­
ers will be able to see" how
this important section of the
cofastitution has been operat­
ing in actual practice to pro­
tect every member's rights.

to the 50-50 principle in letting the
bill go through without this aniend-
ment.

As a result there was a large
turnout of House members when
the amendment came up and it
went through without any diffi­
culty. Maritime observers in Wash­
ington gave the SIU major credit
for ' the successful action in the
House.

While the number of voyages in­
volved in the wheat bili is small,
about 60 or 65 in all for American
vessels, it is believed that the
House action was the key vote on
the 50-50 issue. For some time now,
foreign shipping interests have
been campaigning against the 50-
50 law, and failure of the House
to include it in the Pakistan wheat
j)ill would have opened the flood­
gates for a major assault on the
50-50 provision in the various
economic and military aid pro­
grams.

Clear Sailing Seen
It is now expected that the 50-50

provision will have relatively clear
sailing in the multi-billion dollar
military and economic aid pro­
grams now being acted upon in
both Houses of^Congress.

The 50-p0 law was first incor­
porated in US legislation with the
start of the Marshall Plan of eco­
nomic aid for Europe in 1048 after
a vigorous fight by the SIU for the
requirement. In recent years it has
provided American ships with a
very sizable percentage of their
cargoes. Attempts have been made
on various occasions to do away
with the 50-50 law, but all have
been met successfully by deter­
mined Union opposition.

It is expected that of the 500,000
tons of wheat reserved for Ameri­
can-flag ships, about 100,000 tons
will be carried by regularly-sched­
uled liner services to Karachi, such
as those operated by Isthmian and
other companies with Middle East
and Far East services.

. The other 400,000 tons will be
carried by tramp operators, most
of whom are under contract to
the SIU.

Members of the scholarship advisory committee are shown discussing records of scholarship candi­
dates. I.eft to right, they are; F. D. Wilkinson, Howard Univ.; Arthur Benson, Educational Testing
Service, which gave the entrance examinations; Elwood Kastner, New York Univ.; Charles Logan,
Welfare Plan trustee; Miss Edna Newby, NJ College for Women; C. William Edwards, Princeton
Univ.; Bernard Ireland, Columbia Univ.

Children Of Four
Seafarers Awarded
SIU Scholarships

Four children of working Seafarers will be heading for college this fall, each as­
sured of a four-year $6,000 college scholarship made posible by their fathers* uhion.
Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan, meeting on Tuesday, June 23, approved
the selection of Alma Jimenez Colls, Robert Gopdwin, Charlene Holden and Eliza­
beth Lomas as winners of the first college scholarships ever awarded by any mari­
time union.

Selection of the winners
climaxes several months of
careful study and preparation
of the trail-blazing SIU Schol­
arship Plan. The $1,500 year­
ly grant that will be provided
for each winner is far more
than Seafarers could earn in a
full year's work when the Union

Disability Pay Goes To 5 More
Five more Seafarers who are no longer able to work are now assured full protection as

the trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan voted to add them to the disability benefits list. As
a result, they are now receiving the $25 weekly disability benefit from the Welfare Plan.

The latest additions to the
disability benefits list are
Benno Zielinski, 63; Joseph
Pilutis, 38; Alexander Dudde, 65;
Pete Henderson, 65; and Abdon
Sylvera, 51. The first three, who
live in New York, were introduced
to the headquarters membership
meeting of June IT. Henderson
lives in Mobiie and Sylvera in
New Orleans.

Dudde, Pilutis and Zielinski all
spoke briefly at the headquarters
membership meeting, thanking the
membership for maUng the disa­
bility benefits possible. As Zie­
linski put it, "i stay here before
you to expre.ss my deepest gratis

' tude to . . . all brothers who were
Instrumental in making this tre­
mendous plan a reality ... It is
what you call real brotherhood
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Pilutis, who has had several dp-
eratioBS recently added his thanks
to those brothers who had donated
large amounts of blood for him
while htf was at the Statea Island
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The SIU disability benefit was
instituted as of April 1, 1952 by
decision of the Welfare Plan's
board of trustees, after suggestion
from the Union trustees on the
board. At the beginning the bene­
fit paid $15 a week, but this has
been increased twice by the'trus­
tees to the present $25 level.

An imusual feature of the dis­
ability benefit i^ that there is no
age requirenient. Any totally-
disabled Seafarer, no longer able
to work, who-"has the necessary
seven years' sea time is eligible
for the benefit, no matter what his
age. There are now 18 Seafarers
receiving the SIU disability bene­
fit.

Among the first to receive, the
benefit were veteran Seafarers
Otto (Uncle Otto) Preussler, who
had been isailing for 46 years, and
John Hopkins, 77, who 4iad over
half a century's oxperienee at sea.
Preussler has since passed" away
and was buried at the seamen's
burial ground" in Savannah;
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Benno Zielinski, who recently
• qualified for SIU disability
benefit, addresses recent mem­
bership meeting and telb what
it means to him.

began its operations 14 years ago.
At that time, or just a few years
back for that matter, the idea that
Seafarers or their children would
go to college with Union scholar­
ships of this kind would have been
dismissed as a pipe dream.

The Scholarship Plan, widely-
applauded when it was first an­
nounced, was designed to make
this "pipe dream" possible, so that
qualified Seafarers or their chil­
dren would have equal opportunity
for higher education with all that
it implies.

The four winpers were proposed
from the applicants by a' five-mem­
ber board of college and university
administrators, after thorough ex­
amination of their school records
and their performance on the
standard College Entrance Exami­
nation Board tests. The trustees
then adopted the recommendations
of the advisory committee.

The winners, three girls and one
boy, come from all parts of the US
and its territories. Alma Jimenez
Colls, daughter of Seafarer Pedro
Jimenez, wiper, lives in Rio Pie-
dras, Puerto Rico. Robert Goodwin,
whose father is Seafarer Eugene
Goodwin, lives in Hillsboro, Ore­
gon. Elizabeth Lomas, daughter of
Arthur James Lomas, steward, is a
resident of Tuckahoe, New York,
while Charlene Holden, daughter
of Stanley A. -Holden, chief cook,
lives in Manchester. Maryland.

Fine Records
All four of the winners compiled

fine school records and scored well
In the College entrance tests. In
addition they were active in a
variety of school and community
affairs which added to their quali­
fications. Miss Colls, who ranked
17th in a high school class 0^396
students, intends to become a doc?
tor. Miss Holden plays in her school

orchestra, writes for her school
newspaper and participates in a
variety of extra-curricular activi-^
ties.

Miss Lomas was secretary-treas­
urer of the General Organization

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SIU Outfit
Seeks Six
New Ships

An application for-aid in the con­
struction of six huge high-speed
tankers has been made to the Fed­
eral Maritime Board by the SIU-
contracted Colonial Steamship
Company. The application was the
first of its kind to be made under
the Long Range Shipping Act of
1952.

Colonial plans to build the six
vessels at a cost of $7^^ million
each. The ships would definitely be
in the super-tanker class, grossing
29,000 deadweight tons, with a
projected speed of 17)'^ knots.

Colonial, which now has one Lib­
erty-tanker and two T-2's operating
under the SIU contract, is apply­
ing under the provision of the 1952
act that authorizes construction
subsidies for ships used anywhere
in the foreign trade of the US.
Before the 1952 act, only ships on
essential trade routes could get
construction subsidies.

At present the Colonial applica­
tion is being processed by the
Maritime Board. If the application
is approved, the tankers would be
built in US shipyards.

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The Swedish freighter Stegeholm is shown smoking while adrift in the gulf. She caught fire shortly
•fter sailing from Tampa. Her crew was removed by the Iberville, and the skipper stayed aboard
•s the vessel was towed back into Tampa. Nobody was injured, and the cause of the fire is undermined.

Ibervi'le Aids Burning Ship
Seafarers aboard the Iberville (Waterman) had a little unscheduled excitement on their

last voyage when they picked up crewmembers of the burning Swedish-American freighter
MV Stegeholm and stood by for almost 12 hours until a relief tug arrived.

The Iberville was en-route
from Tampa to New York,
having left Tampa the night
before, when it came across the
Stegeholm at 5:45 in the morning.
A fierce fire was blazing in the
chip's No. 4 hold where canned
fruit juices were stored, and most
pf the Stegeholm crew had taken
to lifeboats and were standing by.

Defective Fan
The Iberville picked up the cap­

tain and radio operator who in­
formed the crew that the' fire had
begun at 1:30 in the morning in
a defective electric fan in the pan­
try and quickly spread through the

entire midship house, because of
the wood construction of the house.
The black gang had to escape
through the shaft alley exit and
were unable to get fire pumps go­
ing.

The SlU-manned Waterman
ship circled the stricken ship
for several hours while four mem­
bers of the Stegeholm crew re­
mained on the bow of the stricken
vessel. Late in the afternoon, these
crewmembers too got off the
vessel.

About 5:30 in the afternoon, the
relief tug arrived on the scene,
and the Swedish crew vent back
aboard the ship. The Iberville left
the area an ho'if later.

One of the many men from the
A&G coasts who went west. Brother
Herman Pederson, was chosen as
meeting chairman by Seafarers in
tte port of Wilmington, California,
on June 17. At
that Pederson can
claim to be a
Westerner be­
cause he was
born originally
in Nebraska on
August 7, 1926.
However, he did
all of his sailing
off the East and Pedersen
Gulf Coasts, join­
ing the SIU in New York in Feb­
ruary, 1944.

For a while Pederson was a
steady shipper out of New Orleans
and spent about 20 months on the
Delta Line South American ships.
Uncle Sam rudely interrupted this
pleasant run by snatching him up
in the draft. Since he's been re­
leased he has settled down in Long
Beach, California, and is catching
those West Coast ships. His last
one was the Seatiger, where he
sailed AB.

Pederson is one of the many
Seafarers who participated in 'the
1946 General Strike as well as
other beefs. He's solid on the idea
of cooperation with shbreside
unions, and was pleased the way
Lake Charles refinery workers
stood by the SIU in the Cities
Service contract beef.

Others serving at the Wilming­
ton bnmch meeting were Max
Byers, veteran electrioian, as read­
ing clerk, and John M. Thompson,
onotber voltage juggler, as record-
iag seeretaqr.'^

Norfolk's choice for chairman
was Brother Fred Hicks, chief
steward, who just got back from a
six-month run to the Far East.
Hicks, who has been shipping out
of Norfolk for some time, has de­
cided to settle permanently in this
viciniy. He and his wife have pur­
chased a home at East Ocean View
where they can get their feet in the
sand any time they want.

Ray Wright handled the reading
clerks' chores at the Norfolk meet­
ing, while R. G. Renfrew took oh
the task of recording secretary.
Renfrew is a comparative new­
comer to the Union's ranks, getting
his membership just last August.

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Seattle, like Wilmington, fea­

tured as its recording secretary
another trans-
planted eastern­
er-Brother Rob­
ert J. Wiseman.
Bom in New
York, Wiseman
decided that the
Far East runs and
the port of Seat­
tle were made for

Wiseman
planning on set­

tling down in that city. He became,
a SIU member in Baltimore,"
March, 1944, and sails in the deck
department.

Brother H. Mesford, who is S
native of the great Northwest,
handled the duties of reading clerk,
while E. Giza, a veteran of the
Isthmian organizing compaign, was
the m6(Hing chairman.

NMU Halts
Ships Over
Inequities

After a four day strike on wage
issues and Inequities in their con­
tract, members of the National
Maritime Union went back to work
with wage increases of two, four
and six percent.

Once again a majoi; item in the
NMU contract discussions were the
inequities in working rules in com­
parison to the SIU agreement. The
NMU hung up the ships on June
16 in demands for SIU clauses on
medical exams, transportation,
crew complements for ships in
temporary lay-up and hiring of
chief stewards through the hiring
haU.

The final settlement gave the
NMU several of these SIU clauses,
but the companies retained the
right to hire chief stewards from
any source, instead of off the
board as in the SIU.

At the conclusion of the strike,
NMU president Joseph Curran sent
a tele^am of congratulations to
the SIU. The telegram read: "Our
strike has been victoriously con­
cluded, and your pledge of support
materially aided in winning the
gains made for our members on
behalf of our membership. We ex­
tend to your organization our full
appreciation."

The money increases are two
percent for unrated men, four per­
cent for ABs, oilers and FWTs, and
six. percent for top ratings like
bosun and electrician. Overtime
rates are increased by the same
amoimt, which means three cents
more hourly for entry ratings, and
seven to 11 cents for rated men.

Put Number On
Meeting Exeusee

Seafarers' sending telegrams
or letters to the New York
headquarters dispatcher asking
to be excused from attending
headquarters membership
meetings must include the reg­
istration number ' of their
shipping card in the message.

From now on, if the number
is not Included, the excuse can­
not be accepted by the dis­
patcher.

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WHEN TOUR UNION FIRST ANNOUNCED ITS SCHOLARSHIP
Plan, which Inyplved giving four $6,000 college scholarships every
year, a lot of people were curious as to just what the SIU had in mind
with this program. Now that the ^t four winners have been picked
and will be on the way to the college of their choosing next September,
interested people will get a better idea of how this Scholarship Plan
wiU work.

The SlU'a purpose in setting up this Plan can be explained very
simply. Most Seafarers, being working men from working men's fami­
lies, never had a chance to grab too much in the way of education before
they had to get themselves a job to pay the feed bills. We wanted to
make it easy for any of our membership who had the stuff to take
advantage of it, and that went also for the children of our membership.

It stands to reason that if the Seafarer of today is entitled to good
earnings, good working conditions, a decent home and all that goes
with it— things we have tried to make -possible through our Union's
action;—that a college education becomes part of that whole picture.
Our country can always use people of talent and ability. It doesn't
ask who they are and where they come from. So the Seafarer, or child
of a Seafarer who can fill the bill should be entitled to the best of edu­
cational opportunities.

That's why the Scholarship PRm was set up in its present fashion.
When we were investigating how these college scholarships operate,
we found a lot of them are tangled up in all sorts of special require­

ments. Most scholarships provide that the winner
has to attend a certain college, or that he has to
study a certain subject. There are scholarships in
engineering, law, medicine, biology, or any other
subject that you can think of. But there are mighty
few scholarships that give the winner a free hand
to study what he pleases where he pleases.

\' Some people were of the opinion that we should
jfitofOd* jjgj. yp scholarship and require that the

winners study marine architecture or subjects of
that kind. But the majority of the trustees of the

Welfare Plan felt differently. It was their opinion, and we agreed with
it wholeheartedly, that our purpose was to provide the widest possible
opportunity. It would be up to the scholarship winner to decide in
what field he was going to put that opportunity to use. After all,
whatever professions the winners choose to follow they are going to be
performing a service for the community and the nation. That is all
the trustees were concerned with.

Now that this year's winners have been selected, your Union would
like to see an increasing number of applications for next year's awards.
Some of our people may have been holding back, feeling that as Sea­
farers, they would be out of place on a college campus. But we can
assure them that it isn't so because we personally know four or five
of the brothers who have gone off the ships and into one college or
another and are making a go of it today.

Furthermore, our Scholarship Plan isn't necessarily limited to four
awards a year. The trustees have the power to change that figure if
they see fit. If enough candidates apply in coming years to justify a
change, the trustees will not hesitate to increase the number of awards.
That way a greater number of worthwhile candidates can get a college
education—courtesy of the SIU Welfare Plan. «

THE RECENT FUSS IN CONGRESS OVER THE 50-50 RULE ON
shipments of wheat to Pakistan, , casts interesting light on the motives
of those who oppose this principle. Here was a case where Congress
was voting a gift of a million tons of wheat to a country that has no
merchant fleet of its own. Yet there were those who actively objected
to the modest requirement that half of those cargoes supplied by US
taxpayers, be carried on US ships.

If, as is the case, Pakistan has no merchant fleet, the only ones who
would benefit by the defeat of the 50-50 rule are the runaway operators,
the outfits who register their ships under Pana­
manian or Liberian flags so that they can hire out
of a crimp hall, pay pennies in wages, dish out rot­
ten food and dodge taxes that would normally go to
an established maritime nation. Certainly it is not
to the interest of this country to promote that kind
of shipping.

Since it is well known that your Union has always
led the fight for the 50-50 law, the impression ^y
be held in some quarters that we are opposed to .
assisting other nations. Such an Impression is wide
of the mark. Our Union is wholehearedly in favor of foreign aid and
foreign trade,"as'the record-proves. It would be running against our
own interest to take any other position. Seamen realize more than
any other people how much our country depends on the flow of foreign
trade to and from these shores. Our economy would be In pretty rough
shape if that trade was cut down, or if foreign nations got so weak that
they couldn't produce ^or us or buy from us. .^

That doesn't mean though, that the US inerchant marine should be
asked to surrender its modest share of world cargoes. It's the slated
objective of nur national policy for the past several years that 50 per­
cent of all cargoes should be carried on US ships, ^

AetuaUy, US ships carry far-less than that percentage of our foreign
commerc^ since the aid shipments are but a small part of' the total
cargoes. By carrying 50 percent of aid cargoes, US ships don't in any
way invade the cargo operations of legitimate foreign flags. The law
merely provides that only half of paid for by US taxpayers
should be transported. :ander the AmericaB Egg so as to lielpr keep our
merchant imalne in a



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Wanna Parakeet? Size
21 Shirt?—Ask Sea Chest

When the SIU Sea Chest says it gives service and delivers
any sort of merchandise you" want right to your ship, it means
just that. And Santos Garcia on the Seatrain Louisiana will
back up that statement.

When the Seatrain Lousiana
pulled into New York on her
last trip, Santos decided that he
wanted a couple of parakeets, those
colorful little birds that have be­
come so popular recently. Well,
like many seamen, Santos didn't
have any time to go ashore and
shop around because his ship was
•ailing the next day.

So, when the SIU sea Chest rep­
resentative boarded the ship her
first day in port, Santos gave him
an order for "two parakeets and all
the stuff I'll need to keep them."
Then Santos relaxed while the SIU
Sea Chest representative went to
work.

Picked Up Uptown
While Santos stayed aboard his

ship, the SIU Sea Chest represen­
tative began to look all over New
York for two parakeets in prime
condition. The parakeets were soon
located, and a Sea Chest represen­
tative picked them up the next day
in uptown Manhattan.

However, while driving along the
West Side Highway to deliver the .

birds to the ship, the Sea Chest
man was startled to see the Sea­
train Lousiana out in the stream
and moving down the harbor. He
quickly began to make plans to
catch a launch and reach the ship
before it left the harbor, but found
when he reached the dock that the
ship was just being shifted.

Bird Feed Too

Thus it was that less than 24
hours after Santos had placed his
order, the SIU Sea Chest delivered
the two parakeets to him aboard
the ship. In addition, the Sea Chest
also delivered a supply of feed, in-
struetions on how to feed and train
the birds, two cages and a set of
toys, swings and ladders that are
used in training. Santos didn't have
to set foot off his ship to get what
he wanted.

In fact, Santos was so pleased
that, just before he sailed, he gave
the Sea Chest another sizable or­
der: three nylon shirts—size 21-
to be delivered when his ship re­
turns to New York on the next
trip.

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Spctlon 1

Pentagon Tells Senate US
Needs More, Faster Ships

The need for immediate enlargement and modernization of the nation's merchant fleet
was heavily underscored by the Defense Department in testimony before a Senate sub­
committee. Rear Admiral R. E. Wilson told the Senators that the US should build at least
165 modern cargo ships, 43>-
super-tankers and six new
passenger ships to meet the
nation's minimum defense needs.

Wilson emphasized in his testi-
«inonythat such a program would
Only provide enough ships to meet
the "initial phase" of any all-out
national emergency. He told the
Senators further that in such an
emergency the US could only ex­
pect a "limited degree" of foreign
flag assistance, and that for the
nation's safety it should rely on a
modern US merchant marine.

Minimum Speeds
The Defense Department wit­

ness listed as minimum require­
ments for a US merchant fleet dry
cargo ships capable of a sustained
speed o/ 18 knots, troop transports,
a speed of 22 knots, and tankers
of 25,000 deadweight tons capable
of 20 knots or better.

The present US Liberty ships in
reserve, he said, while adequate
in numbers to meet a minimum
requirement for 1,287 dry cargo
ships, "are considered too slow for
modem military needs. In addition
there are 57 T-2 tankers which
have reached half their life ex­
pectancy and should be replaced."

While the Defense Department
considers C-2s and C-3s practical
and useful ships. Admiral Wilson
said that new vessels are needed
which are equipped with far heav­
ier and speedier cargo-handling
gear.

Another witness before the sub­
committee, Solon B. Turman, head
of Lykes Brothers 88 Company,
estimated that under present cir­
cumstances, the US foreign fleet
could reach a maximum of 430
cargo vessels, plus 62 passenger
and combination ships. He stated

that about 205 freighters could op­
erate in the domestic trades, and
484 tankers in the oil-carrying in­
dustry.

He predicted that with the cur­
tailment of foreign aid programs,
the American tramp fleet would

dwindle as tonnage for the tramps
will no longer be available.-

The subcommittee, chaired by
Senator Potter, has been conduct­
ing intensive hearings to try to de­
termine what the composition of a
US merchant fleet should be.

Hot Off The Press

Savannah's
Fate Still
Uncertain

only

t

onvi «rr- a #•
of tha membarship-

\

This provision givss—and goar-
antees—the membership the de­
ciding voice in the most important
Union function—the rotary ship­
ping system. You make the rules
by which you ship. N® ofliciol can-
make shipping rules.

Although the Senate Subcom­
mittee on Appropriations has fin­
ished its hearings, the fate of the
Savannah USPHS hospital is still
uncertain. The group recently
made its report to the full com­
mittee.

However, the contents of the
subcommittee's report have not yet
been made public, but since the
report has been made, the full
Senate Appropriations Committee
is expected to act upon the group's
report and recommendations in the
very near future.

It is this report which will de­
cide whether the Savannah hospi­
tal still has a chance If the report
favois restoring the funds for the
Savannah hospiial, hcwever those
funds will also have to survive a
meeting of a joint House-Senate
committee. The Hot se has already
kl.led tlje fund"; toi the Savannah
hosp'tal.

THe SIU 's slill continuing its
fig} t to get the Savannah hospital
funds restored and to ktep the
hospital functioning, since it is vi­
tally needed by seamen in that
area.

As reported in the last issue of
the LOG, it has been official'v an-

f'aounced by ine USPftS that the
Icrt Stanb-'i hospiial i" being
c'l sed, an:! preparations h; ve al­
ready been sltrled for lians-Vrring
the patient'- now there.

Captain John Fox (left), president of the Inlandboatmen's Union,
an SIU affiliate, looks over a copy of the Atlantic Fleet News as
it comes off the press as he follows the SIU organizing drive.

CG Revises Rules For
Hiring Crewmen Abroad

Regulations governing the hiring of crew replacements in
foreign ports, issued from time to time by the Coast Guard,
have been revised and strengthened recently. These regula­
tions are summarized below-f — —.
for the information of crew-
members. They should be
lived up to by skippers, engineers
and others hiring men in foreign
ports.

Should crewmembers find that
the regulations are being violated
through the hiring of an excess
number of aliens, or the hiring of
aliens when US seamen with vali­
dated'papers are available on the
beach, they should get in touch
with the nearest US consulate
which has the power and responsi­
bility to enforce the regulations.

All Have Clearance
As the regulations now stand,

any replacement, or additional
crewmembers hired in a foreign
port have to have security clear­
ance in one form or another. If
they are US citizens without clear­
ance, they are to receive emer­
gency clearance from the Com­
mandant of the Cdast Guard in the
US before they can be hired. If
they are aliens resident in the
country that the ship is touching,
then they are to receive clearance
through the US consul. The consul
will have to check with local au­
thorities for this purpose.

The Coast Guard regulations set
up a system of preferential hiring
which puts the US seaman with
validated papers on top of the
heap. If he is on the beach, he has
to be hired before anybody else.
Next In line is a US citizen with­
out validated papers. He can be
hired if there are no men around
with papers, but first the US con­

sul or the skipper must notify the
Coast Guard in Washington and
wait until they get clearance on
the replacement, A quick clear­
ance procedure has been estab­
lished for this purpose.

Quota Set
An alien without seaman's pa­

pers can be employed if none of
the above-mentioned men are
available. He must get temporary
clearance from the US consul, but
in any case, the number of aliens
should not exceed ten percent of
the total vessel complement.

The only way this alien require­
ment can be avoided is if it is es­
tablished to the satisfaction of the
American consul that the vessel
would be delayed in port unless it
could hire aliens above the quota
limits. In other words, it has to be
shown that there are no American
seamen whatever in the vicinity
who can fill the job.

These regulations apply equally
to crew replacements, and to tem­
porary additional crewmembers,
like stockmen or maintenance
gangs, who will ride a ship from
one foreign port to another for­
eign port.

In addition to these revisions, the
Coast Guard has announced that
it is extending its requirements
for validated papers to persons
employed on harbor craft. This
will cover all lak?s (other than
Groat Lakes) bays, sounds, bayous,
canals and harbors, and will affect
men working on barges, tugs, junk-
boats and the like.



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West Coast Momberslilp Meeting

SIU San Francisco port agent T. E. Banning (standing, right) gives his report to the membership at
the regular SIU membership meeting held in the recently enlarged quarters in that port.

US May Open Ship Transfers
The drive to transfer some US shipping to foreign-flag interests gathered renewed impetus

as steps were taken in the Senate to sell vessels to the Philippines and to Trieste.
The Senate has already passed legislation allowing the sale of eight Government-owned

war-built vessels to Philippine-^
shipowners who currently
have them under charter. The
SIU has opposed the sale as set­
ting a dangerous precedent for
the disposal of Government-owned
tonnage out of the reserve fleet.
When the bill was introduced last
year, it was pointed out that it.was
giving an unfair advantage to for­
eign buyers, who had an oppor­
tunity to bid for the ships under
the old Ship Sales Act, but failed
to do so.

Covered by the Philippine bill

SUP Breaks
Ground For
Seattle Hall

In ceremonies attended by sev­
eral hundred SUP members, civic
leaders, ship company officials and
heads of other labor organizations,
ground was broken recently for the
new SUP hall and sailors' home to
be built in Seattle.

The new building, located at
First Avenue and Wall Street, and
commanding a view of Puget
Sound, will consist of two stories
and a large basement which will
house a gymnasium, baggage room,
restaurant, bar, barber shop, cigar
store, showers and lavatory facili­
ties.

Sailor's Home
The first floor of the building

will provide space for offices and a
combination auditorium - dispatch
hall which will be named for Peter
B. Gill, who was the union agent
in Seattle for 30 years. The top
story will be the sailors' home, con­
sisting of 22 units for the use of
oldtimers and the ill or disabled.
On this floor there will also be a
laundry room.

Construction of the hall was au­
thorized by the SUP membership
last December 22, after a recom­
mendation by the SUP building
trustees, and followed by 16 days
the opening of the new hall at
Wilmington.

Presiding at the ground breaking
ceremonies, at which shovcl-v.'iald-
ing union oldtimers were honored
guests, was Agent Maxie Weis-
barth.

are six C-1, MAV-1 types and two
N-3 types. The measure provides
that the present charters of the
ships be extended pending their
sale.

The proposed Trieste sales are
considered much more of a direct
threat to US shipping. In July,
1952, the SEAFARERS LOG re­
vealed that a group of Trieste shiu-
oN^mers had hired a lobbyist to push
the sale of ten US Libertys from
the reserve fleet. Now Senator H.
Alexander Smith, New Jersey Re­
publican, has introduced a bill on
behalf of these shipowners calling tion.

for the sale of the Libertys.
The Trieste bill differs from the

Philippine bill in that it is a direct
bid by European shipowners for
ships from the reserve fleet. The
Philippine operators have been
running the US ships for some
time now under charter.

Should the Trieste bill go
through, Washington maritime ob­
servers agree it would open the
gates for other nations to make
similar bids. Feelers have been
made by the Japanese and South
Korean governments in this direc-

SIU COMMITTEES
AT WORK

Thompson

Much of the material in this
column has dealt with the Union's
method of maintaining shipboard
performance through elected rank
and file trial committees. Several
cases have been
presented
describing how
these trial com-
mittees have'
handled such
cases, and what
they have done
with men who
have been found
guilty.

The usual pro­
cedure of levying a fine and putting
the errant Seafarer on probation
serves in the majority of cases to
set him straight for the future.
However, the problem becomes a
little more difficult when repeated
offenses have to he dealt with.

Since the membership is on
record not to permit continuous
fouling up, aboard ships, stronger
action is necessary in the case of
the chronic gashound or performer.
It's obvious that if the Union is to
live up to its contract obligations
and expect the shipowners to hold
up their end, that the chronic cases
need special handling. At the same
time the defendant's need to earn
a living h^ss to be taken into ac­
count

A case arose out in Wilmington,
California, where a man on proba­
tion from a previous offense was
dispatched to a tanker in port. He
reported to the ship gassed up, and
when the shipping commissioner
came aboard to sign on the crew,
he was found in his sack, in such
condition that he was unable to
sign articles.

Consequently charges were
placed against the man and he
came to trial before a committee
consisting of J. T. Shaw, C. P.
Parker, J. Faerels, and J. Thomp­
son. After hearing witnesses pro
and con and discussing the case,
the committee decided that a sus­
pension was in order.

They decided
then, to suspend
his membership
privileges for six
months, and levy
a fine. Since he
already owed a
fine from his
previous trial
which had not
yet been paid,
the committee
ruled that the second fine would
be payable only after the man
shipped again. .

The defendsat, when informed of
the de,clsion, indicated h^ WQuld
accept it and would po(; appeal the
caise.

Shaw

SIU NEWSLETTER
from WASHINGTON

• . I • I . 'I I 1

It's next to impossible^ to predict what the future size of the US
merchant fleet should be. Perhaps that's why the maritime industry
and the Department of Defense are so far apart in their estimates
of the size of the merchant marine.

Fourteen large US' companies, all subsidized, have estimated that
the future merchant marine should be comprised of 430 cargo vessels
and 62 passenger and combination vessels, as far as the foreign trade
of the country is concerned. On the other hand, the Department, of
Defense takes the view that the future fleet should be' larger, for de­
fense purposes, but the private lines say this many ships cannot be
absorbed, commercially, into the merchant marine.

if if iSt
Some members of Congress believe that, as a matter of policy, the

US should make its surplus stocks of agricultural commodities available,
through the Mutual Security Agency,""to foreign nations which are
experiencing crop failures. A move in this direction is being pushed
by Representative Burleson, of Texas.

Such legislation would be beneficial to the American merchant marine
if US-flag ships were assured of carrying at least half of the commodi­
ties.

i> i> i>
While on the above subject matter, the Congress has reached agree­

ment that in extending the mutual security program, the merchant
marine of this country should be assured of carrying at least 50 percent
of the aid commodities moving abroad. This has proved valuable to
shipping in the past, particularly when the movements were at a high
level.

if if i>
The coastwise and Intercoastal fleet, which has found it hard to sur­

vive since World War II, may receive'a stimulant as a result of planning
of US military experts.

The Department of Defense, always planning to prepare for war, is
thinking in tei-ms of what the situation would be in case of'a major
bombing attack on US cities, and the consequent disruption of trans­
continental rail facilities. In such an event, they agree that domestic
shipping becomes a vital defense asset.

i. i.
Several times in the past few years, opponents of a strong merchant

marine have taken the view that this country needs no shipping, that
it can depend upon foreign allied vessels to meet its requirements.

The fallacy of this argument has been recognized finally by US
Government officials, who have reached the position that, from ex­
periences gained in World War II, this nation cannot place too
much reliance on the availability, in time of war, of the ships bf
allied nations, and that, therefore, it must have its own fleet available.

if i>
The Mariner-type ship is quickly taking the status of the well-known

stepchild—not wanted by anyone. Private operators are telling Con­
gress that the ship is too big, too costly to operate, and uses too much
fuel, while the Department'of Defense, which is currently operating
all the Mariners which have been built, is taking the position that the
Mariner definitely does not represent the ultimate in ships. The big
thing haunting Defense is the absolute necessity of obtaining ships
that make a quick turn-around, ships capable of getting in and out of
ports quickly.

Private operators insist they are not interested in purchasing the
Mariner unless the purchase price is right. The Pacific Far East Line,
a US west coast line, is about the only company to date that has made
anything in the way of a firm commitment to buy Mariners.

if i i
US military experts recently reviewed the subject of the minimum

speeds of merchant ships desirgd for military purposes. They have
come to the conclusion that dry cargo ships should have at least 18
knots sustained speed; that troop transports should have a sustained
speed of 22 knots or greater.; and that tankers should have a sustained
speed of 20 knots or greater.

i. ^ i,
With but minor exception, the US'has supplied 100 percent of its

shipping requirements in connection with the Korean campaign. The
only exception is that this country has had to use 4 heavy-lift, foreign-
flag ships, because the US possesses no such vessels.

4 4 4
It's past time that the US Congress should come out with a consistent

Government policy so .that the merchant marine can plan its future
course. This is so because since the war, the foreign fleets have re­
gained their strength, Immediately after World War II, the US fleet
carried about 55 percent of its total Import-export cargoes, whereas
today the percentage is somewhere around 25 percent.

4 4 4
A little known fact Is that this country has subsidized foreign mer­

chant marines about twice as much as the American merchant marine.
Between April 3, 1948, and December 31, 1951, our assistance. to
tlie European merchant marine amounted to about $36,700,000 and to
the Japanese merchant marine about $22,800,000, or a total of about
$59W - million. During the same period, the operating subsidy aid to
the American merchant marine was $25,700,000.

4 4 4
Four American tanker companies have won new 2-year contracts

with the Military Sea Transportation Service, and will operate 62 Gov­
ernment-owned tankers transporting petroleum productis for the Armed
Services. "

Some 21 tanker operators submitted bids to MSTS for the contracts,
which were finally awarded to the following: Marine Transport Line
will operate 16 Government tankers; Mathiasen*! Tanker Industries
will operate 15; Apierican Pacific Steamship Company, 14; and the
Joshua Hendy Corporation, 17.

The; new two-year contracts with MSTS will begin on July 1.



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THREE-CENT STAMP ON WAY OUT—Th« Post OfficB department
Is planning to Increase mail costs on first class letters from three to
four cents, and has announced a 36 percent increase In parcel post
rates effective about August 1. The moves are part of an attempt to
reduce a whopping Post Office deficit amounting to better than $600
million a year.

EAST GERMAN WORKERS MOT—L&d by construction trades
crai'tsmen, thousands of East German workers in East Berlin rioted

against Communist con­
trol. Red flags, and
posters of Stalin were
torn down and de­
stroyed and Communist
leaders manhandled.
Soviet tanks and
armored cars were
called out to restore
order and keep the
rioters from sacking
Soviet administration
buildings. The East
Berlin riots followed
recent revelations that
workers in Pilsen,
Czechoslovakia had
done the same follow­
ing a currency devalua­
tion that drastically re­
duced their wages.

^ if if
KOREANS RE­

LEASE PRISONERS—
South Korean president
Syngman Rhee threw a
monkey wrench into
Korean truce talks
when the South Korean
army, under his orders,

released several thousand North Korean anti-Communist prisoners.
Under terms of the truce, the anti-Communists were supposed to be
held in camps until the North Korean government had a chance to

'try to persuade them to go home. In some instances, American troops
trying to prevent the releases were held off at gunpoint by the South
Koreans.

if if if
HOUSE EXTENDS RECIPROCAL TRADES ACT—The House of

-Representatives voted overwhelmingly to extend the Reciprocal Trades
Act for another year. This is the Act under which the US has been
making arrangements with foreign countries to lower-tariff barriers
on both sides.

if if if
ROSENBERGS DIE AT SING SING—Despite last-minute legal

moves, including a temporary stay of execution from Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas, convicted atomic spies Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg were executed in Sing Sing prison on Saturday, June 20.
The execution stirred up demonstrations and riots in many European
countries, while here and abroad pleas for clemency came from many
church groups and other non-Communist organizations.

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"BOOK BURNING" DISPUTE IN WASHINGTON—President Eisen­

hower in a speech at Dartmouth University attacked "book burners,"
apparently aiming his remarks at the practice of removing controversial
books from US libraries abroad, under pressure from Senator-Joseph
McCarthy. The President later modified his remarks in a press con­
ference saying that the US libraries should not circulate books openly
promoting Communism.

A group of East German xloters burn red
flag hauled down from top of famed Brand­
enburg gate in East Berlin. Riot was put
down by Soviet tanks.

Great Lakes SlU Sees Vote Victory
Crewmembers of two Great Lakes steamship lioes began voting this week on whether or

not they want to be represented by the SIU's Great Lakes District. The National Labor
Relations Board is conducting the vote aboard ships of the Pioneer Steamship Company

••"and Buckeye Steamship Com-
Maybe He'll Take A Cruise

Seafarer George L. Wise, who ships in the deck department, looks
all dressed up and ready to take off just as soon as he receives his
vacation money, in SIU style, from Jeff Gillette, Seattle port agent.

Bridges Freed, Hawaii
Head Jailed, Ships Hit

As the Supreme Court let Harry Bridges off the hook in the
States, some 26,000 ILWU workers in Hawaii walked out in
protest over the conviction of the union's Hawaiian Islands
leader under the Smith Act. —

Jack Hall, the International
Longshoremen's and Ware­
housemen's Union Hawaii leader.
and six others were convicted of
plotting to teach and advocate the
overthrow of the Government.
Some 2,000 dock workers, a ad
24,000 ILWU workers in the is­
lands' sugar and pineapple indus­
tries struck.

Army and Navy personnel im­
mediately began to load vessels
which were bound for Korea with

supplies, and which the ILWU re­
fused to handle.

The Supreme Court meanwhile,
ruled out Bridges' conviction on a
charge of committing perjury
when he said he wasn't a Com­
munist in 'his 1945 naturalization
hearing. The Court, without ruling
on the merits of the charge, said
the Government had waited too
long to indict Bridges, and re­
versed the conviction on a legal
technicality.

pany, both of which are oper­
ated by the Hutchinson Com­
pany.

Vessels involved in the election
are ore carriers, such as the Charles
L. Hutchinson, which is the third
largest ore carrier on the Lakes.
Aside from the SIU, the CIO Steel
Workers Union is also on the elec­
tion ballot.

The Steel Workers entered the
picture when the National Maritime
Union abandoned its jurisdiction
on the Lakes after several un­
successful ventures and turned it
over to the Steel Workers Union.
Since then they have been attempt­
ing to organize on the Lakes.

Consequently, the SIU has a
distinct advantage in that it is the
only genuine sea-going union on
the election ballot.

Union Optimistic
Great Lakes District secretary-

treasurer Fred Farnen and inter­
national representative David Lees
expressed optimism over the out­
come of the election. They pointed
to the superiority of SIU contract
conditions as assuring considerable
improvements for crews of the
hitherto unorganized lines.

Farnen pointed to the Great
Lakes District's hiring hall set-up,
better overtime benefits and work­
ing conditions, representation on
beefs, superior vacation provisions
and other SIU contract terms as
assuring an election victory for the
SIU.

Despite the fact that the NLRB
split the vessels up into two units
for voting purposes, Farnen said
he was confident that men on both
Pioneer and Buckeye ships would
register a heavy pro-SIU majority.

Meeting Night
Everg 2 Weeks
Regular membership meet­

ings in SIU headquarters and
at all branches are held every
second Wednesday night at
7 PM. The schedule for the
next few meetings is as follows:
July 1, July 15, July
August 12.

All Seafarers reglsiered on
the shipping list are required
to attend the meetings.

YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH
SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING

Written exclusively for
THE SEAFARERS LOG.
by Sidney Margolius,
Leading Expert on Buying

TV Gouges; Buying Tips
With new television broadcasting areas continually be­

ing opened up around the country, be careful what kind
of set you buy for your family, and where you buy it.

In new television areas there is often a rush among all
kinds of stores and house-to-house salesmen to sell sets.
In some cities there have been reports that poorly-made
models which failed to sell in established television cen­
ters have been shipped into the newer centers to take ad­
vantage of the buying rush. There is also heavy pressure
on buyers to sign up for big, expensive sets on time pay­
ments.

In new television areas particularly, it's advisable to
buy a set only from an established dealer in radio and
TV, who is in position to help back up the guarantee on
the set, That' doesn't mean you have to pay full price. As
previously pointed out in the SEAFARERS LOG, you can
often get discounts of 20 to 25 percent on television sets
If you pay cash, and especially if you avoid joining in the
first scramble to buy* a set.

The ads for television sets are sometimes misleading.
When you shop, make sure what the price includes. Instal­
lation? Antenna—and what kind? (Roof antennas are
costlier but offer the best chance of good reception, espe­
cially in areas where there are tall buildings or which
are located at some difttance. from the broadcasting sta­
tions). V

Also make sure what kind of guarantee you get on the
set, and how long it runs. Sometimes television ads.mis­
represent the size of the screen; that's another point to
check.

It's wisest to avoid too heavy an investment in a tele­
vision Set. You'll pay $20-$70 more for the same set in a
big console cabinet which may be a loss if radical im­
provements make the set obsolete. Also, a smaller screen
probably would be less expensive to convert to color when
color television is available, technicians advise. Certainly
a smaller screen is suitable enough for a smaller family
who can merely sit correspondingly closer. As a matter of
fact, the smaller screen provides a brighter, sharper
picture.

Comparing Sets
Generally speaking, there are two grades or qualities

of sets. There are the so-called "metropolitan" receivers
with 16-18 tubes which may be satisfactory if you live
less than 15-20 miles from the broadcasting center. The
more expensive^ "full-quality" sets are preferred when
receiving conditions are more difficult. These generally
have 22 or more tubes. But the number of tubes Is. not
the only factor In the quality of a television set. Compare
for yourself the clarity and steadiness of the picture re­
ceived, and watch out for distortion, especially at the
edges of the screen. Listen carefully to the sound recep­
tion. It ought to be at least as good as your radio, not only
for enjoyment but as another clue to the quality of the
entire set.

Arrange for a home trial if possible to make sure the
set can resist interference in your location. Because your
neighbor gets good reception is no guarantee you will.
Also, one make may provide better reception in a certain
area than another.

The most widely-sold brand is now the Admiral, which
offers outstanding comparative values in good-quality sets.
Admiral 21-inch sets cost no more than 17-inch sets in
some brands. Another outstanding value is the Emerson,
17-inch set for about $170 in a leatherette-covered table
model, which is about $20 less than other full-quality
sets of this size. RCA sets are also considered to be high
quality.

Other makes often mentioned as good quality include
Philco, Zenith, Stromberg-Carlson, Westinghouse;* Moto­
rola, GE, Sentinel, Pilot, and Tech-Master.

There are also many private-brand sets at reasonable
prices, although some are only "metropolitan receivers"
and should be evaluated and tested for your particular
needs as suggested above. The Hyde Park and Artone sets
sold by. Macy's and other department stores are good-
quality sets, generally made by Tele-King, The Hyde
Park is sometimes available at special sales at low prices.
Montgomery Ward sets are good-quality; they're made by
several manufacturers, including Sentinel, Wells Gardner
and Behnont. The Glinbel's stores own-brand set Is made
by Regal. The Parkway private brand has good selectivity
(msde by DeWald). Scars' sets are made by several manu­
facturers Including Tele-Tone and Air King.



Fare Efrhl SEAFARERS tOC tC, U6S

Ships On Sale Cheap
—At Bottom Of Sea

There are ships beneath the sea, waiting to be salvaged for
steel and valuable cargoes.

The United States Maritime Administration has been ad­
vertising for ambitious sal--^
vagers to reclaim these wrecks
so the government can "write"
them off its books.

Hundreds of war-time wrecks
are, officially at least, owned by
the Government because they were
carrying military or lend-lease car­
goes when sunk by bombs or tor­
pedoes.

In the holds of these ships, which
lie-scattered over the bottom from
Trinidad to the Arabian Sea, are
hundreds of thousands of tons of
steel plate, nickel, tanks, trucks,
barbed wire, sugar. Army clothes,
cigarettes (slightly soggy by now),
and many other kinds of freight too
numerous to mention, including
locomotives and bulldozers.

All you have to do is submit a
successful bid to the Government
and you can become proud owner
of one of these cargo-laden hulks.
And besides the cargo, there is a
whole ship of scrap iron.

Salvage Hazards
It is only fair to mention right

now, of course, that buyers haven't
been falling all over themselves
trying to get these ships, even
though some of the vessels, among
them those with valuable cargoes,
are only under a few feet of water.
The hazards of salvage are such
that what may appear to be a
"sure" thing on paper often foils
the most able salvage companies
when they get on the spot and have
to battle gales, tides and currents.

Bull Lines
Names Pres.

Willard A. Kiggins, Jr., operat­
ing manager of the Bull Lines, has
been chosen president by the di­
rectors of the company to replace
tlie late E. Myron Bull.

Kiggins' election means that for
tbe«first time the company will be
headed by someone not bearing
the company's name. Myron Bull,
who died of a heart attack on June
4, had been the third in the direct
family line to head the company
since its founding. However, Kig­
gins is a grandson of the com­
pany's founder.

The new president has been with
the company -since 1921. He had

^ previously held the post of vice-
president in addition to managing
the firm, and was a member of the
board of directors.

Captain Milton Williams, former­
ly assistant to Kiggins, is the new
operating manager.

Hatters Refuse
Non-Union Work

AFL Hatters will not work on
non-union hat bodies or those im­
ported from Soviet satellites, the
organization decreed at its recent
convention in New York.

A resolution to this effect was
passed by the convention and was
aimed primarily at hat bodies pro­
duced in Puerto Rico by labor get­
ting only 25 to 35 cents an hour,
and at foreign products, particu­
larly those from Czechoslovakia.

Alex Rose, union president, told
the convention that all American
and Canadian employers would be
notified that they must put some
union label or trade mark on their
bat bodies to indicate they were

.made "under sanitary conditions
and fair labor standards."

This is all the more reason, of
course, why the Government will
probably sell you a laden ship for a
"song" if you have the yen to go
cargo hunting under the sea.

May Net Lawsuit
Another catch, it is important to

remember, is that the cargoes on
some of these ships, especially
those which had civilian freight on
board, still belong (theoretically)
to many different owners and if
you are a stickler for the law you
would have to clear ownership with
scores of shippers—an intermin­
able process. In many cases, how­
ever, free-lance salvagers have al­
ready been at work on the wrecks
and there is not much chance that
the legal owners of the salvaged
cargo will ever try to claim owner­
ship.

One of the wrecks which lies
handy to the surface and ran be
boarded from a small boat is the
freighter Alan-A-Dale, one of the
"race horse" fleet that were re­
named after famous winners of the
Kentucky Derby when the govern­
ment took them from Axis owners
in American ports early in the war.

Alan-A-Dale is in the Scheldt
Estuary and has some cargo on
board.

The freighter Coldbrook i,s on
the rocks off Valdez in the Gulf of
Alaska and if you like salvage in
frigid waters you have your choice
of numerous ships sunk on the
Russian run. There is the Am-Mer-
Mar off Ryvinger Lighthouse, Nor­
way; the El Isleo on Akrey Isle in
only six fathoms near Reykjavik,
Iceland; the SIU's Alcoa Ranger,
which is under about 25 fathoms
of Arctic water in the Barents Sea;
and the Thomas Donaldson, which
was sunk in about 30 fathoms only
ten miles or so from Murmansk.

There are scores of hulks all
over the Gulf of Mexico and the
Caribbean, with the chances quite
good that they are pretty well cov­
ered with coral by now. The Benja­
min Brewster, a Liberty, can be
found in the Gulf of Mexico in 25
fathoms or so; the old SIU
freighter Antinous is off Trinidad;
and the Hermes is said to be not
too far down in the vicinity of the
Florida Keyes -with a valuable
freight on board.

Try South Seas
For adventuring farther afield,

you have your choice of the Agwi-
monte off the Cape of Good Hope;
the Alexander Macomb near Hali­
fax; the John Witherspoon in the
White Sea, or the West Chetac off
British Guiana. There are many
wrecks in the Pacific, too, among
them the John Church at Guadal­
canal; the Nickajack at Eniwetok,
and the President Grant, a big
liner, on Uluma Reef, southeast of
New Guiana.

So many wrecks lie around the
Philippine Islands that they have
not all been listed. With tempting
cargoes on board, these hulks have
lured clandestine salvagers who are
stripping them of all easily remov­
able cargo and scrap iron. The
Philippine government has sent out
patrols to guard the more valuable
wrecks in the hope that they can
be reclaimed for the benefit of the
national treasury.

A number of war-time hulks
have been salvaged along the Flor­
ida coast, including one filled with
high-priced metals. This job was
done by an Jtalian salvage vessel
hired by Lloyds of London.

Other wrecks lie scattered over
the seas by the hundreds, some too
far beneath the surface ever to be
found; others awaiting only the ex­
pert attention of salvagers skilled
in winning ships and cargoes back
from tho sea.

SEAS CASH BENEFITS

SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANS

REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID
From vtfA.LS.Ji- ........... To...... ...............o.

No. Seafarers RecciTina Benefits this Period
AYerage Benefits Paid Each SeafafCf

Total Benefits Paid this Period
AL

WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD

Hospital
Death Benefits
DisaMUty Pgnefita
Maturity Benefits
Vacation Benefits

Total

9,r7?

L^UJio m
WELFARE/VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY

Hospital Benefits Paid Siqce Tulv I. 1950 * 333* 9*7-^^
Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 *
Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 *
Maternity Benefits Paid Since ^ril 1. 1952 *
Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 *

Total
Date Benefits Began

52 OOP oo

2^

WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS

Cash on Hand
Vacation
Welfare

Vacation
Estimated Accounts Receiyable tPelfare—

US Goyemment Bonds (Welfare)
Real Estate (Welfare)
Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare)

TOTAL ASSETS

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COMMENTS}

The Awards Committee on the scholarship benefits will
meet this week to assist the Trustee's in selecting, four
(4) of the eight (8) eligibles for the scholarship benefits
as the ones to receive same. The scholarships awarded, will
be the first under the Seafarers Welfare Plan.

The Welfare Plan this week has paid a second maternity
benefit to one of the eligibles uMer the plan. This is the
first SIU family to receive a second payment,, of maternity
benefits since this payment became la^fb yea.r

Submitted . J.VUie..22,..1.953. A1 Kerr, Assistant Administrator.
- ^ —

...and, remember this...
All tlieM are yoiirs without crnitributing a gingle nickel OIL your pai t—Collecting SIU bene­
fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or degth-^ You get first rate personal
service immediatdy through your Union's representatives. •' I--.' ^ . ' it



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June M, l»St SEAFARERS LOG Pare Nioe

UNION TALK
By KEITH TERPK

Your officials had a vivid example of the type of
bargaining conducted by the Atlantic Refining Com­
pany this week, when they met informally with
company representatives to discuss the SIU election

petition. If the sample we had was any indication, it's easy enough to
see why the overwhelming majority of Atlantic tankermen have a
nasty distrust for their "benevolent" employer and their, so-called,
"union" as welL

'Give And Take' Tradition
SIU representatives have grown accustomed to the informaT give

and take of collective bargaining negotiations with our contracted oper­
ators. The SlU-contracted operators have come to realize that they are
dealing with a genuine trade union that is seeking to improve the
working and living conditions of its members. The SIU, they realize,
Is not an ogre interested in destroying them, but rather is interested
In a strong merchant marine and, of course, its members' welfare. The
SIU contracts are testimony to the Union's success.

That's something the gang of company lawyers who have been stand­
ing in for management officials during the meeting at labor board
offices in Philadelphia can't understand. They've gotten toe used to
dealing with AMEU, because they knew the company-dominated outfit
couldn't do anything but accept the bones they were ready to throw it.
Any time the company gave a little bit extra than everybody else it
was plain that this was thrown in to buy loyalty to the company, and
certainly wasn't to the credit of a shady kite-tail outfit that operates
out of a pigeonhole in some lawyer's desk.

Lawyer AMEU Spokesman
This same lawyer—AMEU's combination general counsel-business

manager—has even had to go it alone up at the labor board hearings,
except for prompting by the company. Added to the other faults of
the AMRU chairman and the phony operation he stands for is the
fact that he hasn't even shown up at these meetings to "represent"
his own people, those who have stuck by AMEU, and toed the com­
pany line all the way through.

Something New Has Been Added
^he absence of any AMEU representative other than its lawyer

offers something brand new to the field of labor relations. The "union,"
though one in name only, turns away from all responsibility to speak
up for the rights of Its membership, while the company carries the ball.
The only conclusion is that this is just what has happened every time
in the past when AMEU made all the proper noises about standing up
to the company on a beef, and then accepted whatever verdict Atlantic
handed down without question. U there's another one, we'd like to
hear about it.

At the present time, Atlantic regards Itself as something high and
mighty. It's been gble to dictate anything it wanted to the AMEU, and
the AMEU has had to listen and say "Okay, poppa, you're the Imss."
But the company lawyers who've been sitting in at the NLRB hearings
are badly in need of a scoreboard. They dismiss, or ^rget for the
moment, that they're not dealing with a little do-nothing outfit like
AMEU now, and that the SIU doesn't owe its day to day existence to
Atlantic, or to any other company.

No Backtracking By SIU
The SIU doesn't intend to backtrack on any pledge it has made

throughout this campaign, and one of these is to fight for full rein­
statement rights for every man who's been fired or discriminated
against because of his support of the SIU.

We expect that every legal stall brought into play by Cities Service,
and probably a few new ones, will be tried this time. Cities Service
didn't get anywhere with them, and apparently Atlantic missed the
point of what happened then. Of course, maybe it's just as well. These
hearings may be a perfect tune-up for the time when we go in and
start talking contract for the Atlantic fleet. The company may as well
get used to the idea that It's going to start getting more than "no"
for an answer if it gets too frisky.

To Carry Grain To Pakistan?

Sliips like these, all in a row, bow to stern, in the Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas, may be coming out
of the boneyard to carry some of the million tons of wheat that Congress has voted to send to Pakistan.
This photo was submitted by Seafarer Allan Ritchie, ch. cook.

Rothschild
Slated For
M'tinie Post

Mr. Louis S. Rothschild, presi­
dent of Rothschild & Sons a chain
of retail stores in the midwest, has
been named to the vacant position
on tlie Federal Maritime Board.
Rothschild will r -place Rear Ad­
miral Edward L. Cochrane who re­
signed to return to his post as dean
at the Massachussetts Institute of
Technolo^.

The nomination has been re­
ported to the floor of the Senate,
and speedy confirmation Is expect­
ed. He will fill the remainder of
Cochrane's unexpired term, up un­
til June 30, 1956.

At present Rothschild is serving
as chairman of the Board of the
Inland Waterways Corporation. A
resident of Kansas City, Missouri,
he has wide interests in a variety
of business and civic ventures.

The new FMB member is on
record as favoring a strong US
merchant marine "second to none."

Other members currently serving
on the FMB are Albert W. Gatov
c.f Calif .rnia, and Robert W. Wil­
liams of Maryland. Gatov's term
expires on June 30, 195J, at which
time it is expected that a Repub­
lican will be nominated instead.

Stowaways Get Free
Ride On 55 Florida

There were a couple of red faces recently around the Miami
offices of the SlU-contracted P. & O. Steamship Company,
when conrtpany officials, who've been going around saying
business wasn't so good on the
Florida, learned that when
they did get a couple of pas­
sengers, they were for free.

This happened when the officials
learned that a Miami woman and
her four-year-old daughter had
returned to the mainland after a
"stowaway" cruise to Cuba aboard
the Florida, which makes overnight
runs between Miami and Havana.

According to the stowaway, Mrs.
Esther Bergens, a comely 37-year-
old waitress, the incident was en­
tirely unintentional on her part.
She was supposed, she explained
later, to take her daughter, Julie,
for a trip on the Seminole cruise
boat, but Julie saw the Florida and
wanted to go aboard, so the pair
just walked up tiie gangplank, for
a quick look around, and the next
thing they knew they were enroute
to Havana.

Not Halted By Co.
What embarrassed the company

officials was the fact that no one
stopped Mrs. Bergens and Julie as
they boarded the boat, nor did
anyone ask for their tickets until
the Florida was well at sea.

But, although both the officials
and Julie's mother may have been
upset by the incident, Julie herself
was not. "I had a wonderful time,"

she said later. "I played games and
ran all around the boat and had
lots of fun."

Nor was- the SIU crew upset by
the incident. Instead, they were
particularly taken with the little
girl, lined up to say goodbye to her
when she and her mother left the
boat, and were rewarded with a
big smile.

Keep Draft
Board Posted
SIU Headquarters urges ail

draft eligible seamen to be
sure they keep their local Se­
lective Service boards posted
on all changes of address
through the use of the post
cards furnished at all SIU
halls and aboard ships.

Failure to keep iour draft
board informed of your where­
abouts can cause you to be
listed as a delinquent and be
drafted into the services with­
out a hearing. The Union in
such cases can do nothing to
aid Seafarers who fail to com­
ply.

Cartoon History Of The SIU Geared For Action No. 39

The victory in the Isthmian strike again proved the
value of the SIU's permanent strike apparatus,
geared for instant action. The SEAFARERS LOO,
leaflets and pamphlets, ship and shore discussions,

Whmi the membership voted to build a strike fund
lor whatever the future brought, galley gear was
bought In each port to provide strike kitchens. SIU
Stewscds department men, manning this gear, have

i-1 IS * f«=11 icppi! (&es<irw»BiMidSddtf SmaiwettdulUKBllsli" * ^«teiiifi j^dtUMs kBtefoiat beefs. . • . strike strategy' was studied to avoid mistakes. Man­
power, transportation, food, publicity, etc., were
all discussed. The membership was soon ready for
any waterfront beef. The SIU strike set-up has been
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Pa*e Tea SEAFARERS LOG June 2«, 195S

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New Orleans:

Unions Very Active
In Several Beefs

Shipping in this port has hit a
lull and the most asked question
in the hall today is "How's ship­
ping in the other ports."

The United Packinghouse Work­
ers, CIO, put on a mass picket
demonstration against the Ameri­
can Sugar refinery's re-opening
where they had been on strike for
over two and a half months. Work­
ers tried to cross their lines and
the police were called m and had
to use tear gas to dispel the
crowds.

The electricians were ordered
back to work by a court order in

an effort' to end
their strike by
the companies.
Few electricians
were available
for work as most
had left town for
other jobs and
were not avail­
able. They are
slowly getting
back to normal

pending a court hearing.
Union and management agreed

to study a proposal made by the
Governor to end the 10-month
paper workers strike, he propos­
als, among other things, calls for
a six percent raise, and rehiring of
strikers.

The maritime industry lost a
man who was a great leader when
Theodore Brent died. He was for­
mer president of the Mississippi
Shipping Co., and on^ of the or­
ganizers of that company.

The MMP went on strike here
against the Algiers public service
and after being out for three days
went back to work with an increase
in wages and an agreement that
the books be audited in order that
it can be determined whether
more than five percent can be paid
the men on the ferries. This also
Involves the SlU towboat division
and the MEBA.

We heard from Brother Guy M.
Thrasher who is now overseas in
the Army and he requested that
any of his old shipmates write to
him. His address is; A/lc Guy M.
Thrasher, A.F. 18409004, 1414 Air
Base Group, APO 616, c/o Post­
master, New York, NY.

The current ra^ of discharge
from the hospital, resulting pos­
sibly from accommodation short­
age created by the hospital elimi­
nation program has been high.
Among those lately discharged
were Harry Glover, Bill Stromes,
Charley Summerell, George Wen­
dell, Nick Tala, Niels Hansen,
Dewey Shaw and Tom Connell.
The latter departed at once for
our neighbor port of Mobile to
recuperate.

Representatives of the crew of
the Del Mar came around the hall
and demonstrated their generous
consideration to their less fortu­
nate Brothers in the hospital by
leaving a beautiful RCA Victor
record player along with a supply
of records to be delivered to the
Marine Hospital. We know that
this gift will be well accepted by
the Brothers in the hospital and
will give them many hours of en­
joying entertainment.

Payoffs here include the Steel
Surveyor (Isthmian); the Del Rio
and Del Valle (Mississippi), and the
Iberville, Antinous and Chickasaw
(Waterman). The Del Viento (Mis­
sissippi) signed on, and we were
visited in-transit by the Alcoa
Clipper, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Cor­
sair and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); the
Steel Executive (Isthmian); the
Savannalr and NiW 'jfirsey (Sea-

train); the Claiborne, Alawai and
Monarch of the Seas (Waterman)
the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield)
the Southern Cities (Southern
Steamship), and The Cabins
(Cabins).

Lindsey Williams
New Orleans Fort Agent

A t>
San Francisco:

Lodging, Bonus Boof
Is Won, Crow Collocis

Shipping has been very good
here, and it promises to stay that
way for a while.

The membership out here, in
accordance with regular SlU, policy,
has again warned that there's no
room on an SlU ship for per­
formers or gas-
hounds, and has
backed up the
statement by tak­
ing action on any
such characters
that show up in
these parts. It's
these characters
who threaten to
destroy the gains
that the member­
ship has worked for, and make it
tough on everybody.

We paid off the Marven (Int'l
Nav.), the Catawba Victory (Bull),
and the Jefferson City Victory
(Victory Carriers). The Marven and
Catawba Victory signed on, along
with the Olympic Games (Western
Navigation), and the Federal Tra­
falgar).

In-Tiansit
The in-transits were the Calmar

and Massmar (Calmar), the Raphael
Semmes and Young America (Wa­
terman), and the Steel Designer
(Isthmian).

We had a beef on the Marven
when the captain refused to pay
several nights lodging and bonus
to the crew while they were in
drydock in the Far East. We argued
this point with the skipper, backed
up by our SlU contract, and he
ended up by paying all the mem­
bers of the crew the lodging and
bonus.

We have noticed in the past
several days that Harry Bridges
has wiggled his way out of the
perjury conviction through a legal
technicality. However, the Govern­
ment has made a statement that
they haven't forgotten about Harry,
and that they're going to try to get
him through some other way.

In the marine hospital here, we
have N. W. Kirk, James R. Coltrell,
John Jung, William Small, A. M.
Keller, J. C. Ramsey, Peter Smith,
M. B. Belen and David Sorrersen.

T. E. Banning
San Francisco Port Agent

New York:

Membership Is Warned
On Foreign Fonl-Ups

We have been having an in­
creased number of complaints re­
cently about some of our members
fouling up in some of the foreign
ports. This has been especially true
in the Far East and in some of the
Near and Middle East ports hit on
the Isthmian run. We would like to
again remind our members that
some of these countries are very
tough on American seamen when
they run afoul of the laws there,
and that once they hang what they
consider an offense on you, there
is very little that your Union or
anyone else can do for you.

The latest problem brought to
our attention was a case whe^e
some of the crew of an Isthmian
ship were doing a little drinking
and got into a fracas with a Saudi
Arabian coast guardsman. Had it
not been for the intervention of
the company agents, a couple of
them would be doing time over
there now, and we can assure you
that that would be no picnic.

We have a copy of a government
order stating that it is against the
law to have or to drink any alco­
holic beverage in Saudi Arabia,
and that it is considered a serious
offense not to observe this law. We
would advise all of our members,
therefore, to watch their steps and
observe the local laws in this and
other countries.

Shipping Is Good
Although we did not have as

large a number of ships paying off
during the past two weeks- as we
normally have, shipping has con­
tinued to be good in all depart­
ments, and there are still times
when we have to ship white card
men, even to fill some entry
ratings.

We paid off 19 ships during this
period, signed 12 on foreign ar­
ticles and serviced 15 in-transits,
as follows:

Ships Paid Off
Frances, Beatrice, Suzanne, Bing-

hampton Victory and Elizabeth
(Bull); Government Camp and
Royal Oak (Cities Service); Steel
Age and Steel Architect (Isthmian);
Morning Light, Alawai, Wacosta,
Azalea City, Gateway City and
Dennison Victory (Waterman);
Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory
Carriers); The Cabins (Cabins);
Catahoula (Nat'l Navigation), and
Sea Vigil (North Seas).

Ships Signed On
Robin Gray, Robin Doncaster and

Cornhusker Mariner (Robin); Sea
Comet 11 (Seatraders); Hurricane,
Alawai, Lafayette and Wacosta
(Waterman); John C. (Atlantic Car­
riers); Coeur d'Alene Victory (Vic­

tory Carriers), and Binghampton
Victory and Jean (Bull).

Ships In-Transit
Chickasaw, Anniston City and De

Soto (Waterman); New Jersey, New
York, Texas, Georgia and Savan­
nah (Seatrain); Winter Hill and
Logans Fort (Cities Service); Steel
Worker (Isthmian); Alcoa Pegasus
and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); Carra-
bulle (Nat'l Navigation), and Port-
mar (Calmar).

All of these ships were taken
care of in good order, with no
major beefs on any of them.

We crewed up the Jean (Bull)
this week, after she had been in
lay-up for about a month. This was
welcome news as we had been told
she/was destined for the scrap heap
after many long years of service.
The company now informs us that
she will probably run until the next
inspection and then be sold. This
will be like losing an old friend, as
1 sailed on her myself in 1936.

Claude Simmons
Ass't Secretary-Treasurer

4. i. t
Galveston:

Everything Is Calm,
Inelnding Shipping

Shipping has been holding up
and although it's slow, it is still
good for this port.

We paid off the Republic (Tra­
falgar) and the Marie Hamill
(Bloomfield). Both ships signed on
again, and we were also visited
in-transit by the Southern Districts
(Southern Steamship); the Sea-
train Louisiana, Seatrain Georgia,

Seatrain New
Jersey and Sea­
train Texas (Sea­
train); the Beau­
regard (Water-
man); Frederick
C. Collin (Dry
Trans); the Steel
Surveyor (Isth­
mian); the Mae
(Bull), and The
Cabins (Cabins).

On the beach here, we have Roy
W. Joplin, who started shipping
back in 1937, and then joined the
SlU in 1946. Now he ships as
deck engineer out of this port. Roy
has been active in the Union's
affairs and beefs since he joined,
and was one of the men who stood
picket duty in Port Arthur during
the 1946 General Strike.

Everything else in this port is
going along pretty smoothly. The
local labor situation is pretty well
under control on all fronts, and
doesn't seem to be causing any­
body any trouble, and the weather
is holding way up on the ther­
mometer.

Keith Alsop
Galveston Port Agent

Joplin

mmmALt DIRECTORY
SlU, A&G District

BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540
BOSTON 276 State St.
James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140

Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141
GALVESTON 308",ti 23rd St.
Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448
LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St.i
Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744
MIAMI Dolphin Hotel
Eddie Parr, Agent Miami 9-4791
MOBILE . I Soiilh Lawrence St.
cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenvlU# St.
Lind.sey Williams. Agent

NEW YORK 675 4'tb®Ave!'. Broo^;^

NORFOLK 127^129'Bank^St?
Phone 4-1083

PlU.'^ApELPHlA 337 Market St.
Market 7-1635

Austin St.
Don Hilton, Rep. Fhone 4-2341
?AN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St
r. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475

Coast Representative
PUEHTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51-La 5

Phoae 2-5996
A . • ' Abercorn St.

P'lone 3-1728
SEATtLE...... ?700 1st Ave.

Jeff Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334
TAMPA 1809-1811 N. FrllnkUn St.
Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323
WILMINGTON. Calif ,...505 Marine Ave.
John Arabasz, Agent Terminal 4-2874
HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn.

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Paul Hall

ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS
Lloyd Gardner Joe Alglna
Robert Matthews Joe Volplan
Claude Simmons William Hall

SUP
HONOLULU 16 Merchant St.

Phone 5-8777
PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St.

.Beacon 4336
lUCHMOND, CALIF ? . 257 5th St.

Phone 2599
SAN FRANaSCO 450 Harrison St.

Douglas 2-8363
SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave.

Main 0290
WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave.

Terminal 4-3131
NEW YORK .... 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

STerUng 8-4671

Canadian District
MONTREAL iM'SL James St. West

PLateau 8161
HAUFA^i' N.a....v;r...l28'A Rdllls St.

Phonei awil

FORT WILLIAM.... 118'A Syndicate Ave.
Ontario Phone: 3-3221

PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St.
Ontario Phone: 5591

TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E.
EMplre 4-5719

VICTORIA, BC...:..617V4 Cormorant St.
Empire 4531

VANCOUVER, BC 565 Hamilton St.
PaclBo 7824

SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St.
Phone 6346

BAGOTVUXE, Quebec 20 Elgin St.
Phone: 545

THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St.
CAnal 7-3202

QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague
Quebec Phone: 2-7078

SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St.
• NB Phone: 2-5232

Great Lakes District
ALPENA 133 W. Retcher

Phone: 1238W
BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St.

Phone: Cleveland 7391
CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE

Phone; Main 1-0147
DETROIT 1038 3rd St.

Headquartera Phone: Woodward 1-6857
DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St.

Phone: Melroie^a^lO
SOUTH CinCAOO.

Edwards

Mobile:

Welfare Booklet Is
Popular With Mambers

Shipping prospects for the com­
ing few weeks don't look any too
bright in this port, although ship­
ping has remained fair. We have a
cuuple of tankers in port that
probably will be crewing up in the
near future, and they may Jielp to
keep things moving.

We paid off the Alcoa Pennant,
Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Cavalier, Al­
coa Pilgrim, Al­
coa Partner and
Alcoa Ranger (Al­
coa); the Bucy-

-Tus Victory, Mon­
arch of ixie Sea
and Claiborne
(Waterman). The
Alcoa Pennant,
Alcoa Pilgrim,
Alcoa Partner,
Alcoa Ranger and
Bucyrus Victory all signed on
again. The in-transit vessels call­
ing here were the Iberville, An­
tinous and Alawai (Waterman), the
Steel Surveyor (Isthmian), and the
Archers Hope (Cities Service).

This port has been fairly busy,
since, in addition to 133 men
shipped on regular jobs, we
shipped about 100 men to tugboats
and other relief jobs around the
harbor. We also have two regular
shore gangs working both night
and day shifts regularly, and have
a ship storing gang which stores
the ships hitting port.

The new booklet "The Seafarers
Welfare Plan" is sure getting close
attention from the men in this
port. This book, which follows,
step by step, all the benefits and
activities of the Welfare Plan is
certainly popular with the men.
We also had requests from several
other unions for copies of the
booklet, so that they can study the
Seafarers Welfare Plan, and see
how it operates.

Seafarers have known for some
time that we've got the top Wel­
fare Plan in the industry and are
leading a whole lot of other un­
ions, but this new booklet puts
everything down in black and
white, so you can really see all the
wonderful things that the Plan
does for th.e Seafarers. It's a good
idea for every Seafarer to read it,
and it's also a good idea for all
those Seafarers with families to
make sure that their wives or their
family get one of the booklets.

Some of the oldtlmers on the
beach here include Blacky Marjen-
hoff, Otis Edwards, Charley String-
fellow, Charley Spencer, Lucien
Moore, Blacky Huller, John
George, Speedy Jones and Earl De
Angelo.

Cal Tanner
Mobile Port Agent

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Miami:

Stewards Compete For
Coffee-Time Honors

Shipping has held up well dur­
ing the past period, but the future
looks just about fair, from what we
can see right now.

During this past period, we had
the following ships visiting here:
the Yaka, Fairport, J. B. Waterman,
Afoundria and Azalea City (Water­
man); the Alcoa Partner (Alcoa),
and the Ponce (Puerto Rico
Marine).

Pete Gonzales, chief steward on
the Afoundria, and Bob Pierce are
now competing for honors for feed­
ing on the Waterman ships hitting
this area. Pete says he's putting out
watermelon, at coffee-time, and Bob
says thqt beiputs out cake., .r

Port AcEnt : :



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.'PORT REPORTS
more:

Taurin

; Vi'S'SiffiA

anWi

B« Garafri Of Actions
When in Sandf-Arabia

Tlie best advice that we can give
any- of the members sailing to
Saudi-Arabia, is to be on their
best behavior while they are in any
of the Arabian ports. These people
have very strict religious beliefs,
and laws, and they are enforcing
them and cracking down on sea­
men or anybody who violates their
regulations.

"Wj/e've had several beefs on Isth­
mian ships because of this, since
that country is a regular port of
call for these ships. While in these
ports, don't do any drinking at all,
and don't make any remarks or do
anything that could be considered
an "insult" to the Arabian people.
Several seamen have been tossed
into jail over there because of such
"offenses" and the Arabian Gov­
ernment goes hard on, them. So,
v/hile in Arabia, watch your step,
and don'C do any drinking, be­

cause this is the
thing that they
really crack down
on.

We had a visit
from Congress­
man Bobert Mal-
lahan of West
Virginia, and A1
Christiansen of
the Senate Labor
Committee at our

last regular membership meeting.
Congressman Mallahan was good

#1. endugh to give a talk to the mem­
bership and tell them what is hap­
pening in Washington and his
views on legislation affecting labor.
He was very warmly received by
the membership, and we feel that
in Congressipan Mallahan, labor
has a good supporter.

We paid off the Kathryn, Edith,
Ines, Marina, Arlyn and Evelyn
(Bull); the Oremar, Marore, Beth-
ore, Venore, Feltore, Cubore and
Steelore (Ore); the Lafayette, Yaka
and Fairport (Waterman); the
Steel Worker (Isthmian); the Coun­
cil Grove and Abiqua (Cities Serv­
ice); the Bethcoaster (Calmar); the
Tainaron (Actium), and the Cath­
erine and Albion (Dry-Trans).

Sign-Ons
The sign-ons included the Kath­

ryn, Edith, Ines, Arlyn and Eve­
lyn (Bull); the Frederic C. Collin

.(Dry-Trans); the William M. Bur­
den (Western Tankers); the Mar-
ore, Bethore, Venore, Feltore, Cub-
ore, and Steelore (Ore); the Steel
Age (Isthmian); the Council Grove
and Abiqua. (Cities Seiwice)'; the
Bethcoaster (Calmar); the Yaka
(Waterman); the Tainaron (Acti­
um), and the Stony Creek (Amer-

, Tramp),
The in-transits were the Anti-

nous, Aioundria, Chickasaw and
Azalea City (Waterman); the Robin
Doncaster and Robin Hood (Robin);
the Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roam-
er (Alcoa); the Steel Rover
(Isthmian), and the Government
Camp (Cities Service).

Hall Progressing
The new building is coming

along hiceiy, and the contractor
gays that he's ahead of schedule
at this point. Conduits for elec­
trical wiring and air conditioning
systems _ are almost finished, and
with.the number of sidewalk sup­
erintendents that we have on the
Job, we have nothing to worry
about.'

. John Taurin' in on the beach
here right now. He Joined the
Union in 1938 and has actively
supported the Union on all strikes,
and all beefs. John has served as
doonnan here, in -Baltimore on sev­
eral occasions; and-recently he won
a prlz9 in the Seafarii^ Art Con-

test. His particular exhibit was a
hand woven belt that brought first
prize.

There's a lot of talk here about
the SIU petitioning for an NLRB
vote In the Atlantic fleet. This
move, which called the AMEU
bluff, put the finishing touches to
the AMEU, and showed how they
have been bluffing all along. The
membership here, of course, is con­
fident that Atlantic will soon be
under the SIU banner, and is
standing ready to lend the Atlantic
tankermen any assistance they
might need in their fight to gain
SIU wages and conditions and pro­
tection.

In the marine hospital we have
M. Copni, V. James, L. Brigida, C.
Wallace, W. Vaughn, M. Mason,
C. Chandler, L. Thomas, D. Sykes
and J. Corcoran.

Earl Sheppard
Baltimore Fort Agent
3) t 4)

Philadelphia:

Shippisg Evens Off;
Popnlar Members Here

After a big boom in shipping,
things have now evened off and-are
running on an even keel. How­
ever, rated men can always get a
ship out of here.

The Philadelphia hall is now in
good shape, with new pool tables,
shuffle boards and television, and
the new facilities have proved very
popular with the^ membership on
the beach here.

The famous "Prince" Baker
came into port from a Far East
run, took his payoff and went right
out and bought himself a '52 Cadil­
lac convertible. He got one that's
fire engine red, and he can't under­
stand why the city -woa't let him
put a siren and red light on it.

Freddy Bruggener, the famous
galloping ghost from Florida,
breezed through port long enough
to take in the race track. The last
we heard of him, he was trying to
sell the jockeys on the idea of
putting jets on the horses.

Now that summer is officially
here, the weather seems to' be
holding up pretty well, except for
a couple of rainy days once in a
while. With the sun shining and
the various attractions at the
beach, many of the men are not
too anxious to ship out.

Everything else in this fair city
^eems to be going along at an
even keel, although we don't see
any prospect of a shipping boom
in the near future. Some of these
ships pop in when they're not ex­
pected though, and they are always
welcome.

S. CarduUo
Philadelphia Port Agent

Seattle:

Stough

Mo Chance To Lose
Yonr Son Logs Hero

The shipping picturd in this port
has been very good, and Iqoks as
if it will stay bright for a while.

We paid off the Lewis Emery,
Jr. (Victory Carriers), the Liberty
Flag*(Gulf Cargo) the Irenestar
(Maine), the Young America (Wat-

" r erman), and the
Sea Cliff (Coral).
The Lewis Em­
ery, Jr., Young
American and
Irenestar all
signed on again.
The Salem Mari­
time (Cities Serv­
ice), the Mankato
Victory (Victory
Carriers), and the

Catawba (Bull), called here in-
transit.

We had another buckaroo skip­
per in here on the Sea Cliff, and
the payoff wasn't completed until
about 1 AM, after we argued with
this captain for abcpit seven hours.
He had been very heavy with a red
pencil on the OT sheets, arid after
lengthy argument finally ended up
paying over 105 hours of disputed
overtime to the deck department
and engine department. One ex­
ample was when he logged the
chief cook four days' pay, and re­
fused to lift the log. Well, we
collected two days' pay and 16
hours OT for the third cook, for
doing the chief cook's work during
this period. The third cook then
turned the money over to chief
cook, and the chief cook ended up
making almost five days' pay in­
stead of the four he was logged.

Shipping Fast
With shipping the way it is, there

aren't enough men left on the
beach long enough to get together
over a beer, so we're not bothered
with gashounds in this port.

The weather has been fine so
far, with perhaps a little sprinkle
of rain once in a while, but we can
understand why some of the men
want to stay on the beach for a
little while instead of shipping
right out again. However, they
don't get too much chance to stay
ashore, because with all those jobs
up on the board, they can't resist
taking one right away.

R. D. "Jack" Stough is one of the
men on the beach here. He began
sailing with the SIU back in 1945,
and helped organize US Waterways.
This is the way he got his book,
through organizing in that com­
pany. Married and with two chil­
dren, Jack just brought his family
here. Then he got his bosun's

stamp in his Union book, and im­
mediately caught a berth as bosun
on the Sea Cliff.

Some of the other men on the
beach here are George Fisher,
Fred England and W. W. WeUs.
We have A J. Johansen, J. KismuL
George Rice, D. Salotti, T. Swanson
and H. Tucker in the marine hos­
pital here.

Jeff GUlette
Seattle Port Agent

4- t i
Wilmington:

Turn in Repair Lisis
As They're Needed

Things have really been popping
out here, and the men have been
shipping out as fast as they want
to. In fact, some of them have
been getting out faster than they
really wanted to ship.

We want to thank 18 men off the
McKettrick Hills (Western Tank­
ers) who came in on the ship and
paid off Saturday, and then helped
us out by shipping right back out
again Sunday on the Seatigcr (Co­
lonial). Their willingess to go
right back out again made it pos­
sible for the ship to sail on sched­
ule without any problems. A num­
ber of the men who came out here
from the East Coast also came in
very handy for crewing up some
of the .ships that ca.ne in.

As we mentioned, we had the
McKettrick Hills and the Seatiger
paying off. The in-transits were
the Hastings, Young America, Bien­
ville, Cornhusker Mariner, and
Raphael Semmes (Waterman), the
Massmar and Seamar (Calmar), the
Captain N. B. Palmer (Dolphin),
the Marven (Int'l "Nav.), the Gulf-
water (Metro), the Burbank Vic­
tory (Eastern), the General Pat-
ton (National Waterways), the Steel
Chemist (Isthmian), the Petrolite
(Tanker Sag Harbor), Christine
(Tini), the Trojan Trader (Trojan),
and the Rubin Mowbray (Robin).

Some of the crews out here have
been having trouble keeping the
repair lists properly. These lists
are for repairs that have been
turned in, and have not been done.
They give the patrolman the infor­
mation, so he can check and make
sure they are done.

The crews should not wait until
a few days before the ship comes
into port and then list all the re­
pairs. The repairs should be
turned in as they come up. Then,
if they are not taken care of by
the time the ship hits port, they
should be put on the repair list
and turned in to the patrolman.

John Arabasz
Wilmington Port Agent

A C C SBiPPme RECtUtO
Shipping Figures June 3 to June 17

PORT
Boston .....
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore ..
Norfolk ....
Savannah' ...
Tampa ....,
Mobile .....
New Orleau
Galveston ...
Seattle ri.
I^an Frandg^

^flminj^^ J..
v., . . .

••e«ee«ee»eeai

REG. REG. REG. TGiAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL
DECK ENGINE STEW; REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED

20 19 21 " 60 45 - 36 93 174
192 167 • 139 498 159 126 137 422
43 51 30 124 56 46 37 139
187 116 102 405 141 107 73 321
26 19 • 20 65 15 15 15 45
23 10 12 45 19 20 11 50
8 10 10 28 4 9 3 12
57 . 60 49 166 41 52 40 133
91 78 85 254 58 65 36 159
48 34 27 109 58 35 36 129
84 26 26 86 40 37 29 106
61 53 39 153 56 58 33 147
25 23 I 18 61 19 23 H . 55

Lake Charles:

AFL Building Trades
Sink 'inde^ndeni'

Things are going along very nice­
ly in this thriving little village, but
shipping during the past period ban
just been fair.

Calling in here during the past
two weeks were: the Cantigny,
Abiqua, Government Camp, Brad­
ford Island, Winter Hill, Logans
Fort, Council Grove, Paoli arid
Royal Oak, all Cities Service, and
we also had the Bull Run (Petrol
Tankers) call here. The Paoli paid
off and signed on articles for
Japan while the Royal Oak wan
here on her way to sunny Califor­
nia.

On the labor front, the AFL
Metal Trades Coimcil here signed

a two-year con­
tract with Citien
Service and madn
quite a few gains.
They also have
provisions in the
contract allowing
them to reopen
wage talks three
times during the
two years.

Recently some
"smart" operator set up an "Inde­
pendent Trades Council" in a little
town near here, and planned to cut
out the AFL carpenters and labor­
ers on some construction jobs.
The Building Trades Council,
AFL, steppea right in, however,
and shut down all the jobs this
"independent" outfit was running,
and the outfit soon gave up the
ghost and union men were hired.

Some of the men on the beach
here include T. J. Council, B. G.
Lassiter, C. Pedersen, "T. Scoper,
R. M. Thompson, M. Launey, W.
Savant, "Tex" Gillispie and many
others.

Leroy Clarke
"Lake Charles Port Agent

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Boston:

Launey

'jrO'iV. •
;S79.: .,.2.(H|A:'<^.

'lOM JCXiVii;-

Yarmoulii Crews Up,
Staris Sttfflmer Ran

Shipping has been very good In
this port during the past period.
One thing that helped was when
the Yarmouth took a complete
crew. That took 123 men off the
beach at one time. Now that she's
started sailing regularly on her
run, there should be some jobs
aboard her.

We paid off the Cantigny and
Bradford Island (Cities Service),
the John Paul Jones (Colonial), and
the Ann Marie (Bull). All three
vessels signed right back on again.
The vessels calling here in-transit
included: the Steel Architect and
Steel Maker (Isthmian), the Iber­
ville (Waterman), and the Robin
Kettering (Robin).

There were a few beefs on these
ships, and most of them were set­
tled easily. On the Cantigny, the
company paid all the men who had
receipts for the launch service they
paid for. It just happened that they
all kept their receipts. The com­
pany also paid penalty OT for not
breaking out six men to handle
mooring lines as per contract.

On the Ann Marie, Brother Ernie
Hulson passed on. He was out for
the day, and upon returning home,
he had a heart attack and died. He
was well-liked by the crew of the
Ann Marie and all the men he had
sailed with, and his Union brothers
all offer their condolences to the
family. The crew of the Ann Marie
also chipped in and sent $36 to the
hall to buy a floral tribute to their
former shipmate.

James Sheehan

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fageTwriy . • ' SE A FARERS LOG Jtee 2<, 195S

M'-

48-•

1'^^

IN THE WAKE
Many an old sea story used to be

ipiced with accounts of how hogs
were carried aboard to serve as
compasses in emergencies., If a ves­
sel was lost or in danger out of
sight of land, they told how a hog
was thrown over' the side, and
would always instinctively swim to­
ward'the nearest land and safety.
Referring to this practice, the
stories also pointed put that the
hog had to be picked up before it
swam more than a half mile or so
to prevent it from cutting its own
throat with the sharp points of its
cloven forefeet. The forelegs of
hogs are set closely under the body
and, for that reason, especially if
they are too fat, theV are not gen­
erally good swimmers.

t 4- 4"
It was firmly believed by our

ancestors that the goose which we
still call the "barnacle goose" came
out of the shell of a nut growing
upon certain trees along the sea­
shore. Some thought that the im­
mature birds were attached to the
trees by their bills, but the more
general belief was that the birds
did not develop until the nuts fell
Into the sea, where they became
small shellfish and attached them­
selves to any floating object until
the birds were ready for flight. In­
deed it was thought that the bar­
nacle which attaches itself to rocks
and the bottom of ships actually be­
gan life ashore as the nut of a tree,
and was capable of developing
eventually into a kind of goose.

4" 4" 4"
"Cannibal," as a description of

people who are man-eaters, stems
from the time of Columbus, when
he landed in Cuba and found that
the natives called themselves "Can-
Ibales," or people of "Caniba."
Because Columbus thought he was
In Asia, he is said to have taken
this to mean that the people were
subjects of the Great Khan, or
Great Can, as the name was some­
times spelled, although "Caniba"
actually was no more than a varia­
tion of "Caribe," after whom the
Caribbean Sea is named. Later,
when it was learned that some of
these people ate human flesh, peo­
ple hearing the name "Canibales"
promptly associated it with man-

eaters, until at last that became its
accepted meaning,

4^
Much controversy was raised

during the height of the sailing
ship era on the question of whether
sailing ships could sail faster than
the wind, driving them, but there
was always too much friction for
that to happen. It is; however, quite
possible for light racing vessels and
iceboats to sail much faster than a
wind blowing more or less at right
angles to their course. Ordinarily
the sails of an iceboat are so
trimmed that the direction of th^
boat and the direction of the win
do not coincide. Actually, the speed
record for iceboats under ordinary
conditions is about 75 mph, but It
is said that during 70-mile gales
they have been known to travel
over the ice at a speed of 140 mph.

4
"To see the elephant" means to

take in all the notable sights, and
a person who has seen the ele­
phant is presumed to have seen
everything worth seeing and t#
know his way around. The phrase
seems to have originated in Amer­
ica in the days when elephants were
seldom seen and referred to the
roving exhibitions of pioneer times
in which one of these animals was
displayed in a special tent as the
main attraction of the show. The
famous armed ship "America"
brought the first live elephant to
the US from India in April, 1796.

4 » t
One of the reasons often offered

to explain the superstitions about
having women aboard ship arises
from the fact that in Roman times,
Isis, goddess of the moon, was
looked upon as the guiding spirit
over the ^ate of ships. At the
launching of a ship a great cere­
mony involving the goddess was
performed, and the ship was then
believed to be endowed with some
of the personality of the goddess
and, in fact, actually called a
she." This may explain the origin

of the feeling that it was (and still
is) bad luck to have a woman on
board a ship. It was felt that the
female goddess protecting the ves­
sel might become offended by the
presence of another woman, and
destroy the ship. "

THE

INQUIRING
SEAFARER

Question: Do you ever try to
predict the weather while aboard
ship? How do you do it?

•
J. F. "Dutchy" Bob, pumpman-

machinist: I've found that, general­
ly, when we run
into a calm, it
means that
there'll be a

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1. Bow-like curve
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Paris
8. Race or Cod

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Maine
34. Smail island 34.

off Donegal
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respect
16. Roman road
17. The .

headland on E
coast of Essex

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of water

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82. Pursue
24. Slandered -
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as waves
89. Concentrated '

grape juice
K. Man's nick­

name
81. Girl's name
82. Timbers of 82.

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sides" •

S3. Take one's
"cut"

84. Sea bird
85. Brother: Dial.
86. Location
S7. Ability to"

walk steadily
on ship

89. The "United
States"

40. Brahman titls
41. What the

Titanic did
42. The

"bUck "
45. Told, as a tale
47. Sick
80. Mixture
81. Father .

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53. Fastens
54. Units
55. Low reef

11. DOWN
Animal
Portuguese
coin
Columbian
port
First word in
a famed hymn 24.
Ship's officer
Adherent of
Member of
the SIU
Seaport capi­
tal of Crete

19.
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25.

26.
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bearing
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France . 44.
Benefits
Seas Shipping 46.
ship 48.
Make happy 49.
Discourage

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by Columbus
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party
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coin
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17

storm following
before very long.
That's about the
surest way that I
know of predict­
ing what the
weather is going
to be, and that's about the only
way I try to predict it.

4' t it
Arthur Rummel, ch. steward:

There's an old saying about "red
in the night,
sailor's delight.
Red in the morn­
ing, sailor's warn­
ing." I remem­
ber that from a
long time ago,
and it is about
the best way to
predict what the
weather is going

to be. It works most of the time,
and helps to remember.

t, t.
Andrew Harville, OS: The cloud

formations are the things that
always watch.
When they start
getting heavy,
then we're usual­
ly in for a storm.
When they are
heavy and mov­
ing pretty fast,
that usually
means that we're
going to have a
bad wind coming up. The clouds
are good signs to watch,

t
L. A. WUliams, chief cook: I al­

ways watch the way the clouds are
moving, and the
way the top of
the water lookis.
You can tell
from the way the
ship is rolling,
whether there's
going to be some
rough weather,
too. If the clouds
are heavy and

MEET THE
SEAFARER

moving slowly, then that means
you're going to have a storm.

4) 4) 4^
Herman Meitz, carpenter: I

watch the clOuds and the q^ioon. If
there are a lot
of heavy, dark
clouds around
the moon, then
we usually get a
storm. Dark,
heavy clouds that
hang low in the
sky mean that
a storm is com­
ing very soon.
There's no sure way to tell, but
these are the best.

4. 4> it
Rexford L. Roberts, pumpman:

I watch the sky around sunset, and
see how it looks.
If the sky is nice
and red and
bright, we have
nice weather the
next day. If the
sky Is dark, then
we have some
bad weather. In
the morning, a
nice red sky

iheans that we're going to-haye a

HARRY C. NELSON, AB
To follow in. the footsteps oS the

many men who have gone to sea
before him and have gone oh to
become authors and writers, is the
ambition of Seafarer Harry C. Nel­
son, AB.

Harry, who has been sailing for
the past live years, says that his
hope is to become, a writer, but
that, unlike many of the seamen
who have written before him, he
usually waits until he is ashore be­
fore he does his writing.

"I seldom write while I'm
aboard ship. There's usually too
much to do, and a lot of noise, so
I can't get much done while I'm at
sea," he says, "but when I get
Into port, I get off the ship for a
while and find myself a nice -quiet
place to stay and then go to work."

Story Accepted
And, Harry reports that he's

getting a good start since one of his
stories has just been bought by
Esquire Magazine and will be ap­
pearing sometime in the fall. "It's

fiction piece called 'Another
Rube,'" says Harry, "and I think
it's a pretty good story.

"I stick mostly to fiction," he
explains, "and think that I do my
best writing in fiction. I don't stick
to any one type of story, but try
to write whatever I think will
make a good story. I do write some
stuff about seamen and the sea,
but I don't just stick to that one
field."

Harry reports that he's also
taken some courses in writing and
journalism at New York Univer­
sity, and that he hopes the day
will come when he'll be able- to
settle down to writing as a full-
time career. "Most of the men I
know want to stop sailing and set­
tle down on a farm," says he, "but
my ambition is just to write."

Harry started going to sea by
sailing under it in 1943. At that
time he went into the Navy, and
ended up in the submarine service.
He spent most of his time aboard
the USS Plaice, a submarine oper­
ating in the Pacific Theater, and
in addition to other ribbons, he
holds the submarine combat medal

for successful submarine patrols in
which enemy tonnage was sunk.

He reports that his closest call
came when his sub attacked and
sank two Japanese destroyers
while on a patrol. Once they had
sunk the two destroyers, other
enemy vessels closed in on the
submerged sub and kept it
pinned to the bottom under a con­
stant depth bomb attack that
lasted for 16 hours.

Air Stale ^
"That was tough," he says, "be­

cause the air started to get real
stale. We never stayed under that
long unless we had to because of
the air supply and the fact that
we had to recharge our batteries."

After he finished with the Navy,
Harry started to sail merchant
ships. He was only sailing a short
while when he heard that the SIU
waS' organizing the Cities Service
fleet, so he started to sail with
Cities Service and then, went to
work in the fleet as an SIU organ­
izer. He got his SIU book through
that work, and has been sailing
SIU ever since.

"I stick to freighters now," he
says, "because you get more time
in port and usually have more
space, but I did sail recent^ly on
the Cities Service tanker Chiwawa.
What a difference on that ship be­
tween the time Cities Service was
still unorganized and now that
there's an SIU contract in that
fieet. The money's a lot better now,
and the conditions are great. 1
could hardly believe it was the
same company running the ships.'.?

Harry, who's still single and 29
years old, hails from Great Falls,
Montana. He says the Navy started
him on the idea of going to sea,
and he's never been sorry about
his choice

"If you are trying to break into
the writing field like I am, and
you have to keep on working in
the meantime, I can't think of any
better way of making a living than
working under an SIU contract. It
sure keeps the porkchops coming
and makes it possible for me to
take time off and devote attention
to my writing."

TEN

nice, warm dtu^.

Aircraft of the British Bomber
Command attacked obectives at
Cologne for the 116th time and
elsewhere in the Rhineland . . .
The British Government an­
nounced the appointment of Field
Marshal Sir Archibald P. Wavell
as Viceroy of India, to be suc­
ceeded as Commander-in-Chief in
India by Gen. Auchinleck. Also it
was announced that an East Asia
Military Command would be cre­
ated to take the offensive against
Japanese forces . . . The SIU as­
sailed a WSA move aimed at chisel­
ing the working conditions and
transportation rider of the Seafar­
ers

4^ 4" 4-
In Detroit 34 persons were killed

and more than 700 Injured in race
riots that brought US troops Into
the city imder a proclamation of
President Roosevelt . . . Mexico
and the Soviet'Union resumed dip­
lomatic relations after a lapse of
13 years ... US Army Eighth Air
Force heavy bombers made their
first appearance in the Ruhr in an
attack on the synthetic rubber
plant at Huls, and on the General
Motors plant near Antwerp . .
The SIU . stood behind , its mem­
bers who felt an addiflbnal two
knots^-in speed on 'the ijibertps

would prevent many a sinking by
enemy subs and save many Sea­
farers' lives . . . President Roose­
velt vetoed the Smith-Connally
anti-strike bill requiring 30 days*
notice in advance of strikes and
providing criminal penalties for
those who instigate, direct or aid
strikes in plants or mines operated
by the US Government. The bill
was piade into law when the Sen­
ate and House overrode the presi­
dential veto.

4 4 4"
The US Supreme Court ruled

that under, the so-called Bill of
Rights in the Constitution public
school children could not be com­
pelled to salute the American flag
if this ceremony conflicted with
their religious beliefs ... An Al­
lied naval party was landed on

*Lampionne Island in the Mediter­
ranean from a destroyer, found It
uninhabited and occupied it . . .
The SIU was represented in cere­
monies in Boston Common in
which a mall was dedicated to mer­
chant seamen lost in the war ...
The Syria-Turkey border Was
closed, London said, unofficially,
adding that, according to Turkish
reports, Rumania was sounding^ut
the Allies on wh^t she might gain
on withdrawing from thb war ns aR
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SEAFARERS ̂ LOG
Jun* 26, 1951 Vol. XV. No. 13

Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic
& Guif District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel.
STerling 8-4670.

Paul HALI,, Secretary-Treasurer
Editor. HSRBCRT BRUND; •Martaglng Editor. BAT DENISOR; Art Editor. BEBRABB'

SEAMAH; Photo Editor. DANTEI NICVA; Staff Writers, HEBMAN ABTBOB. lawn SnvACS,
ART FERFALL, JERRY REKEB. AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter. Box MOODY.

S5^

Onr Changing^ SUps
In the past few years the maritime industry has been

undergoing a quiet, but impressive, technological revolution.
Many improvements and changes have been made in the
design and operation of ships, and with atomic power plants
in the offing, there are undoubtedly more to come. Just a
few of the changes in the past few years are the construction
of super-tankers, the Mariners and other prototype ships,
the use of radar, gas turbine engines, heavy lifts, nylon rope,
electronic depth finders, radio direction finders, aluminum
masts and lifeboats, high pressure boilers and a multitude
of new equipment.

While the new ship designs are still on the drawing boards,
it might be a good idea to consult the men who sail the ships
as to what changes should be made. For one thing, there
are obvious improvements that could be made in the crew's
living and working quarters—^the foc'sles, the messrooms,
storerooms and galleys—improvements which would go far
toward increasing the comfort and efficiency of the crew.
Up until now, except on the most modem ships, the tendency
has best! to overlook the needs of crewmembers for decent
living quarters. More recreation facilities aboard ship could
be provided as well, at little added construction cost.

Then too^ seamen, drawing on their own practical experi­
ence, could no doubt offer many suggestions of value which
would not seem obvious to the marine designer and the
shipbuilding engineer. ^

Ships of today are complicated pieces of machinery. It
would be wise to consult all those who have anything to do
with the operations of a ship in trying to construct a better,
saf6r and more efficient ocean-going vessel.

Scholarship Awards
After several months of painstaking and careful consider­

ation of all candidates, the trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan
have awarded four $6,000 scholarships to fortunate candidates
recommeiTded by the advisory board of college administrators.
Now these four winners, three girls and a boy, are assured
a free, all-expenses-paid college education, because their
fathers are working seamen, members of the SIU.

The SIU Scholarship Plan has attracted a good deal of
interest on several counts. It is notable for the size of its
money grants, the freedom of the winners to follow any
course of study of their choosing, • and the precedent it has
set for the entire maritime industry.

It's safe to say that before the Scholarship Plan was an­
nounced, few in the Union, if any, ever dreamed that the
SIU would provide the means for a college education for
Seafarers and their children. But this development, novel
as it is, is .just one of the many tirail-blazing steps taken by
the SIU in maritime; in its contracts, its shoreside facilities
and its vacation and welfare benefits.

As a final word, a vote of thanks is due the advisory board
of college administrators for their keen interest and whole­
hearted participation in the workings of the Plan. Their
invaluable services did much to make the Scholarship Plan
a success.

i.

Pakistan Wheat Bill
Once again, the SIU has played a leading role in defending

a most-important piece of maritime legislation, the 50-50
law. The vote of the House of Eepresentatives in restoring
the 50-50 provision to the Pakistan wheat bill ended for the
time being, another attempt to kill this principle.

Oddly enough, the government of Pakistan, which is not
a sea-going nation, had no interest in the matter one way or
another. It was other foreign-flag operators, many of them
Panamanian and Liberian tramp shippers, who were looking
to monopolize this cargo.

The 50-50 idea has been challenged many times in Congress
since it was first adopted in 1948 after an energetic camp^iign
by the Union. In each instance those who would discard the
lavj have met with defeat.

The implications are clear. Congress realizes the impor­
tance to the nation of maintaining an active and prosperous
merchant marine. As such the 50-50 law is one of sever^
legislative devices towards that desirable goal The SIU in­
tends to ^ that Jhis proyiaion, Uke other legislative acts

Inman

Uc

Hits Milk Deal
In Puerto Rieo
To the Editor:

I would like to take this oppor­
tunity to let you know how easy
it is for the companies to pull the
wool over your eyes if you don't
keep them wide open and stay on
the ball.

In this case, the deal concerns
fresh milk in Puerto Rico. It is
just another of those cases where
a ship's crew took the word of the
old man without checking on the
story that he dished out to them.

As ship's delegate on the Ines
(Bull) I was
obliged to ask
the captain if we
could take on
some fresh milk
when we reached
San Juan. The
old man, in true
company style,
said the milk in
Puerto Rico did
not pass the Pub-

Health Service requirements.
This story seemed funny, as the
Armed Forces use milk there, so
I decided to check it.

The story was just a stall. The
PHS gave me a letter stating that
the milk in Puerto Rico was as
good as any milk in the States.
While this story was being checked,
another alibi was made up. This
one had it that Puerto Rico was
very short of milk and the dairies
wouldn't Supply us. This story
proved as phony as the first oue.
The manager of the Puerto Rico
Dairy, as Las Palmas and Lafay­
ette Streets in Santurce, said that
he would and could supply us with
all the milk we could use, unless
there happened to be drastic
drought in Puerto Rico.

Company Finally Yields

When the company was faced
with all this evidence, there was
nothing it could do but come
across with the milk. However,
they are working on another stall
that they will probably use on the
crews of their other ships. Here
is the pitch:

When our milk was a little late
coming aboard, I asked the man
in charge of the office what was
holding it up. He said the milk
had to come from the Capara
Dairy, which was the only one to
pass the PHS requirements. Since
this is probably another stall, the
company may intend to claim that
the Capara Dairy cannot supply all
the ships, and since no other milk
is acceptable, the ships cannot be
supplied. Don't fall for this or
any other story, no matter who
it comes from, without checking.
If necessary,' we intend to contact
dairies in all the ports in Puerto
Rico in order to beat the company
out on these phony stories. We
have already been successful in
getting milk in Ponce and San
Juan." Get going, gang. We have
started the b^ll rolling for you;
now it's up to you to back us up
by keeping it roiling.

OaA S. 'Med)'iiuaaa

'Mind If I Take A Look?'

ROUND-UF
Well ahead of the strike dead-

Une it had set, the CIO United
Steelworkers won an industry­
wide-pay increase of 8Vi cents an
hour, which with other fringe bene­
fits won, amounts to an increase
of about 10 cents an hour. The in­
crease, said the union, applies to
iron ore miners as well as steel-
workers. The union also succeeded
in wiping out the North-South
wage differential and got US Steel
to agree to a joint study of pen­
sion and welfare provisions in an­
ticipation of next year's bargain­
ing.

3^ t i"
The AFL Brotherhood of Rail­

way Carmen won a big step for­
ward in cutting out a wage in­
equity that has been in existence
since 1918 when it recently won
an increase of 4 cents an hour for
men working on freight cars. The
union said that this was just one
step forward in wiping out the
difference in wages for the me­
chanics, and said its goal is one
rate for all. The latest increase
for freight car mechanics cut the
differential down to 4.4 cents an
hour. Before the increase, passen­
ger car mechanics were making
8.4 cents an hour more.

3» 4" J"
The National Association of Let­

ter Carriers has renewed its de­
mand that the Postoffice provide
uniforms for its employees. Citing
the increased cost of uniforms,
which Postoffice employees now
have to buy for themselves, the
association also pointed out that
the Government now provides uni­
forms for most of its other em­
ployees who are required to wear
them. The Postoffice answered
with its stock reply, and said it
just doesn't have the money. The
Government estimates that supply-

g the uniforms would cost about
$I3 million per year.

4> 4 4
The CIO United Auto Workers

has appointed a committee of 10
prominent economists to launch a
preliminary study of all the fac­
tors involved in the question of a
guaranteed -annual wage. The un­
ion said that it has 6et the guar­
anteed annual wage as the "next
major collective bargaining goal
in our industry."

4 4 4
The operatfaig rallcoad onions

^[Ui<^y;rea«W to a t|^
railroads thatriufiess IhW^agreet^Tcbhtiibt 1954.

not to call a strike the railroads
would ask for special legislation
from Congress. The unions quickly
demanded that the railroads with­
draw the threat. The unions and
the railroads are engaged in try­
ing to clear up a pile of 5,000
grievances that have accumulated.

4 4 4
The 76,000 members of the CIO

International Union of Electrical
Workers who -are employed by
General Electric, have won wage
increases averaging 7 cents an
hour, with some of the workers
getting increases of up to 16 cents
an hour. The union stated that the
recent eight-week strike at the
company's Sju-acuse plant was be­
lieved to have been instrumental
in getting the increases.

4 4 4
The AFL Office Employees In­

ternational Union has announced
that its membership has soared 30
percent during the last two years.
Stating that "organization begets
organization," the union declared
that the increase in membership is
"just the beginning," and that it
"must organize more and more of
the white-collar workers."

4 4 4
Tom Lyon withdrew himself

from consideration as director of
the Federal Bureau of Mines, after
telling a Senate committee con­
sidering his appointment that he
considers the Federal Mine Safety
Law a "phony." Lyon also revealed
that.he is receiving a $5,000 an­
nual pension from the Anconda
Copper Mining Company. Senator
Arthur Watkins, Republican of
Utah, who had sponsored the Eisen­
hower nomination of Lyon, said he
had suggested Lyon withdraw after
hearing his testimony. The United
Mine Workers had said it would
fight Lyon's appointment, but no
fight was needed after Lyon's testi­
mony.

$
Negotiations between the CIO

Industrial Union of Marine and
Shipbuilding Workers and the
Bethlehem Steel Company and
Todd Shipyard Corp. have hit a
stand-still. The Union is demand­
ing a 12-cent hourly wage increase
which the companies have re­
jected. In addition, tlie Todd Ship­
yard Corp. is being dSked for im­
provements in pension and welfare
plans. The contract with Bethlehem
bars discussion of pension and wel-
fere plans imtil the end of the

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"Super ships" that dwarf the steamers
of 30 years ago . .. Hotel-like accommoda­
tion for crews . . . Aluminum deckhouses
and aluminum masts... automatic steering
that eliminates the need for helmsmen.

These and other developments in the
maritime world make the post-war years
of World War II an era of vast changes.

,in the design and operation of ships and
in the life of merchant seamen.

Hailed as .the typical deep sea trader of
the future is the Liberian flag tanker World
Concord, which holds the record as the
world's largest cargo carrying merchant
ship. This 655-foot giant of the cargo routes
can carry 240,000 barrels of oil, but it will
be exceeded in size by a 736 foot, 45,000-ton
oil tanker being built for World 'Tankers
Corporation by the Bethlehem Shipbuild­
ing Company at Quincy, Mass.

Many post-war-built "super" tankers are
sailing under the American flag. They run
around 620 feet in length, carry about 215,-
000 barrels of oil, and can do 16 knots with
high pressure boilers and steam turbines.

These ships feature extra large crew
recreation and dining rooms, with motion
pictures and other entertainment for cre;;^
men on long runs to the Middle East oil-
flelds.

Ship designers are specifying light--
weight aluminum for many ship uses after
the new liner United States dramatically
pointed the way for widespread use of
aluminum in ship deckhouses and other
exterior fittings.

Aluminum Takes Over
The US Navy recently anncrunced that

more than 80 percent of the destroyers in
the active fleet have been fitted with alu­
minum tripod masts. These lightweight

tripods carry a heavy mounting of radar
equipment without making the warships
top-heavy.

Aluminum is now being used for lockers,
doors, shipboard furniture, berths, store-

-Toom shelving, ventilator ducts, insulation,
ladders and lifeboats.

Described as the fastest cargo ships in
the world are the 563-foot Mariner class of
freighters being built at various yards for
the US Maritime Administration. There
are now nine of these ships at sea, but
probably none will be purchased by private
lines, for the cost price of $4,500,000 each
makes it almost impossible for any inde­
pendent line to ever pay for them. The
construction cost was $9,500,000 each.

Higher Pressures
Ship power is increasing all the time,

with almost all new American construction
using the steam turbine under boiler pres­
sures of 600 pounds or more. The World
War I "Hog Islander" had 2,500 hp steam-
turbines and the World War II Liberty had
2,500 hp reciprocating engines. Mariner
ships have 17,500 hp propulsion plants!

Probably without a peer on the seas as
far as crew comforts are concerned is the
British steamer Wanstejad, owned by the
Watts Shipping Company of Liverpool.
The entire main deck for half the length of
this vessel is devoted to crew accommoda­
tions. Each crewman has a private cabin.
Added to this is a 30 foot lounge with desks
and easy chairs and a large recreation room
with game tables, reclining chairs, sofas
and a ping pong "nook." . ^

Crewmen of the Wanstead take their
meals in a large, cafeteria-style dining hall
decorated in light pastel colors and with
bright paintings on-the walls. -

In the matter of ship design, big im­
provements are foreseen in cargo-handling
techniques. The automatic, sliding hatches
on Mariner ships are typical of imjovations
to speed up operation and cut down the
time of turn-arounds ih port. '

Huge ships are being built here and
'abroad for carrying iron ore to the United
States from Africa, Venezuela, and Brazil.
Several C-4 type ships are being converted
for use as deep sea ore carriers.

Radarof course, is having wider applica­
tion on ships of all kinds; from liners to
tugs and river boats. Automatic steering
is being developed to the point where some
vessels need a helmsman now only -for
going in ^nd out of harbor. It is the com­
plaint of some skippers on these electroni­
cally-steered ships that the deck hands get
so little time at the wheel they are forget­
ting how to steer at all!

Day Soon For Atom-Ship
Predictions are that the atom-powered

merchant ship is not too far in the future,
at least for the North Atlantic liner. Gas
turbines are proving successful on experi-
mentaUBritish ships and will probably be
greatly extended in use during the next
few years.

One of these days the white-gloved oiler
and engineer (the fireman being as extinct
as the sailmaker) will be highly offended
if some oldtimer classes them with such
menials as the black gang.

Acme of the change in ships and sailors
will be the advent, of the ship biiilt of
titanium. It won't have to be painted and
the chipping hammer sailor with his wire-
brush and paint pot will, like the clipper
ship, be a thing of the past.

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Easily operated steel folding hatch covers and 'tween-decks covers,
like these on the new Mariner class vessels, are part of the revolution.
Mechanically operated, they slide open or closed quickly-and form
watertight covers.

The navigation of ships has also changed^ Now, the radar screen is
a part of almost all navigation bridges, and the grid rotates atop
most masts. Other advances, such as electronic depth finders have
also added to Seafarers' safety.

Speed is the greatest factor, and fast turn-arounds are what the oper­
ators are seeking. Fast one-man cranes, such as this one on a new
European freighter, help* to speed up loading and discharging at
dockside and with lighters.

Aluminum has also taken a new prominence in ship construction.
Light, tripod masts, such as this one, made of aluminum, have been
installed on many of the Navy's destroyers to support heavy radar
gear without any excess weight.

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One of the more redent additions to the cargo ^p ̂ e has been vessels like this C-4 type, which has been converted into an ocean-going ore ship.

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The National Federation of American Shipping has noted "an alarm­
ing drop" in the participation of American-flag vessels in the foreign
trade of the US. The Federation stated that American-flag vessels in
January of 1953, carried only 25.8 percent of the foreign trade of the
US. This compares with 43.6 percent carried by US vessels in January
of 1952. These figures include oil cargoes as well as other cargoes. In
January of this year, US ships carried only 18.5 percent of US dry
cargo exports, as compared with 48 percent during January of 1952.
The Federation states that these figures show the American-flag
merchant fleet is losing out to foreign vesseb in the competition for
US .cargoes.

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The New York Customs office received an unpleasant surprise re­

cently, when it was attacked for "opening the floodgates to smugglers
and narcotics." The attack came a few days after the Customs men
started a new screening procedure designed to help speed up the
processing of passengers arriving in the port during the summer rush.
Said the Customs men, "We're making just as many seizures as before.
If we don't speed things up, the passiengers and shipping lines com­
plain, and when we do speed the screening up, then somebody else
complains that we're being lax. You. just can't win."

4- ' 4" 4"
The New York Port Authority let contracts for $115,000 for electrical

work on Piers 1, 2, and 3 in Hoboken, NJ . . . The training ship Empire
State of the New York State Maritime College at Fort Schuyler sailed
with 400 cadets on a three-month cruise to England, Denmark, Ger­
many, the Netherlands, France and Spain . . . New York State Barge
Canal traffic during the first nine weeks of ice-free operations totalled
1,046,847 tons, just 9 percent less than for the same period last year
, . . Another of the new Mariner ships, the Show Me Mariner, named
for Missouri, has been launched . . . Japan has announced that it will
permit Soviet merchant ships to be repaired in Japanese shipyards
under agreements between private Japanese companies and the Russian
government.

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The Government has announced that, as of the end of May, fliere

were 50 Government-owned vessels operating under bareboat charters.
This is three less than were operating at the end of April. Of the 50,
eight are under charter to Philippines operators . . . The Coast Guard
has announced that the 1953 season of the International Ice Patrol has
come to an end. The season started with patrols on February 28. This
was a very light season, the Coast Guard said, and it announced that
the patrols were ending since no further danger from icebergs is seen
. . . The Port of Baltimore picked up some during April, when a total
of 428 vessels called. This was 40 more vessels than vMted the port
during April of 1952 . . . The liners Atlantic and Italia have been
scheduled for an extensive winter cruise schedule to the West Indies
and South America. They will operate out of New York and New
Orleans.

XXX
Tonnage of ships under construction or on order in US shipyards

has hit the lowest point in 23 months. The level of ships remains the
same as last month, with 75 ^ips under construction or on order. Two
tankers totalling 35,000 gross tons were delivered during the past
month. Orders for two new ships, totalling 14,385 gross tons, were
placed. These are the first new orders for ships since last November.
Thus, the number of ships remains the same, but the tonnage drops
from 1,055,270 gross tons to 1,034,055 gross tons on order or under
construction.

XXX'
A five-foot model of the first atomic-powered vessel, the submarine

Nautilus, is on exhibit in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
The model includes a cut-away view of the power plant, which demon­
strates how heat from the atomic reaction supplies the power for the
vessel . . . The biggest turbo-propelled tanker to be built in an Italian
shipyard, the 30,000-ton Mierelia d'Amico. has been launched at Mon-
falcone . , . The new Japanese cargo ship New York Maru has just
made iier maiden voyage to New York. The 18-knot, 10.189-deadweight-
ton vessel was named in honor of New York City's 300th anniversary.

XXX
The Swedish American Line has taken the liner Stockliolm out' of

service for about three months so she can be renovated to increase
her passeger capacity from 400 to 600 passengers. The line also has
the Gripsholm operating, and expects to have the new 22,000-gross-ton
liner Kungsholm ready to go into service by November . . . The new
12,500-ton Frenqji liner Cambodge, the second of a class of three such
vessels, is ready for delivery to her operators. The 531-foot, twin screw
ship will sail on the Indo-China, Far East run. She will carry 539
passengers in three classes and a crew of 153. Almost all passenger
and crews' quarters are air conditioned on the new ship.

SEAFARERS

ACTION

La Plant

Traditional practice in the SIU has
been to give a hand to the families

of shipmates ndio
are leriously ia-
Jured or die
aboard ihip.
While the bene­
ficiaries are pro­
tected by the
SIU Welfare
Plan in case of
death, the prac­
tice has contin­
ued as a means

of expressing the crew's sentiment
about the man who had been ship­
ping with them.

Recently a messman aboard the
Anniston City was lost at sea. Vet­
eran SeSfarer Fred La Plant moved
that donations be collected from
the crew for the messman's wife.
As a result the men dug in and
made up a tidy sum for the crew
to send on home.

La Plant is one of the Union's
earliest members, getting his SIU
book in Mobile in December, 1938,
after switchtog from the defunct
AFL Seamen's Union. He's a na­
tive of Missouri where he was bora
in 1907 and sails in the engine de­
partment. Right now he and his
wife make their home in Balti­
more.

XXX
Crewmembers of the Del Sud

(Mississippi) have an up-to-date
and varied selection of books and
magazines to read, thanks to the
efforts of Louis Briant. He has
been serving as the crew's librarian
and got a new and better library
aboard the popular Delta Line
cruise ship.

Briant, a native of Louisiana, has
been a Union
member since
December, 1944.
He and his wife
make their home
in New Orleans,
home port for the
Delta lines. He
sails with the'
black gang.

XXX
A suggestion

that regular educational meetings
be held on every voyage of the
Ines was offered to the crew by
Seaifarer J. Emerick, recently.
Emerick felt it would be a good
idea to hold at least one such meet­
ing on the run from the East Coast
to Puerto Rico so as to keep the
crew wiVi informed on what was
going on in the Union.

Emerick is a native of Pennsyl­
vania, who will shortly celebrate
his 26th birthday. He been a mem­
ber of the Union since 1948, join­
ing in the port of Baltimore where
he now lives with his wife. "He
sails regularly in the engine de­
partment.

Briant

• On the Job •
Using Colors As Safety Guides

It's long been customary practice both on ship and ashore to use
certain colors for safety purposes; red or orange as a general warning
signal, yenow or blue for caution and green for safety. In recent
years, industry Iq general has been making use of certain colon to
call attention to a variety of hazards to be avoided. In other words,
rolois have become an accident prevention weapon.
. During 'World War II a color code was published for use by industry
to Indicate, hazards and identify certain types of equipment. Some
maritime outfits have adopted 4his code because crew turnover makes
it desirable to have a uniform system on all ships.

Under ihe code, yellow, which has the highest visibility of any color
under all lUd>ting conditions, is. used-to indicate hazards that would
cause a man to trip, or fall or run into something. It can be used
as yellow and black stripes where greater- emphasis is sought.

Uses For Yellow Color
It's appropriate'to use yellow on the bottbm steps of gangways and

edges of platforms, on deck load lashings that cross walkways, on
padeyes and tripping hazards, on the sills and tops of door openings,
on the bottom steps of ladders, on cargo hooks, valve wheels and other
projections through floor plates, and on projections into passageways
such as control boxes and ventilators.

Those parts of machinery that are dangerous, as weU as the insides
of removable guards and covers to moving parts should be painted
orange. Some items where orange paint would be helpful are the
interior surfaces of switch box covers and fuse panels. Hand cranks
and exposed shaft ends on lifeboat windlasses, the edges of gypsy
heads so that lines should not be held too close to the gypsy, the
bottom of a snatch block as a warning against standing in a bight,
and the inside edge of the door jamb at eye level to'keep from getting
fingers and hands caught.

Since green is universally accepted as a safety sjrmbol, its obvious
use is to indicate location of safety and first aid devices. A green
cross or green paint will identify a first aid supply cabinet, the place­
ment of life rings, the ship's hospital, stretchers, respirator and gas
mask containers, lifeboat stations, releasing gear handles in life boats,
alarm buttons in iceboxes and the like.

Red Indicate Firefighting Equipment

Since orange indicates dangerous machinery, red can be reserved
for use in spotting firefighting equipment. The bulkhead where ex­
tinguishers, host racks and other firefighting tools are hiung should
be painted red. Hose connections, fire alarm stations and fire main
valves should be similarly indicated.

Blue as a caution signal, differs from the orange danger signal in
that it is used to tag equipment which should not be put in use because
men are woiidng on it or repairs are being made. Blue paint can
tag a whistle valve while men are woi^ing on the whistle, the steering
wheel while the steering engine is under repair, engine controls while
there are crewmen in the vicinity of the propeller and so on. In other
words, it is a reminder to operators of any moving equipment to -
make sure that all is clear before they start the equipment w^orking.

White and black are used as traffic control devices and to mark
aisle locations. On board ship the chief use is a line marking the
three-foot coaming clearance in the 'tween decks.

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A large number of serious accidents occur when men trip and fall

while on gangways. All too often it costs a man his life if he winds
up in the water, particularly at.^night when visibility is at a minimum.

Several steps can be taken to minimize the danger of gangway
accidents. Basically, the gangway should be kept in good condition,
properly secured at all times. Double man ropes should be provided
on both the outboard and inboard side of the gangway as single man
ropes - are dangerous. Stanchions should be secured in the sockets
with toggle or cotter pins.

If an accommodation ladder has to be used it should be provided
with a safe landing platform with guard rails where necessary. If
the angle of the ladder is too great to provide secure footing a duck
board should be provided.

Keep It Free From Crowding
It's desirable not to permit too many people on the gangway at any

one time. The gangway watchmen should keep a check on the con­
dition of the gangway because of changes in elevation from tide and
draft.

At night the gangway should be kept well lighted for obvious pur­
poses. A life ring with throw ring attached should be made readily
available in case a man goes overboard. Where the gangway is in
horizontal position, duck boards and cleats should be provided. Under
no circumstances should a portable wooden ladder be used alongside
a ship except in emergencies.

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The Yarmouth's Season Starts

Seafarers check winches and the lifeboat davits to make sure
everything's SlU-style, as the passenger ship Yarmouth starts her
summer cruise schedule between Boston and Nova Scotia.

Crews Want SIU;Atlantk
Fights Election On Ships

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and reinstatement order by the
MLRB.

Nor was the company willing to
agree on an early election. Ap­
parently company representatives
are fearful of the SlU's over­
whelming support in the fleet and
would rather not have the men
vote on a union 9f their choice.

Another point of dispute that
arose at the hearings was the ques­
tion of bosuns and stewards eli-
ffibility to vote. The NLRB in the
Cities Service case, had ruled out
hosuns and stewards as supervi­
sory employees and excluded them
from the voting unit accordingly.

Keith Terpe, SIU Director of
Organization, who attended the
NLRB sessions, declared: "It's
lilain to see that Atlantic Refining
doesn't want to give the tanker-
men a chance to vote. The com­
pany knows that once the SIU wins
this election They will have to ne­
gotiate a real contract based on
the wishes of the men in the fleet.

"This is typical company reac­
tion when a genuine trade union
appears on the^scene. They know
they will have to drop the 'poppa
knows best' line, and listen to the
tankermen for a change.

Getting More Pledges
"The company's stall isn't going

to do them one bit of good, be­
cause with each passing day the
SIU. is winning, the backing of
more and more Atlantic tanker-
men. As far as the SIU is con­
cerned, we are going to keep push­
ing hard to the fleet and in the

Labor Board for an immediate
election. When an election comes
we—and Atlantic—know what the
outcome will be. That's why we're
looking forward to a vote and they
get panicky and evasive at the
thought of one.

"We're ready to meet with them
any time at an hour's notice to
settle the whole business and ar­
range for an early election."

The Union delegation at the
NLRB hearing included Terpe,
Philadelphia organizer Ray Gates,
headquarters organizer £. B. Mac-
Auley, SIU general counsel Sy
Miller and Washington counsel
Ray Murdoch.

US Cracks Down
On Gas Booster

The Radiator Specialty Company,
of Charlotte, NC, must stop mis­
representing the effectiveness of
"Nu-Power" or "Nu-Power Upper
Cylinder Lubricant," a gasoline
additive, the Federal Trade Com­
mission has directed.

The commission said the firm
must stop claiming that the use of
either of these products will in­
crease gasoline or oil mileage, will
improve engine performance, will
give faster pickup and smoother
idling, will keep valves and rings
free of deposits and lengthen their
lives, will reduce friction and pre­
vent wear, or will protect metal
surfaces.

Four Children Of Members
Awarded SIU Scholarships

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at Tuckahoe High School, president
of the junior class and a member
of the glee club. She ranked tenth
in "a graduating class of 49. Good­
win, who intends to study dentistry,
rated 11th in graduating class of
151 seniors kt Lake Washington
High School. He was a three-letter
man in sports participating in foot­
ball, tennis and basketball, as well
as a variety of extra-curricular
activities.

Those who lost in the competi­
tion for scholarships need not feel
discouraged, because they, as well
as those whose applications were
not complete, can apply for next
year's four scholarship awards.
Candidates who took one College
Entrance exam will have to take
another one by March, 1954, to
compete for next year's awards.
Should any one of (he four winning
candidates drop out for any reason,
the trustees have made provision
for an alternate who would imme­
diately step in and pick up the
vacant scholarship.

Cover All Costs
The $1,500 scholarship award

provided by the SIU is among the
largest scholarships on the college
level in the country. At the average
state university, the scholarship
will be enough to cover all tuition
and fees as well as living expenses
for the entire school year.

Consequently, the trustees have
made arrangements to pay all fees
and tuition costs at the college of
the winner's choice befor^ the
school term begins. The balance of
the money will then be paid out in
regular installments.

Another unusual feature of the
SIU plan is the fact that the
scholarships are not limited to any

one field of study. Most scholar­
ship awards specify the type of
study that the winner is required to
follow. However, in drafting the
Scholarship Plan, SIU Welfare
Plan trustees decided that its pur­
pose would be to give a qualified
Seafarer, or the child of a Sea­
farer, the opportunity to go to col­
lege and make use of their talents
to the way best suited to them.

Selection of the candidates was
entrusted to a group of experi­

enced college administrators who
were: Bernard Ireland, assistant
director of administrations, Colum­
bia College of Columbia University;
Elwood C. Kastner, registrar. New
York University; C. William Ed­
wards, director of admissions,
Princeton University; Miss Edna M.
Newby, director of admissions.
New Jersey College for Women of
Rutgers University, and F. D. Wil­
kinson, registrar of Howard Uni­
versity.

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Nylon Hosiery
Racket Charged

Waste nylon is being used to de­
fraud the consuming public, Wil­
liam . M. Leader, president of
Branch 1, AFL Hosiery Workers,
has charged.

Stocking jobbers are buying
waste nylon yams and having hos­
iery manufactured which they sell
as "firsts," Leader said, and these
same jobbers are making small
mills work with the waste material
at such low prices that many other
shops are being forced out of busi­
ness, throwing union men out of
jobs.

Jobbers and manufacturers.
Leader said, are buying the nylon
waste from hosiery plants at 85
cents a pound while duPont's price
for 15-denier yarn is $6 a pound.

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NO LAWYERS NEEDED
The SIU Welfare Plan office wishes to remind Seafarers hnd

their families that no lawyers are needed to collect any SIU Wel­
fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen to recent months to
which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in col­
lection of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawyers'
fees.

It's emphasized that the Welfare Plan was designed from the
beginning to provide simple and speedy payment of all benefit
claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for
benefitk'should b)s made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan

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Wage-Hour Laws
Found Violated

Investigations of 417 Oregon
business establishments during the
past 11 months have revealed 26
violations of the minimum wage
section, 197 violations of overtime
pay provisions and 16 violations of
the child labor provisions, accord­
ing to the US Labor Department's
wage and hour and public contracts
division.

The investigations also showed
an underpayment of $166,778 to
1,470 Oregon workers covered by
the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In some establishments there
were violations of both the provi­
sions requiring pay of at least 75
cents an hour and of the section
providing payment of time and a
half for any time over 40 hours a

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Tall Taies Of Whales And Gales
Enliven The Coe As She Sails

Mike O'Keimedy gets ready to let go with a tall
one as Frank L an an ski listens attentively.

ABs Friedman and McLaughlin (left to right)
get going on deck, with AB Gordon supervising.

Left to right, Cunningham, OS; O'Rourke, DM;
Tambuiino, AB; Gordon, AB, and Paul, wiper.

Toung Henry Peterson, OS, doesn't forget pets
need care. Here he is with his canary.

When it comes to brightening up life aboard ship, there's no one, it seems, who can turn
the trick like an old salt with a sea bag full of yarns to spin, and you can taktf it from
the crewmembers of the Coe Victory (Victory Carriers) who returned recently from a

-•run to England, where they
' witnessed many of the Coro­
nation festivities.

"Believe me," reports Luis
Ramirez, one of the crewmen,
"there's nothing that can - make
things start to hum more during
the boys' off moments than for
somebody to launch into a raft of
tail tales, and we had one fellow
aboard the Coe Victory, coming
back from England, who I think
can match stories with anybody in
anybody's fleet. You want-to hear
some whoppers about Moby Dick,
or about tj'phons in the South
Seas? Then the man for you to
listen to is Mike ©'Kennedy."

Mike—and sure he's Irish—^is an

Husband Bedded, Sons Away;
Benefits Brighten Birthday

With her Seafarer husband in the hospital with a broken
back, and with her two Seafarer sons far away from home,
there seemed little for Mrs. Luther R. Milton, of Roanoke, Va.,
to rejoice about when her^^ —
45th birthday rolled around
recently.

But two of Mrs. Milton's daugh­
ters—Martha Louise and Beulah
Mae—^were determined to bright­
en their mother's day, and so they
not only staged a small surprise
party for her in the backyard of
their home, but also took the oc­
casion to remind her of the bene­
fits which she and the other mem­
bers of her family were receiving
because of their SIU affiliation.

Reminded of Benefits
First of all, the girls reminded

their mother of the hospital bene­
fits which her husband, who broke
his back while aboard the Steel
Navigator (Isthamian) last Novem­
ber, is now receiving.

Second, they brought her a copy
of the SEAFARERS LOG, show­
ing that her son, Dewey, a wiper
aboard the Fort Hoskins, is now
earning more moniey because of
the SIU tanker agreement recently
ifigned by the Cities Service Oil
Company.

And third, they brought to her
her little daughter, Celia Darline,
who was bom in June, 1952, and
reminded her that follow^ Dar-
line's birth, her husband had, in
eae week, collefted bombiued vaear

Mrf. Lufiier R. Milton with
daughter, Darline, and LOG.

tion, maternity and hospital bene­
fits of $421.

This amount Milton collected last
August when, in addition to the
$200 maternity benefit and $25
US bond he received for Darline's
birth, he also collected $45 in hos­
pital benefits for being hospitalized
for three weeks after getting off
the Steel Artisan (Isthmian) and a
check for $151 for vacation pay.

Dewey, on the Fort Hoskins, is
now somewhere in Japanese
waters, while J. D. Milton, FWT,
is V aboard the (Carolyn (Bull)
bputid for Puerto Riea ^ ^ ;

oldtimer who signs on every once
in a while as an oiler.

Always In Good Mood
"Mike,-" Ramirez reports to the

LOG, "kept the crew constantly
entertained with hii; stories all the
way across, and he did it not only
because he has such a big selection
of stories, but also because he's
always In such a jolly mood him­
self that it gets to be catching.

"What's more," Ramirez says,
"Mike has a very big repertory of
Irish songs, jsp he never hdd to
worry > about running out of ma­
terial, and if he .wasn't entertaining
the boys with stories; why thon he
could always serenade them with
Irish ballads. „

"Jdike," Ramirez concludes, "was
well liked by everyone on the Ooe,
and it'jS no. wonder, because a man
like him can make the longest trip
seem like a short one, and can
easily make a seaman-iorget any
sour moments- he may'havfc''

That iho dandelion plant re­
ceived its name from the fact that
the Jagged edges of its leaves were
fancied to resemble a lion's teeth?
The word "dandelion" was coined
by the English in the 16th century
from the French "dent de lion,"
literally "lion's tooth." The plant
stiU bears that name, in several
European languages.

4 4 3)
That scientists estimate that the

rays of heat and light from the sun
travel for 93,000,000 miles before
they reach the earth? Even so,
they can cause many people to
suffer a pretty severe sunburn in
less than 15 minutes. The tempera­
ture of the surface of the sun is
estimated at about 11,000 degrees
Fahrenheit.

4 4 4
That the SIU scholarship plan

grants benefits of $1,500 a year for
fout years for college study by
Seafarers or their children? An­
other SIU first in. maritime, the
scholarship plan also offers the
opportunity. for college gradbate
work if a student qualifies.

4 4 4
That the smoke,from a train

that's moving forward travels in
the same direction as the train,
even though it appears to be go­
ing backward? When smoke leaves
the smokestack it is really poured
into the ocean of air through
which the train is pushing its way.
The air resists the progress of the
train, but it resists the smoke far
more, since smoke is so light.

4 4 4
That it would take a person

nearly 32 years to count up to I

1,000,000,000 at tho rata of on#
every aecond? This figure auumea
a person works at it 24 hours a
day for 365 days a year. Actually;
If such a task were undertaken by
one person for an eight-hour shift
each working day, it Is uadikely
that he'd ever finish It. The Job
would take over 100 years.

4 4' 4
That when SIU ships are in port

each member of the unlicensed
personnel must be given the op­
portunity for one round trip
ashore every 24 hours at company
expense? Launch service schedules
must be' arranged so that each
crewmember shall be given an op­
portunity for a round trip when
off watch. V

4 4 4
That there Is one spot in the US

where a house could be built with
each of its corners in a different
state? I's located at the common
meeting point of Utah, Colorado,
Arizona and New Mexico. If such
a . house were built, the occupant
could sleep in a bedroom in New
Mexico, shave in a bathroom in
Arizona, eat breakfast in his din­
ing room in Colorado, and read
the morning paper on his porch in
Utah.

4 4 4
That Mont Blanc, highest peak

in the Alps, is not in Switzerland
but in France? The mountain is
located in a French province near
the Italian border, but since many
travelers and tourists see it from
Geneva, which is 40 miles away,
it has often been mistakenly lo­
cated in Switzerland.

LOG-A-RHYTHM:

A Seaman's Prayer
By M. Dwyer

Lord, keep her safe and true to me
When duty calls me, to the sea.

Lord, bless my home and those I love \
With Thy protection from above.

Lord, guard this ship in which we sail
Lest through some human fault we fail;

Show us a course that's clear and true.
We place our trust and hope in you;

Make free our hearts of doubt and fear
In stormy seas or weather clear.

And guard us on our journey home.
Lest from our safe, true course we roam.

•V

DeSoto Shutter Subjects

At upper left, Jones and Fugh (left to right) stop work while in ' ̂
pdrt to have their picture taken at^he hatch. At right, Lang, pasSi ;
utility; peacefully smokes his pipe as he totes a bucket along

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June 2<, 1963 « SEAFARERS LOG Page Sineteeu

By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor

Ansco has just placed on the market its new 3A home developing
outfit, which retails at |14.95. (Our members can get a professional
discount oil this price.) It comes in g new package and contains all
the things necessary to process and print your own -fiim.

One of its features is a contact printer (not a printing frame) with
a built-in exposing on-and-off light switch and a constantly burning
red safelight. The hinged platen makes printing quite simple. Next
is their new developing tank with the self-loading reel which makes
loading a tank in
the dark a pleas­
ure. Also includ­
ed arc three
trays for yo^ur de­
veloper, rinse
and hypo. Small­
er items which
make things easi­
er are a glass
graduate, a com--
bination ther­
mometer and
stirring rod, four
stainless steel
clips and two
film clip lead
weights. The out­
fit also includes
a package of
printing' paper,
two packages of
paper developer,
a package of film
developer and hypo. If you are a beginner you won't have to ask
any questions since you'll find their booklet, "Developing and Printing
Made Easy," right on top. Last but not least is a unique two-way com­
bination safelight with a removable red filter for film developing and
an amber bulb for contact printing. Remember that the red safelight
is safe only for orthochromatic film. If you use panchromatic film
the tank will have to be loaded in absolute darkness.

Here's an opportunity for our more advanced Seafaring fotogs to
pick up some extra spending money, and in some cases, real dough.
The Osborne Company of Clifton, NJ, is in the market for good color
transparencies for calendars. Since they supply most of the commer­
cial calendars, they use plenty of transparencies. With recent improve­
ments made in the engraving process, 35mm slides are accepted. In
'fact, about 90 percent of the transparencies that they use are of 35mm
size. The quality of the transparency must be tops.

'Gotta Be Happy'
According to the company calendar photo "has got to be happy,

make one feel good,all over just to look at it, create a smile." Of
the 11 types of pictures that they are interested in, two deal with
subject matter that the Seafarer is always in contact with. First,
harbors, ships, tugs, port installations, etc., and second, seascapes and
beach scenes.

Some hints that they offer are:
1. Must have "happy" theme and appeal to adults. .
2. Must give sense of peace and restfulness.
3. People, if shown, must be doing something.
4. Picture theme can be nostalgic, sentimental or humorous.
5. Bright, lively colors are preferred.

Fare For Cats Not Fair For Them,
Say Crewmembers On Del Alba

Back in the Roaring Twenties, when people said, "It's the cat's," they were usually
referring to something mighty tempting. But to crewmembers of the Del Alba (Mi.ssi.s-
sippi) that expression recently brought a less pleasant thought—that they were going to
the dogs. • i

All this happened when the
Del Alba, having left New
Orleans, arrived at Houston, and
the steward was told a truck was
on the dock with something for
the ship. He immediately went
to the dock. But, when he reached
it, he paused and blinked his eyes
in disbelief. For parked there was
the truck, and on its sides, in large
letters, were emblazoned the words:
DOG AND CAT FOOD.

"What is this?" the steward
demanded to know, after he had
regained his power of speech. "We
don't need any cat food on this
ship."

"This food isn't for cats," he
was informed, "—it's for the crew."

Word Gets Around
Anticipating the worst, the stew­

ard immediately went to the mess-
room, since it was coffee time, and
got the ship's delegate. But even
as the two men made their way
back to the dock, prepared to battle
to the death, if necessary, the word
had already spread through the
ship, and many and varied were
the comments to be heard:

"Well, this is Texas, and
Texas anything can happen . ,

"It's hell. Brothers, but if it
comes to the worst, and we have
to take it, we can get it squared
away first by the Union . . ."

"No telling what they'll be feed­
ing us next ..."

"I've never tried cat food, but
cats seem to like it . .

As it turned out, the signs on
the side of the truck were only
advertisements, and the food inside
of good quality, but the crewmem­
bers did experience a few uneasy
moments before the mattei* was
straightened out. And what en­
larged the whole incident in their
minds was the fact that the ship
had had a couple of cats aboard
prior to its arrival in Houston.

These cats — two of them — be­
longed to members of the Brazilian
diplomatic corps who boarded the
12-passenger freighter at Buenos
Aires, and when the ship reached

They're Sailing Now Under New Tanker Pact

Left to right, AB Alexander Sokolowski and steward Henry Cordes
point to sign on side of truck which created tempest in teapot
on Dei Alba. Pete Oppedahl, chief electrician, took the photo.

New Orleans and paid off, the
passenger utility put in for an hour
OT for every day of the trip, be­
cause of the extra work involved
in cleaning a room With cats in it.

Apparently in the belief that the
cats, belonging to government of­
ficials, enjoyed diplomatic immuni­

ty from such prosaic considera­
tions, the captain disputed the
overtime.

The Union, however, pointed oiit
that cats were cats, no matter to
whom they belonged, and their
presence certainly made extra
work, and the,OT was OK'd.

A Zero Makes A Difference
Even though it may be a little bit dark, and you feel gener­

ous and want to give the cabbie a tip, says Seafarer Frank
Nigro, make sure that you look twice at the bill that you
hand over.

Frank says one of his ship­
mates on the Julesburg had a
shaking experience recently while
going to visit his gal in Troy, NY.
Seems this OS felt real generous,
and when the cab pulled up in
front of his gal's house, he handed
the cabbie what he thought was a
$5 bill and said "Keep the change"
as he got out of the cab.

Weii, the cab pulled away so fast
that the OS thought something
must be wrong, so he checked—and
found out he had given the cabbie

$50 bili. Just a iittle thing like

not noticing the 0 really made a
difference.

Our hero quickly got another
cab and began touring the city.
Luckily, Troy isn't a real big city,
and after cruising up and down
streets for a while, our hero saw
the first cab. By the time he caught
up to the cab, he had another $6
cab bill to pay, but after talking to
the other cabbie he convinced him
that he should get the $50 bill
back. After some consideration, he
gave the original cabbie a $5 bili
this time, and then went back lo
see his gal.

Obviously mighty pleased about the whole thing are the crewmembers of the Abiqua, first cities
Service ship to sail from port of New. York after company signed standard SIU tanker agreement. Men
in first row are-delegates (left to right) Louis Ferraro. steward; Joe Teicher, deck; W. C. Snell, ship's,
and Serafin. G. Lopez, engine. Other crewmembers are not identified.

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(1) The average area of the 48 States of the Union is 03,057 sq.
miles. What state most nearly approaches the average?

(2) Hampton Roads is the channel through which what body of
water passes (a) James River, ib) Nansemond River, (c) Elizabeth River?

(3) The largest inland city in the world is (a) Danzig, (b) Indian­
apolis, (c) Athens?

(4) Where is the geographic center of North America?
(5) How did the phrase, "Garrison finish" come into the language?
(6) If a thermometer reads 212 degrees Fahrenheit by what math­

ematical process can you change the reading to centigrade?
(7) If an airplane left New York at 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time

and arrived in California at 1 PM Pacific Daylight Time, how fast
would it have to travel the 3,000 miles?

(8) Is an apostate: (a) a renegade, (b) a minor church official, (c)
a punctuation mark?

(9) What is the House nuniber on Downing Street, London, where
the Prime Minister lives: (a) Nine, (b) Ten, (c) Six?

(10) Z is to W «s 26 is to what number? , . . i
• (Quia Answers on Page 25.) , • l.i

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Sailor Rags-It's No Dies For Him By E. R«yM

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Oarlocks? They Ain% He Says
When you get a longtime seaman, with plenty of salt in his blood, and then you add a

mistake in nautical terminology to the combination, you've really got trouble.
That happened recently when James "Pop" Martin, over at Snug Harbor, was reading

through the LOG and spotted >
a mention in the "In The
Wake" column mentioning
"muffled oarlocks." *

Pop sat right down, with pen and
paper, and loudly protested, "There
ain't no such thing." Then, to fur­
ther enlighten the writer of such
heresy. Pop went on to explain
what the whole business was about.

By 'oarlocks' I presume that
you mean the piece of equipment
that is called a 'row lock'" said
he, "and which is usually a metal
piece in a sort of 'U' shape with a
straight shaft on the bottom that
fits into the guhwale. The oar fits
into the 'U.'

"There are also 'thole pips,' two
straight pins sticking up out of

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the gunwale, where t'« e oar fits in
between. These thole pins are usu­
ally made of wood, and were the
forerunners o f
the rowlock."

Then, Pop ex­
plained, there is
a "steering lock"
which is set on
the stern quarter,
and is used to
hold a long steer­
ing oar. This re­
sembles « row­
lock, but has a small slit on the

top just large-
enough to fit the
blade of the oar.
Once the blade
goes through the
slit, then the
shaft of the oar
is slid down
through the steer­
ing lock into po­
sition, and cannot

pop out.
The other type,

found in the stem
of a "square
ended" (shame
on you Pop, it's
"square steraed")
boat is a "scul­
ling lock." This
is cut into the
stern, and fits the
shaft of the ear
so that it can be used for sculling.

As Pop states, "The lock is not
named.for the oar, but is named
for the work it does and for the
part of the boat.it is shipped on."

All this, of course, is quite ac­
curate, although Pop negliects to
mention or comment upon the most
practical invention since the row­
lock or the sculling lock—the out­
board motor. This is the biggest

By Spike Martin
Anybody who wants a free dem­

onstration of the art of boxing can
catch a highly entertaining instruc­
tion lesson when Professor Willie
Pep flashes his talents for the TV
audience. Professor Pep, a wizened
little gnome with long arms and
twinkly toes, will have completed
his 184th ring battle by the time
this gets into print, pf which he
has lost only five.

Three of his losses, incidentally,
have been to featherweight cham­
pion Sandy Saddler, one of them
on a "dislocated shoulder" when
Peb was clearly ahead and another
being the famous back-alley brawl
in 1951, when -Pep quit the fight
and was suspended "for life" in
New York for behaving like some­
thing less than a gentleman.-

To the best of anybody's knowl­
edge, Willie is well into his 30's.
If there are any tricks and tactics
for the ring {hat he doesn't know
by now it's simply because they
haven't been invented yet.

suit Haa Speed
Unlike o^Ver fighters, who in­

evitably put on weight with ad­
vancing years. Pep can still make

Olde Photos
Wanted by MMG

The LOG is interested in col­
lecting and printing photo­
graphs showing what seagoing
was like in the old days. All
you oldtimers who have any
old mementos, photographs of
shipboard life, pictures of
ships or anything that would
show how seamen lived, ate
and worked in the days gone
by, send them in to the LOG.
Whether they be steam or sail,
around the turn of the cen­
tury. during the first world
war and as late as 1938, the
LOG is interested in them all.
We'll take care of them and
return your souvenirs to you.

the featherweight limit without any
trouble. Willy is one of those
rarities, a natural featherweight,
not a .lightweight who goes on a
48-hour starvation diet without
water to make the scales the after­
noon before the fight. He may
have lost much of his stamina with
the advancing years, but a good
deal of his blinding speed of foot
and hand is still there.

Willie has two famous trade­
marks, his trick of spinning an
opponent and slipping behind him
in a clinch and his habit of keep­
ing an open left glove in his op­
ponent's face even when he isn't
punching. Both moves are ex­
tremely effective measures against
counter-punching.

Waltz 'Em Around \
In one fight with an earnest but

comparatively slow-moving feath­
erweight, Fabela Chavez, Willie
was behind Chavez more often
than he was up in front. Every-
time Fabela struggled in close
enough to get a pot shot at the
elusive gnome. Professor, Pep
would hook Chavez' left arm with
his own and using it as a pivot
blithely spin and slide behind him.
Half the time the bewildered
Chavez didn't even know where
Willie was.

The left in the face is a far more
effective weapon than it seems.
After Willie jabs and hooks with
his left a couple of times instead
of withdrawing his glove he leans
it gently on his opponent's nose.
There's just enough pressure to
keep the other man off balance
and prevent him from stepping in
and countering. Besides he can't
see very well that way.

Professor Pep says that since he
only has another year or two to
make money in, he would like to
get a crack at somebody important
like lightweight champion Jimmy
Carter. We'd say off-hand the only
way he'll get Carter in the ring
with him is to tie him up and haul
him in on a stretcher.

The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks,
bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, littlc'known
cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like,
suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here is Chief Steward
Francis R. Napoli's recipe for "veal scaloppine." '

Graduating from an Army mess
sergeant to a chief steward in the
SIU, Seafarer Francis R. Napoli
still likes to pour concoctions out
of his chef's hat and into a stove.
One of his greatest satisfactions,
while in the 82nd Airborne in the
European Theater of Operations
during WW II as well as in the
SIU, is the pleasure the men de­
rive from his cooking.

Frank, as he is known to many
Of his shipnutes, last sailed the
Jefferson City
Victory (Victory
Carriers), and
the men who
sailed wifh him
loudly sang the
praises of the 29-
year-old steward
for the good
feeds he put on.
He finds the veal Napoli
scaloppine dish
a favorite with Seafwers as it was
with paratroopers.

First, says Frank, take 11 pounds,
of veal from the legs or ' shanks
and cut it into half-inch cubes.
Then take cooking oil or baking
fat and brown up cloves of garlic
to taste in a frying pan. After
veal is thorou^y browned in
frying pah, take three pounds of
fresh, gremi peppers, cut into half-Step forward since the idea of hav-

with the veal. Follow this with
three cans of mushrooms added
to the veal and peppers.

Remove the mixture from the
fire and put it in a .sauce pan. To
this concoction add one No. 10 can
of tomato puree, mixing it in with
the veal and condiments after di­
luting the puree with an equal
amount of water. For a final touch
of seasoning, Napoli suggests add­
ing salt, pepper, oregano (Italian
thyme) and one tablesifoon of
sugar. The sugar will counteract
the acids in the dish.

All this should be cooked over
a slow fiame for a period of ap­
proximately two hours until the
veal is deliciously tender and the
sauce thickens to the taste. It
serves 43 men.

Napoli was born in Manhattan
and still lives there with his wife
Irene. After he came out of the
paratroopers, he joined the SIU
and got his book in 1947.

"I prefer any C-type ship for
cooking purposes," he said. "They
have bigger and better electric
ranges and there is more working
room in and aroupd the galley. As
far as shipping with the SIU is
concerned, I like the Far East
runs. That's where you can get «
bigger payoff. I can spend $200 or
$300 on a trip like, that and stiQ



JiHi* U, IHS SEAFARERS IPG Pat« Twtnfr-

Reyes

Sees Atmntie
Going SMiJ Soon
To the Editor:

Recently, while visiting some of
the stewards department on these
my old friends on the Atlantic Re­
fining Company ships, I saw a few
incidents which I know could not
happen on a ship that is under an
SIU contract.

First of all, most of the men in
ships want to
know whether
the steward de­
partment men in
the SIU have
equal rights with
the other two de­
partments, and of
course, the an­
swer to that is a
definite "yes."

On one Atlan­
tic ship, I was waiting in the stew­
ard's room so he could go ashore
with me, when a man came in and
demanded his linen. It was the
steward's off time and the man
hadn't been there on Saturday for
the regular linen issue. Still this
man demanded his linen. He didn't
ask for it, he demanded it and
ordered the steward to get it.

I knew the steward wasn't going
to get any pay for this work on his
own time, and was surprised to see
the steward get the linen and give
it to him. The steward later ex­
plained that this man was a buddy
of the mate and captain, and that
he couldn't argue with him.

Pay For Time
On an SIU ship, even the cap­

tain can't demand service from an
unlicensed man during the man's
off hours without having to pay
him for those services.

Another time, on this same At­
lantic ship, I saw one of the crew-
membere bully the cook and dress
him down, because the man's cook­
ing didn't happen to suit that one
crewmember.

On an SIU ship, if a man is dis-
latisfied with the cooking, he brings
it up at the ship's meeting, and
the whole crew has a chance to
tell their opinions, and then vote
on the question before anything is
said. It's not allowed for one man
to bully another like that.

That's one of the big things
about the SIU, it lives up to its
motto of "Brotherhood of the Sea."
After 24 years on non-union,
MC&S and NMU ships before join­
ing the SIU, I am convinced that
the best protection in the industry
is an SIU book. I am looking for­
ward to the time my friends in
the Atlantic fleet will also have
this great SIU protection.

Philip M. Reyes
t t

When Moon Kouns
Croons He Swoons
To the Editor:

Let us talk about some of our
brother songbirds, who like to
while away the time working by
singing. To start with, there is
the singing waiter who used to
entertain the passengers on the
Puerto Rico. This brother had a

wonderful voice,
and with a little
practice he will
climb to the top
someday. Then
again we have
Little Red Bean,
the singing cook
who rides the
Delta Line ves­
sels t o South
America.

Moon Is High
Don't forget the best crooner

to ever hit South America, none
other than Moon Kouns. One day
four of us made up a quartet in
New Orleans, with Brother Kouns
taking the tenor part. During the
singing of "Down By The Old
Mill Stream" brother Kouns nit
a note so high—at 10:00 in the
momln{^-that some painters work-.
l»l four miles aw>iy knocked off,

LETTERS

Korolla

thinking it was noon, and time for
lunch.

I would also like to tell you
that while walking on deck near
No. 4 hatch I found a flying fish,
and when I started to clean him I
found that there was an SIU em­
blem tattooed on his wings.

Speaking seriously, when 1
joined the SIU in May of 1941 I
never dreamed that we would en­
joy the conditions we enjoy today.
Since our first raise of $17.50 a
month we have been advancing
upwards steadily, climbing . up­
ward to become the best maritime
union throughout the world, with
the best Welfare Plan, a large
death benefit," maternity benefits
and hospitalization, not to forget
the disability benefit.

I hope to see the day when we
will have rest centers throughout
the big shipping ports staffed with
doctors and nurses, operated by
the SIU.

Our officials try to leave no
stone unturned, so once again I
say hats off to our Union officials
and also to our brothers who are
organizing the unorganized com­
panies. Steady as she goes.

Spider Korolia
X X.

Send LOG To SiV
Brother fit Korea
To the Editor:

In additibn to my husband sail­
ing SIU, my son, who is with the
75 th Air Force Medical Group in
Korea, is a retired bookmember.
He would like very much to re­
ceive the LOG. Around the first of
the year, he is looking forward to

being separated
and picking up
his book. When
he was stationed
In the States, I
usually sent or
took the LOG to
him.

My son would
also like to hear
from his old shipr
mates. Here is his

name and address: A/B Alfred J.
Marcet AF 18354486. .H.Q. 75th
Med. Gp. A. P. O. 970, c/o Post­
master, San Francisco, Cal. From
the time he wis 16, in 1944, till he
entered the service, my son sailed
SIU, as FWT, oiler and junior engi­
neer.

He has a wife, Annie, and a son,
Bobby, who are spending the re­
mainder of his time in Korea with
me.

Mrs. John E. Tillman
(Ed. note: Your son's nome has

been added to our mailing list; he
will receive the LOG every two
weeks, as issued, from now on.)

Thanks SIV For
Help To Family
To the Editor:

Just a word of thanks to the Sea­
farers International Union, and to
Leroy Clarke, the Lake Charles
port agent, for the help given to
me and my family. During the re­
cent flood, my wife and children
were evacuated because of Tiigh
water while I was on my way to
Petty's Island aboard the Winter
Hill.
, My wife didn't know of any way
to get in touch with me and let
me know that ray family had been
evacuated and were okay, so she
called the Lake Charles SIU hall.

Leroy Clarke got right on the
ball and sent me a radiogram tell­
ing me the whole story. Getting
that radiogram saved me a lot of
worrying, and let me know where
mjr wife and children were, so that
I could get in touch with them, and
not worry when I found that they
were no longer at home.

I think the^lU Is a mighty fine
Union, and 1 appreciate being a
part of It more every day.

JMtn F. Latimer

WaihihVs Best
Never Lihe This
To-the Editor:

I am enclosing a picture of my
six-year-old granddaughter, the
apple of my eye, Linda Pritchard.
As you can see, she is a real hula
gal. Her father, Edward, Jr., has
been in the navy for 12 years.

Marcet

Linda was bom in Los Angeles;
her mother is Spanish and her
father is half Polish and half
Georgia cracker. So, you see, she
has to be a good-looker.

Edward L. Pritchard

XXX
Fairland Cook
Sags Crew^s Tops
To the Editor:

Congratulations to the Union for
its attempts to make shipping com­
panies give crewmembers US cur-

' rency draws in
pOftS. It

is a known fact,
which I have my­
self seen in many
years of sailing,
that a good deal
of petty cheating
still goes on in
the matter of
making up lists
for draws. Again,

congratulations to the SIU, which
is always the first in maritime to
seek better rights and privileges
to better conditions for seamen.

I would like to send greetings
to my former shipmates, including
Tommy Conception, O. Thompson,
Joe Brown, James Terry and Wil­
liam (Pluck) Oliver, and let them
know I am on the Fairland.

Has Good Crew
We have one of the best crews

that ever sailed a ship—well, ex­
cluding the old man, H. P. Brown,

Bruce

Jr., and the other brass who make
it tough for all concerned. Some
of the boys wonder daily if he's
really human.

We have the chief bellyrobber,
the Mad Russian, and he gets pret­
ty mad when things are not on the
ball. He isn't called that for noth­
ing.

Leo Bruce
i X X

Birth Benefits
Are Questioned
To the Editor:

The SEAFARERS LOG states:
"Any Seafarer who has sailed one
day on an SlU-contracted ship is
eligible for the $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 US bond for the
baby." This was confirmed by sev­
eral of the patrolmen in Baltimore.

Because of this, T told my wife to
use the best obstetrician and the
best hospital, which she did. The
bills came to $500 in US currency.

After the baby's birth I applied
for the maternity benefit. I was
refused because my baby was born
outside the United States or its
possessions.

Since the SIU Welfare Plan col­
lects 60 cents a day for every day
in the year that I work (365 days
in the last 12 months), I think the
Union is discriminating* against
me and those of its members—and
contributors—who are not covered
by the Welfare Plan's benefits.

BJom Elverum
(Ed. note: Under the rules of

the SIU Welfare Plan, a seaman
is eligible for maternity benefits
only if his child is born in the
Continental United States or its
territories, including Puert' Rico
and the Virgin Islands. This pro­
vision was made to eliminate any
possibility of fraud, inasmuch as
the Union has no machinery to
check documents issued in foreign
countries.)

XXX
This Crew Tops,
Says Patrolman
To the Editor:

I am sending you this picture
of the crew of the Liberty Flag
(Gulf Cargo) .because I really
think these boys deserve a pat on
the back. They were out six and
a half months in the Far East,
were all very conscientious in liv­
ing up to the contract, and when
they came in had one of the
smoothest payoffs I have ever
seen.

Paul Drozak
Patrolman, Seattle Branch

Simmons

Crew of Liberty Flag. Left to right, standing, R. Chenault, J,
Moore, B. Harper, R. King, R. Tonng, E. Warsaw, B. Hubbard, R.
Field. R. Tendler, E. Field. Sitting. B. Grove, B. Scarlett, L. BllIek,
B. Franklin, M. Graham, F. MeGloae, L. Carver, "Santa Claus"
Roeeba.

Union Action
Brings Thanhs
To the Editor:

The entire crew of the City of
Alma would like to express .their
appreciation for the wonderful co­
operation and representation we
received from the SIU officials in
Lake Charles, New Orleans, Mo­
bile, and Wilmington prior to our
sailing to the Far East.

After signing on the City of
Alma, in New Orleans, we sailed

for Texas and the
steward, W. H.
Simmons, took
an inventory of
stores on the
way. He found
the ship was not
properly stored
for a Far East
trip, and made
up a requisition
for fresh- vege­

tables, meats, tinned stuffs, linens,
dishes, glassed and other things
needed and gave it to the Captain,
C. H. Steiner, Jr.

In our first port. Orange, Texas,
the skipper did nothing about the
stores. Another requisition, with
more things added, was given to
him upon arrivdl in Beaumont. The
skipper said the ship was stored
for 105 days, and he would do
nothing about the requisition, so
the ship's delegate, Thomas Sc?an-
lon, and Simmons went ashore and
called SIU port agent Leroy Clarke
in Lake Charles.

Company Called
The SIU agent made the trip to

the ship, looked over the stores,
and agreed that the things were
needed. He told the captain to get
the stores aboard before sailing and
the captain quickly called the
Waterman agent in Hou.ston. The
company man came down "and
talked with the SIU agent, and
agreed the--ship was not properly
stored. He notified the company.

The company called SIU port
agent Lindscy Williams in New
Orleans and agreed to bring the
ship back to Gulfport, Miss., and
store the ship properly.

When we got to Gulfport. SIU
patrolman Robert Jordan from the
Mobile hall came aboard with
Waterman port steward VanKat-
tenhead. They inventoried all the
stores, and even the company port
steward agreed that the new stores
were needed. The company port
steward said he would store the
ship according to the requisition
the Simmons had made out. Mean­
while, patrolman Jordan straight­
ened out another beef we had
aboard. He tlien spoke to Simmons
and said that if the stores didn't
get aboard right away, we should
call him at the hall.

The sailing time was changed
shortly after that, and w e didn't get
a chance to call the hall. The com­
pany just sent a couple of tilings
aboard and then we sailed.

Union Acts
However, when we got to

Wilmington, Calif.,, the SIU of­
ficials were waiting at the dock.
SIU Wilmington agent Johnny
Arabasz and patrolman Sam Cohen
came right aboard the ship and
went right to work. Brother, they
got quick action. The stores started
to pour aboard the ship and they
stuck right by to make sure we
got everything that we needed.

They also took up some other
beefs that had developed, includ­
ing a 12 degree list we had from
Gulfport to Wilmington, bad drink­
ing water and others.

We can't find the right words to
express our appreciation of the
wonderful action that we got from
our SIU officials all along the way.

This letter was composed by
W. H. Simmons, chief steward;
with the help of J. P. Creel, ship's
delegate; R. B. Merritt, deck dele­
gate; L. E. Keneker, engine dele­
gate, and L. H. Harris, steward
delegate.

Crew of the
SS aty ef-Alme



Pa^e ai^wenty'tw*^ SEAFARERS 10G «fiMe %«, -Ifirs

Hates To Miss
Copies Of LOG
To the Editor:

I am enclosing my new address,
since I'd hate to miss up oif any
copies of the LOG.

While reading the May 29lh is­
sue of the LOG I was very mtich
thrilled to see the name of my new
grandson. Christopher Emory Mc­
Neil, in the list of those receiving
the maternity benefit.

I think it is wonderful how
much good the SIU does for its
seamen. Certainly the good Lord
must be very pleased with your
great work. God bless you and
help you in your wonderful work.

Mrs. J. A. McNeil
(Ed. note: Your change of ad­

dress has been noted by our mail­
ing department.)

4» J" J"

Warns Brothers
Of Frisco Racket
To the Editor:

I want to write a few words to
warn some of my Union brothers
about a racket I ran into while I
w^s in San Francisco. I was there
on the Mobilian and was walking
around town when I met a guy
who I thought looked familiar.

He started out by telling me
that he had sailed SIU and was
now sailing as third assistant en­
gineer on an SIU ship. He named
the ship, but I found out later that

this ship was not
on the West
Coast at the
time.

He said he'd
show me around
town, and we
visited a couple
of bars. He start­
ed off by insist-

Flynn
' the drinks, but

soon let me pay. Then he asked
me if I had any money, and I said
yes.

Hard Luck Story
Then the man, who said his

name was Olson, said he just got
in from the Far East and that his
ship was in port. He said he had
some $100 travellers checks, but
couldn't cash them and that he
needed some money.

T finally loaned him $15, but
said I didn't have any more when
he asked for some more money.
He said he would get the money
and pay me back the next day, but
I never saw him again.

Flynn says the man he encoun­
tered was about 5'9" tall, weighed
about 175 pounds, was stocky and
had brown hair.

John Fiynn
S, 4. 3^

Suggests Better
Crewvs^ Quarters
To the Editor:

Since the SIU member now en­
joys the best working conditions,
wages and overtime rates in mari­
time history, thanks to our hard­
hitting and go-getting Negotiating
Committee, I would like to men­
tion one point which would benefit
every man sailing, SIU ships. That

is the living ac­
commodations on
most freighters.

I am sure the
seamen enjoy
better living ac­
commodations at
home than they
do aboard ship.
Why can't the
companies be
compelled to in­

stall modern built-in bunks, with
draw space below and good, com­
fortable mattresses? They could
«lso include a wash basin in every
foc'sle, since this is something
needed. ^

These changes could be made
over a period of time, as the ships
come into port They could also

LETTER S

Borman

Yesavage

arrange things so that there would
be no more than two men to a
foc'sle.

It would also be a good idea for
the companies to supply 12 and 6
cup percolators," since this would
save a lot of waste coffee and
would result in better-tasting cof­
fee.

Curt Borman
Ship's delegate
SS Yorkmar

4. 4 ,

Still A Chance
For Atlantic 3ien
To the Editor:

We all know by now that the
SIU has filed for an election in the
Atlantic Fleet and that Atlantic
will soon be SIU. However, here on
the E. H. Blum, there are still some
men who want to get on the band­
wagon and vote SIU, but they
don't know how to go about it.

As an active supporter of the
SIU and a bookmember, I wpuld

like to give them
a couple of point­
ers to the men
all over the fleet
who want to go
SIU, but arent
sure what to do
about it.

Each ship has
an SIU organizer
on it, and a num­
ber of SIU sup­

porters. You all know who they
are by now. If you haven't signed
a pledge card before this time, the
things to do is talk to the organizer
on your ship and sign that SIU
pledge card right away.

If you're in port, you can also go
to any SIU hall and sign your
pledge card right there, or else
you can clip out the pledge, card
that's printed in the Atlantic Fleet
News, fill it out, and mail it to the
SIU.

Now Is The Time
If you're a member of the

AMEU, now is the time to also sign
the withdrawal form that's printed
in the Atlantic Fleet News, and
mail that in so you can get out of
the sinking AMEU and save your
money.

Those men in the fleet who had
signed SIU pledge cards and then
were talked into revoking the
pledge cards, still have time to get
into the SIU swing. Most of these
men revoked their SIU pledge
cards because of a lot of phony
facts or else intimidation by the
AMEU and the officers anyway.
They can stiil get on the SIU band­
wagon by signing a new pledge
card, just as I explained, and they
can also sign that withdrawal from
the AMEU so they won't be stuck
in that dead outfit.

Not Too Late
It's still not too late to go SIU.

There's still time to qualify for
your SIU book. Don't be l§ft out
in the cold. Sign that pledge card
now. *

There's lots of us, who are look­
ing for security and decent wages,
and the SIU is the place to find
that. There's no security in a cpm-
pany like Atlantic, which has to
look out for the stockholders, but
there is security in an SIU book,
where you can ship off the SIU
shipping board and the Union is
looking out for you.

Soon, all the Atlantic jobs will
be coming through the SIU ship­
ping boards. And I like the idea
of getting my job off a board and
picking the ship and the run that
I want, as well as having my choice
of almost a hundred companies.

Soon, the SIU will be the bar­
gaining agent in Atlantic, and those
men who go SIU will be sailing
v/ith the best wages and conditions
and the best contract, backed up
by the best Union in the world, the
SIU.

Simon J. Yesavage

Money Exchange
Rates Listed.

The following is the latest
available listing of official ex­
change rates for foreign cur­
rencies. Listings are as of
June 25 and are subject to
change without notice.

England. New Zealand, south Africa:
$2.80 per pound aterUng.

Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling.
Belgium; 50 francs Ho the dollar.
Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone.
France: 350 francs to the dollar.
Germany: 4.2 Marks to the dollar.
Holland; 3.80 guUders to the dollar.
Italy; 625 Ure to the doUar.
Norway; 14 cents per krone.
Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar.
Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone.
India; 21 cents per rupee,
Pakistan; 30.2 cents per rupee.
Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar.
Brazil; 5.4 cents per cruzeiro.
Uruguay; 52.63 cents per peso.
Venezuela: 29.85 cents per bolivar.

He^s Happy Pop,
As Photo Shoivs
To the Editor:

Just thought I'd send you this
short note to let you know I'm now
on my way to the Far East aboard

the Gulfwater (Metro). Before I
shipped out, however, I had the
enclosed picture taken, and I
thought you might like to use it
in the LOG. It was taken right
after the birth of my daughter,
Alana, and shows what happens to
a guy when he becomes a Pop.

Will write you a longer letter
soon. All the best.

A1 (Honest AI) Whltmer
4. 4" it

He Bisapproves
Of Art Contest
To the Editor:

I would just like to say a few
things about the Art Contest that
the Union held a little while ago
in headquarters. Most of the men
going to sea are not artists, and
they are not interested in art, and
I cannot see why the Union should
spend large amounts of money on
things like an Art Contest.

Only a few of (be thousands of
members of the Union. had en­
tries in the contest, and this does
not justify spending so much
money on such a thing.

I am one of the first to admit
that The Union has done a lot of
wonderful things for us seamen. It
has , gotten us good wages, fresh
food on the ships, decent working
conditions and lots of other things.
These are the things that a Union
is for. "^he Welfare benefits that
we have are great. Such things like
the hospital benefit and the death
benefit are wonderful, and things
like the maternity benefit for the
families and the scholarships for
seamen's kids ace things that sea­
men always dreamed about. The
disability benefit is something that
was badly needed for those men
who can't work any more.

The working rules that we have
under the new contract, aind the

overtime provisions are a big step
away from the way things were
some years ago, and these are all
things which the Union has gained
and which we thank the Union for.

Even the new halls that we have
are fine for us. They give us a
comfortable place to stay when we
are on the beach, and have a lot
of different facilities that we can
use to be comfortable and to pass
the time.

But when we get to the Art
Contest, then I think that we are
wasting our money. I can't see
v/here something like an Art Con­
test does us any good, or helps us
to make any gains or to strengthen
the gains that we have made so
far.

" Walter Wayne
(Ed. note: One of the biggest

gains the Union has made for sea
men is the fact that seamen are
now recognized as part of the com
munity, as honest, hard-working
men who are no longer looked
upon as outcasts or as a race apart.
It is this recognition by those out­
side which has helped us .to
achieve such things as maternity
benefits, scholarships and the
others. The SIU has long blazed
new trails in maritime. Not very
long ago, people didn't think it
was a Union's job to get things
like welfare benefits for its mem­
bers. •

Actually, very little money was
spent on the Art Contest. The only
money spent was for the It rings
awarded as prizes, and these were
bought at a sizable discount. The
contest was handled by the regu­
lar staff, so no extra salaries or
any other expenses had to be paid.
Several hundred Seafarers spent
some pleasant hours viewing the
exhibit, and this alone was worth
the small amount paid.

However, hundred of outsiders
saw the exhibit in headquarters,
and when the worki were dis­
played in Manhattan, sponsored by
the NY Public Library. The daily
newspapers gave the Union some
very good publicity and recogni­
tion concerning the contest, and so
did many other union publications.
It is this sort of good publicity
that helps people to see that sea­
men are honest, hard-working
men, and helps to get them recog­
nized in the community.

It's true you can't spend the re­
sults of the Art Contest, but in the
long run the Union gained a lot, in
addition to providing a pleasant
pastime for Seafarers on the beach
and for the Seafarers who entered
the contest.)

4 4 4

Tfmnhs Crew For
Help When Sick
To the Editor:

I would like to give my thanks
to the chiet steward, chief mate
and radio operator of the Repub­
lic for taking care of me during
my recent illness aboard the ship.
The chief steward especially de­
serves a great deal of credit be­
cause he stayed by me three days
and three nights dhring my illness.

I've learne'd now that I was sick
because of an intestinal condition
and will have to go into the Balti­
more USPHS hospital for an oper­
ation. Because my illness Cap­
tain Digernes took the ship off its
course iqto Havana in order to get
me ashore. When I went to the
hospital there. Chief Engineer
Haigk packed up all my souvenirs
and cleared them through the cus­
toms.

I also want to thank all of-the
crew for cheering me up during
my illness through all the little
attentions shown me. It was a fine
gang all the way through, and I
certainly appreciate all that they
did for me.

George Jerosimlcli

Pritchard

Hospital Food,
Conditions Good
To the Editor:

I just heard today that Pottinger
Sanitarium has signed a contract
to take 60 patients from Fort Stan­
ton Hospital when it closes. If
true, there is not a better place in

if California that I
know of than
this. I have been
here II months.

The cottages
are pretty nice
and roomy, there
is lots of park and
lots of shade
trees, pretty good
television recep­
tion and pretty

good food. I have gained 15 pounds
since I've been here.

Regulations are not too strict
and the sanitarium is located in a
nice town of about 20,000 people,
20 miles from Los Angeles. I'm
looking forward to seeing some of
the old boys from Fort Stanton.

Edward L. Pritchard
4 4 4

Has Question On
Extra Pass. Pay
To the Editor:

We would appreciate an answer
to the following question: If a ship
leaves the States with 12 pas­
sengers and there is only one pas­
senger utility, does the extra $2.50
per day go to the pass, utility,
saloon mess and saloon pantryman?

The reason I ask is because the
agreement says the company may
put another man on the ship as
pass, utility, but the company did
not put the extra man here on the
Citrus Packer, which leaves the
work of taking care of the said
passengers to the three men I men­
tioned.

Edward F. Costin
Steward delegate

(Ed. note; According to the
agreement, when more than six
passengers are carried with only
one passenger utility, the company
must pay $2.50 per day for each
passenger over six. This money is
to be equally divided among the
steward department men topside
who do the extra work, serving,
cleaning, etc., caused by the extra
passengers.)

4 4 4

Ex'SiU Brother
Likes The Navy '
To the Editor:

Through the LOG, which is an
all-time favorite of mine, I would
like to say hello to my many
former shipmates and Union
brothers in the SIU. Many pleas­
ant voyages and continued good
shipping to all.

I am at present on a non-union
ship, but one that is very well or­
ganized for the purpose intended.
She has shown up well in the past
and I am of the opinion she will
do so in the future: The cruiser
USS Quincy. "

The Navy is somewhat different
from my past sea-going experi­
ences in the merchant marine, but
I can't say that it is a regrettable
one. I have met several former
seamen on board and some of these
have also found the Navy to their
liking—so much so, that a few are
considering it as a career.

I have missed reading the LOG
since being calied to active duty.
The copy regularly mailed to my
home is now the prized possession
of the family. If I could have the
LOG sent to me on board the
Quincy I am sure that it would be
very enjoyable, as well as informa­
tive reading for me and for my
fellow crewmembers. It would be
a great pleasure to keep up with
the Union and my former ship­
mates.

J. C. Davis, Ensign VSNR
(Ed. note'.' Yimr new address

has been added to our mailing
list)



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The Lucy Evelyn Hits The Beach
Old Windjammer Which Sailed Until '48

Ends Up As Curio Shop On Jersey Shore
Jersey shore may weU pause and blink their eyes when they reach

Beach Haven, some 20 miles north of Atlantic City. For there, resting high and dry in a
sea of sand, only a few hundred feet off Beach Haven's main street, is the 160-foot, three-
masted schooner Lucy Evelyn,-*- ——————— »

There was a day—there
were many days, in fact
when the Lucy Evelyn sailed the
seas with her hold loaded with
cargo for ports the world around.
Now that same hold houses a gift
and curio shop, called the "Sea
Chest," where tourists may buy
all sorts of trinkets and^ souvenirs,
and while the hustle and bustle
goes on within her, the ship sits
quietly, almost broodlngly, like an
old woman thinking Back to the
days of her youth.

And much there is to be remem-
bererd, too, for the history of the
Lucy Evelyn is a long and event­
ful one. And, like so many event­
ful histories, it goes back to i
dream in the mind of a man. Cap
tain Everett C, Lindsey, of Machi-
as. Me,, who went to sea when he
was 14, and who spent the next
40 years looking forward to the
day when he could build a ship of
his own, according to his own ideas
and specifications.

Keel Laid la 77
It was not, however, until 1917

that Captain Llndsey's wish was
fulfilled when, through the back-
ing of a group of friends and the
Machias Lumber Company, he was
able to lay the keel of the vessel
along the Harrington River at Har­
rington, Me,, about 30 miles from
Machias,

From that day on, each piece of
wood which went into the con­
struction of the vessel had to pass
the captain's close personal scru­
tiny, and since he knew that each
piece was as important as the
next, each was the finest that
could be found. Huge 1" by 4"
pine timbers went into the keel;
the masts—each costing g2,000—
were of Oregon pine, and into the
futtocks and timbers went only
native Maine hardwoods—^hack­
matack, tamarack, oak, maple and
beech.

The original cost of the vessel
was $64,000, but the present own­
ers—Betty and Nat Ewer, propri­
etors of the Sea Chest—estimate
it could not be reproduced today
for less than $200,000.

At any rate, on Thanksgiving
Day of 1917, less than a year from
the day the keel was laid, the ves­
sel was named after Captain Llnd­
sey's two daughters, Lucy and
Evelyn, and was launched and
towed down the river to Machias,
From there, in the spring of 1918,
she made her maiden voyage to
New York, and then on to Santo
Domingo with a cargo of coal, and
returned carrying sugar and mo­
lasses,

Subm^ne Zones
World War I was then, of

course, in progress, and the Lucy
Evelyn, able to make only such
trips as were designated by the
Government, was almost constant-

"ly in the subm^ne zones along
the Atlantic Coast, and ft-equently
came upon the wreckage of tor­
pedoed ships.

With the end of the war, how­
ever, the ship was released from
the Government's jurisdiction, and
from then on she cruised mostly
the Caribbean area, picking up
and delivering cargo untii her
hull, then painted a gleaming
white, became a fahiiliar sight all
the way from Nova Scotia to Ha^

vana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is­
lands and the Barbados.

In addition, the Lucy Evelyn
made several trans-Atlantic runs,
and once, returning from Liver­
pool, set a new record for a ship
of her kind when she covered
5,000 miles in 20 days,

A fore and aft rigged packet, of
307 net registered tons, with a sail
area of 11,000 square feet and a
maximum speed of 12 knots,
the Lucy Evelyn generally was
manned by only five men—the
captain, steward, mate, and two
ABs, And, since she was a wind­
jammer, with no auxiliary power
for emergencies; the crew often
found theifiselves hard pressed.

Got Meagre Pay
Nevertheless, for all their ef­

forts, the men received only mea­
gre pay, as compared with the
pay scales of today's Seafarers,
The captain, for instance, received
$50 to $100 a month, the steward
and mate $35 to $45, and the ABs
$25 to $35,

Despite this, the Lucy Evelyn
was always fortunate enough to
have a competent crew aboard and
for this reason came to be known
as a "lucky ship," One winter
evening, in fact, while sailing a
little south of Newfoundland, she
encountered one of the heavy fogs
so prevalent in that area. All
through the night she proceeded
with great caution, and when
morning came, and the fog lifted,
the crew saw that she was sur­
rounded by icebergs, and prompt­
ly dubbed her "Lucky Lucy."

There was, however, some rough
weather in store for the schooner
before she finally, was beached.
Once, off Cape Cod, she sprang a
leak in her stern and drifted help­
lessly for three days before the
Coast Guard picked her up and
towed her ashore for repairs. An­
other time she ran aground at
Boothbay Harbor and lost her rud­
der, and later that year she was
rammed in the stem by a steamer,
during a heavy fog, and her hull
badly damaged.

During the 1930s, after more
than a decade at the helm. Captain
Lindsey relinquished active com­
mand of the vessel to devote him­
self to his shoreside business in­
terests, and for several years after
that the Lucy Evelyn was com­
manded by men whom Captain
Lindsey named.

Sold In 1942
In 1942, however, the captain

decided to relinquish his interest
in the vessel entirely, and sold
her, for a reputed $22,000, to a
New York syndicate called the
Lucy Evelyn Ship Company, Inc.
After being refitted by this group,
the schooner made one round trip
to the West Indies, but then was
chartered by the US government,
given a Coast Guard number, and
fitted for lengthy ocean voyages.

On the "way to Iceland with r
load of lumber, however, the Lucy
Evelyn ran into a hwrlcane off
Nantucket, and when the crew at­
tempted to beach hef In Vineyard
Hnv&n Harbor, she hit the break­
water, pounded a hole In her star­
board side, and had to be aban­
doned, '

Some months later, thb schoorteir
was bohght for $3,500 at a US

marshal's sale by Dr. Chester X,
Glenn of Massachusetts, and after
making extensive repairs, he sold
her for $12,000 to Captain John
Costa and August Teixera of New
Bedford, Mass,, and these two men
spent another $10,000 to fit her
for trips to their native Cape
Verde Islands, off the coast of
West Africa,

During World War II, these is­
lands were completely isolated for
a time, and the islanders badly in
need of all kinds of supplies, and
so in May, 1946, the Lucy Evelyn
set sail from New Bedford with a
mixed cargo of food, clothing and
building supplies. All went well,
but on the return trip, the schoon­
er broke her rudder. It was nec­
essary to steer her with an emer­
gency rudder rigged port and star­
board with wire and manually op­
erated by the crew, and scars of
this treatment can still be seen by
visitors.

Struck By Storm
The following year, while on an­

other voyage to the islands, the
Lucy Evelyn hit a storm which
split her mizzen boom in two and
drove her well out to sea, and
when she was finally picked up by
the Coast Guard, and towed back
to New Bedford, she was a sorry
looking sight. Not only had she
lost all her canvas, but her three
anchors and practically all of her
chain. Salvage operations were be­
gun on the three-master Thomas
H, Lawrence, which had sunk in
New Bedford harbor, and these
operations yielded one large an­
chor and some 65 fathoms of chain
which were used until the Lucy
Evelyn v/as beached, and which
may now be seen at her present
location.

In June of 1947 the Lucy Evelyn
unfurled her new sails and again
set her course for the Cape Verdes,
This run she made without
mishap, but her return to the
States, early in '48, proved to be
her last and most eventful voyage
under sail. In mid-Atlantic tBe
ship sprang a leak In her bow and
water started to pour in. To raise
the forward part of the vessel, the
60 tons of rock ballast in the hold
had to be moved aft, by hand, and
quickfyl. Then th,e donkey engine.
Which 'norihally ope'rated thern.

The Lucy Evelyn, as she is today, at Beach Haven, NJ

ran out of gasoline, and all hands
were ordered to man the pumps.
Finally, a week before the ship
reached port, her stores began to
run out, and the last morsel-of ra­
tioned food was consumed just as
the ship again reached New Bed­
ford, nine months and 19 days
after she had left it.

Sued For Back Wages
A few days later the crew sued

for back wages, and also charged
that they had suffered near-
starvation, that there had been no
provisions for housing them on the
islands, and that they had been
threatened with scurvy because of
the lack of medical supplies. Since
the ship had landed without a sale­
able cargo, it was put on the block;
but, although a Federal court in
Boston appraised it at $4,500, only
one bid of $500 was received, and
this was refused.

It was just then, two days after
the first auction, toat the present
owners, Betty and Nat Ewer, hap­
pened to be in New Bedford, saw
the ship riding at anchor in the
harbor, and learned she was soon
to be sold at final auction, A few
days later—for $1,550—they held a
clear bill of sale to her.

Because of the vessel's recent ill
fortune, the Ewers were reluctant
to try to sail it down the New
Jersey coast to the anchorage they
had planned for it in Litfle Egg
Harbor Bay, just south of Beach
Haven, Instead, they had the
ocean-going tug Jack, out of Balti­
more, take her in tow, and the
260-mile trip was made without in­
cident and in the record time of
less than 24 hours.

Just outside Little Egg Inlet, two
small tugs rendezvoused with the
Jack and took over the Lucy Eve­
lyn's liawsers, then treaded their
way cautiously over the treacher­
ous sand bar and through the inlet,
and proceeded north up the In­
land Waterway channel.

Came In Easily
But, although the channel Is

only six feet deep in spots, and
the Lucy Evelyn drew 10 feet of
water, the vessel came in easily
and was anchored in the deepest
part of the bay, Just off the mouth
of Libertjc Thoroughfare, where
she rode at anchor until October,
1948,

l^hen, as a Violent nor'easter

raged, and there was an unprece­
dented five foot rise in the tide,
the Lucy Evelyn was towed to her
present resting place, only a few
hundred feet west of Beach Ha­
ven's main street, by two Coast
Guard patrol boats, the 50-foot
dragger Black Whale, and two
smaller draggers.

Once the ship was outside Beach
Haven, two dredging experts—
Russell LeChard and Reynolds
Thomas—went to work, A basin
14 feet deep was dug astern and
to the starboard side of the vessel,
and a month later, again with a
high tide, she was floated into the
spot where she now rests.

The engineers then pumped tons
of sand and bay mud around her;
then, with the aid of sand dykes,
they raised her up four feet higher,
and the Lucy Evelyn at long last
was safely and serenely at rest on
an even keel.

On Memorial Day, in 1949, after
having made extensive renovations
both to fit the ship to its new pur­
pose and to restore much of its
original beauty, the Ewers, who
had operated a small gift shop
called the Sea Chest on the Beach
Haven boardwalk, opened their
present establishment in the ship's
hold.

Need Pix Of
Foreign Ports

The SEAFARERS LOG has
need for pictures of foreign
ports of call for use in a run­
ning series. Any Seafarers who
have pictures they have taken
in ports they visited are re­
quested to send them to the
LOG,

They can be pictures taken
in the port, shots of your ship,
pictures of dockside activity,
shots of Seafarers while on
shore leave lu a foreign port,
or just pictures you took
of the place while ashore.
They're all needed.

Any pictures you send will
be returned if requested. So
gather up those pictures you
took and mail them to tho
SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth
Avenue; Brooklyn, NY.

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... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ...
eOLDEN CITY (Watarman), May 15—

Chairman, W. C. O'Connor; Sacratary,
J. B. Hannon. Motion was passed to let
the wiper have time off to meet the ship
In Manila in order to take care of his
wife's visa, with the permission of the
chief engineer. Performers will be turned
over to the patrolman. Cigarette butts
should not be thrown on the deck: feet
should be kept off the messroom chairs.
Washing machine needs repairing. All
men should help keep the messhall clean:
men on watch in the deck department
are not supposed to clean up after every­
body. ,

aOVERNMENT CAMP (Cltlai Sarvlea),
May 7—Chairman, Arthur B. Sandtrs;
tacratary. W. B. Woedman, Delayed
sailing will be taken up with the New
York patrolman. Messroom should be
kept cleaner at nigbt.

SEACARDEN (Orion), April 1J—Chair-
man, Thomas Crawford; Secretary, Wil­
liam Allardlce. Repair list from the last
trip was read: the washing machine
steam Une still needs fixing. Steward
department head should be repaired or
locked up, as it Is too close to the mess-
hall. New repairs were added to the Ust.
Suggestion was made that each depart­
ment make up a separate list to be hand­
ed over to department heads.

SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service)/ May
13—Chairman/ Joe Cave; Secretary/ Dave
Albright. There is $20 in the ship's fund;
this was left in the captain's safe. Sug­
gestion was made to collect money for
the ship's fund, in case this is a long
voyage. Buttermilk should be bought at
each port. Uneven OT among the wipers
will be referred to the patrolman. Ice
box will be placed on the repair list.

May 20—Chairman, James Lee; Secre­
tary, Dave Albright. Joe Cave was elect­
ed ship's delegate. Bosun has been doing
unauthorized work. Newberry will buy a
pressing iron from the ship's fund. Cap­
tain promised to have the crew ice box
replaced. Better grade of fresh fruit
should be obtained, as well as coffee and
pure black pepper. Messhall will be paint­
ed out. Each delegate will make out a
repair list, including new mattresses and
pillows.

ANGELINA (Bull), May 15—Chairman,
O. C. Barnes; Secretary, Sixto Escobar.
Patrolman will be contacted on arrival
on overtime disputes. Pantryman was
told not to wash the garbage can in the
sink. Department delegates will check

public. Ventilating ducts need cleaning
badly. Recreation room should be kept
cleaner.

February 24—Chairman, Richard L.
Flfar; Sacratary, R. Jepskl. Extra wash­
ing machine will be fixed this coming
trip. Food has Improved since the last
voyage.

April 2—Chairman, Red Inman; Secre­
tary, Frank Buhlei. Fresh milk, wlUch
is pasteurized and passed by the US Pub­
lic Health Service, was obtained in
Puerto Rico. Steward will put out fruit
each iRght, when available, other com­
pany ships should be Informed that fresh
milk is available in Puerto Rico. .

June 7—Chairman, Clark S. "Red" in­
man; Secretary, Roy Nash. Milk situa­
tion is improving because of the pressure
put on company by this mllltaiit crew.
Request was made to carry spare toilet
seats. Chips will check with the patrol­
man about his job calling for tools. Pan­
try refrigerator needs repairing. Recrea­
tion room needs cleaning. Pantryman
will make morning coffee. Night lunch
needs improving. Crewmembers should
cooperate in keeping the messhall clean.
All are in favor of this, as Freddy is a
good messman. Unauthorized persons
should be kept off the ship.

DOROTHY (Bull), May 24—Chairman,
Walter Kohut; Secretary, C. R. Johnson.
Doors should be closed in port when in
the States. Vote of thanks went to the
steward department.

ROSARiO (Bull), June 4—Chairman, A.
V. Swanson; Secretary, J. Fleck. There
is 24 days of penalty cargo due. Deck
engineer missed the ship from San Juan.
Puerto Rico to Mayaguez. Puerto Rico.
A wiper was hospitalized in Mayaguez.
Repair lists will be made up by depart­
ment delegates.

lockers in the crew's quarters. Delegates
will make up repair lists and turn them
over to the ship's delegate to give to
de,partment heads.

GULFWATER (Metro), June 7—Chair­
man, Frank (Red Sully) Sullivan; Secre­
tary, Honest Al Whitmer. Vote of thanks
went to the deck engineer. Warren Neil-
son, for his excellent job installing steam
line in the laundry for crew's conven­
ience. Motion was passed to contact the
Union in Wilmington about sending a
patrolman aboard to check stores before
heading for the Far East. Discussion was
held on the chief engineer who pussy­
foots around taking out light bulbs and
turning off lights. Chief says he won't
order dark glasses for firemen to wear
when they look in the firebox. First aid
kit in the engine room wil be checked.
Bacon is rancid and hospital supplies in­
adequate. Fruit in season will be ordered
in San Pedro. Burner in galley does not
operate properly. San Pedro patrolman
will be told about all these beefs. Cap­
tain will be contacted on painting
foc'sles, general clean-up and deck re­
pairs in passageways. Galleyman asked
crew if they minded the sound of steam-
heating dishwater. None did, so the gal­
leyman may boil water to his heart's
content.

DEL ORO (Mississippi), Apfil 24—
Chairman, E. L. Odom; Secretary, L.
Reinchuck. Galley range is out of com­
mission. Cleaning list for the laundry
will be posted. Crew meat box needs to
be rearranged. Seats should be reserved
in the messhall for men going on watch.
Crew was asked not to feed the livestock.

DEL NORTE (Mississippi), May 24—
Chairman, Eddie Stough; Secretary, Joe
ZImmer. A lot of repair work was done
but the rest will have to be taken care
of while the ship is in drydock. Sister
Johannssen reported a cash balance of
$42.50. Report on" the "Navigator" will
be given at the meeting of the editorial
board: brothers were asked to help the
editors get material.

ANTINOUS (Waterman), June 7—Chair­
man, B. Varn; Secretary, Harry C. Kll-
mon. Repair list was taken care of in
New York. There is $2.65 in the ship's
fund. (Two swings were purchased at
the start of the trip at a cost of $30.80).
There was some performing in Baltimore,
and the delegate suggested that the crew
do its fighting and arguing ashore, not
on the ship. Mack C. Patterson was
elected ship's delegate. Tables should be
set at chowtime, so the watch does not
have to wait. Messman should let the
delegate do the arguing after meal hours.
Pantryman was asked to give the mess
man a helping hand during rush hours at
meal lime.

ANN MARIE (Bull), June •—Chairman,
Eugene Dakin; Secretary, Christopher
Karas. Cots should be kept under cover
In rough weather. Eddie Killigrein was
elected ship's delegate; John L. Hubbard,
engine delegate by acclamation. Ship's
delegate should contact the Immigration
Department on arrival in Boston. Vote
ef tliank: went to the steward depart­
ment for a job well done.

INES (Bull), December 25—Chairman,
Isaac Antenio; Secretary, R. J. Jepskl.
Owe niau missed ship in Dominican Be-

ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), April 15—
Chairman, J. Prestweed; Secretary, C. F.
Garriz. Steward department sailed two
men short. L. Pate was elected ship's
delegate. Washing machine and laundry
are being kept clean: this should con­
tinue. Clothes should be removed from
the line as soon as they are dry. Repair
list was read and checked. Purchase of
a movie projector and rental of films
were- discussed

May 16—Chairman, B. C. Jones; Secre­
tary, Charles F. Garriz. Two men were
left in the hospital—one in San Juan, the
other in Trinidad. Steward department
got a vote of thanks for a job well done.
Drains will be repaired as soon as the
ship is unloaded. Garbage is to be thrown
over the stern. Laundry is to be kept
cleaner. Crewmembers getting off should
leave their bunks stripped and their
rooms clean. Mattresses will be inspected
and replaced, if needed. Portholes will
be chipped and scraped so that screens
fit.

ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), May 31—
Chairman, J. Mehalov; Secretary, Claude
Sturgls. There is $32.00 in the ship's
fund. George Lea was elected deck del­
egate. List of departments will be drawn
up for rotating the cleaning of the rec­
reation room. Delegate will see the cap­
tain about getting milk in San Juan.

STEEL CHEMIST (itihmian), June 6—
Chairman, D. McKeel; Secretary, A. Sil-
lett. Chief engineer will be contacted on
ice box door in the crew's pantry. D.
McKeel was elected ship's delegate. Beef
was made on the fruit being bad. Chief
mate will be asked about repairing the
messman's locker. There should be no
unnecessary noise, in consideration of
brothers sleeping. Library and laundry
should be kept clean. Garbage should be
dumpt aft. of the main house. Steward
will instruct the pantryman on the oper­
ation of the steam table.

FA1RPORT (Waterman), June J—Chair­
man, W. E. Morse; Secretary, W. K. Buth.
Overtime beefs will be listed and turned
over to the boarding patrolman. There is
a $19 balance in the ship's fund. Since
the ship is going to the yard for repairs
for about three weeks, some money will
be sent to the hospital. New belt for the
washing machine will be obtained in
Miami.

YORKMAR (Calmar), June 1—Chair­
man, Ca'^i E. GIbbs; Secretary, Curt Bor-

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^Can'Shakers^
Have iVo OK

The membership is again
cautioned to beware of persons
soiiciting funds on ships in be-
haif of memorials or any other
so'callad "worthy causes."

No "can-shakers" or solici­
tors have received authoriza­
tion from SIU headquarters to
collect funds. The National
Foundation for Infantile Pa­
ralysis is the only charitable

'Organization which has re*-
.ceived membership endorse­
ment. Funds for this cause
are collected through normal
Union channels at the pay-off.
Receipts are issued on the spot.

man. There is not enough variety in the
meals. Cooks quarter^ are unacceptable.
Patrolman should be told not to let the
next crew sign up until the ship is grdp-
erly supplied with food and gear. Locks
should be put on ail foc'sie doors. Fans
should be repaired and replaced. Port­
hole and door screens are needed, as
well as chairs for foc'sles. There is not
enough hot water. Fresh supplies should
be picked up in the Canal Zone. Var­
nish should be ordered for foc'sie doors,
chairs and doors for messhall and rec­
reation room.

GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities- Service),
June 1—Chairman, T. Clough; Secretary,
E. Powell. Steward and first assistant
are cooperating on the repair list; chief
mate shows poor cooperation. Brother
Sanders was elected ship's treasurer by
acclamation. Discussion was held on the
engine room first aid kit, the poor qual­
ity of the milk brought aboard in Lake
Charles, which will be taken up with the
patrolman at the payoff. Dirty linen
should be turned in when clean linen is
issued. Fantaii should be kept clean.
Settee bottoms should be taken on deck
for sunbathing, in place of cots, which
ship does not have.

SUNION (Kea), May 25—Chairman, M.
Sharp*; Seerafary, H. Marumoio. Captain
gave the crew permission to us* the
spare room aft of the radio shack to stow
luggage. Mate granted the request to
knock off the chipping hammers around
th* midship hous* untU w* reach port.

as it disturbs the watch's sleep. Sea
chest supplies are not sufficient.

POTRERO HILLS (Phlia. Marine), Jun*
1—Chairman, Edward P. Scherzer; Sec­
retary, D. M. Ravosa. One man failed to
join the ship in Baltimore. There are no
screens for the portholes. Siopchest sup­
plies are insufficient. This will be taken
up with the union. The ship'a fund of
the last trip—$10—was Jonatcd to the
LOG.

CUBA VICTORY (Robin), May •—
Chairman, M. Fllesa; Secretary, George
Liebers. New men were obtained for
men leaving ship in San Pedro to go to
the hospital. Steward will try to get
fre.sh supplies in Okinawa. Patrolman
will be asked about man who has a $75
fine marked on his hiring card. Steward
will put out more fruit juices in the

future. To date, we have had fresh milk
every day. Members who don't know
how to use the washing machine should
find out.

ANNISTON VICTORY (South Atlantic),
May 24—Chairman, Pat Mlllican; Secre­
tary, Vernon Porter. Ail communications
from headquarters will be posted, ex­
cept those of a confidential nature. Ship's
delegate will take care of the ship's fund.
Meat block and surrounding area, rec­
reation room should be kept clean. Soap
powder should be Issued weekly.

MARYMAR (Calmar), May 10—Chair­
man, G. Haman; Secretary, J. E. Brooke.
Repair list will be turned over to the
ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was given
to the crew messman. AH extra linen
should he turned in; cots should be
taken off the deck. Motion was passed
to get Yale locks and rubber wind chutes.
Vote of thanks went to the steward de­
partment for good food. Ship's delegate
was thanked for his interest, because of
which ail beefs were settled to the
crew's satisfaction. Steward will order
a library in Baltimore.

DEL SUD (Mississippi), April 29—Chair­
man, Joe Lee; Secretery, Woody Perkins.
Up to $200 will be taken from the ship's
fund for the crew's annual picnic. Joe
Lae, Baldy Bollinger, Jack Bates, Louis
O'Leary and Emil Herek were unani­
mously elected to serve as picnic com­
mittee. Picnic will be held at Audabon
Park if possible. Crew washing machine
should be used between 6:00 AM and
10:00 PM only. Garbage should not be
thrown on mooring lines. Sports man­
ager wiU have full authority to run the
baseball games in SIU manner. Baldy
Bollinger was elected ship's delegate;
Emil Herek. ship's treasurer: Louis Bri-
ant, librarian. $30.00 was spent for a
new library. Whitey Plunket was elected
sports manager.

May 24—^Chairman, Jack Bates: Secre-
tsry,'Mlss Vide Perker. $25 from the
ship's fund was donated for the library.
Movie camera will be repaired ashore.
Since we will arrive In New Orleans a
day early, the picnic will be held when­
ever convenient. It promises to be a big­
ger and better one than last year. Dona­
tions and cooperation has surpassed all
previous picnics.

ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), June 7—
Chairman, J. D. Kennedy; Secretary^ J.
B. Prastwood. Missing man will be re­
placed in Puerto Kico. Chief engineer
and captain were contacted on sougee-
ing black gang's foc'sles. Laundry is be­
ing left dirty. Supplies needed for the
slopches or medicine kits should be
Usted.

FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry Trsns),
May 17—Chairman, Ban Lawson; Secre­
tary, John R. Tiiiey Patrolman wUl be
contacted about US currency draws in
foreign ports, when it does not conflict
with the law. Chief engineer's anti-union,
uncooperative attitude wUl be brought to
the patrolman's attention. Innerspring
mattresses were requested. One deck
department room has been painted; deck
delegate should see the mate about paint­
ing the rest of them, as agreed In Bal­
timore before the aignon. Repair lists
will be made "up by department dele­
gates. Chief mate and first assistant will
be asked about sougeeing tjie recreation
room before the ship reaches the States.

MAR (Bull), May 24—Chairman, Joe
Shear Sacratary, Hogge. There la a
$70.17 balance In the ship's fund. B.
Carlson was elected ship's delegate. New
salt tablet dispenser la needed. Repair
Ust should be made up. Lockera need

new shelves; many lockera are pretty
badly ' rusted. Another porthole should
be put In the 8-12 deck department room
when the ahip la in the yard. Larger
cakes of soap ahould be supplied. Dis­
cussion was held on buying chairs and
a card table for out on deck.

BESSEMER VICTORY (Alcoa), May 10
—Chairman, Jemet Meehan; Sacratary,
Tony Waslluk. Ebich department should
take turns cleaning the laundry nnd rec
reation room. Steam should be shut off
in the radiators by engineers. Each man
is to clean the washiM machine after
using. Port fans should not be left in
when it starts to rain. Library should
be obtained in San Pedro. Captain will
be asked about maWng letters In Canal
Zone. Brother Neil u. Shaw died at sea
and was buried at aea on May 24th.

ANNISTON CITY (isthmian). May 23—
Chairman, Michael J, Carlln; Sacratary,
John McLcmera. There Is a large amount
of diaputcd OT. mostly because of re­
striction to ship in the Bahrein Islands.
Repair list was turned over to the mate.
Steward department is two men short.
Ship's delegate Vincent Rizzuto got a
vote of thanks for a job well done, as
weU as. Robert Harris, crew messman and
Alfred Fiatts, steward utility. Patrolman
wiU be told of the shortage of fresh
fruit, vegetables and Ice cream. Steward
department beefs will be taken to the
patrolman. No action has been taken
on painting. Captain will be contacted
on this.

BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service),
June 6—Chairman, H. Utratil; Secretary,
H. Utratil. Special meeting was held on
the steward. Chief cook complained that
his suggestions are not accepted, the
steward has found fault with his work
and will not let him cook to order,
though he wanted to. Complaints have
been received on -the food. The cooks
got a vote of thanks for their preparation
of food, even though the menus are bad.
Crew voted unanimously to replace the
steward. Crew la dissatisfied with his
performance of his duties. Ship is short
on vegetables, linen, soap.

SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sealrain),
June 9—Chairman, L.J. Constane; Secre­
tery, Earl Smith. Steward has endeavored
to improve his department. Action will
be taken on th* skimmed milk beef.
There is not enough linen: this will be
taken care of in New York.

BEATRICE (Bull), May 24—Chairman,
Jee Quimera; Secretary, E. Lorlz. Mo­
tion was made to install a lock in the
laundry. Members should not remove
light bulbs in the passageway. Discussion
was held on the practice of changing the
posted tailing time just before the hour
posted.

June 7—Chairman, A. Mellndez; Seci'k-
tary, F. Lorlz. Ralph Santos was elected
ship's delegate. Matter of the lock for
the laundry should be brought to the at­
tention of the mate immediately.

CARRABULLR (National Navigation),'
May 10, Chairman, Boatswain; Secretary,
Ramon irizarry. Patrolman will be con­
tacted about getting a new washing ma­
chine. Repair list should be made up
and turned in at New Orleans. Feet
should not be put on messroom chairs.
Recreation room should be kept as clean
as possible. Coffee cups should be re­
turned to the sink.

May 25—Chairman, John Williams; Sec­
retary, Ramon Irizarry. Ship's delegate
saw the ' captain about transportation
while the ship was at anchor in Caiba-
rien, Cuba. No transportation was avail­
able. New mattresses are needed in all
bunks, unless some of the best arc re­
paired. Springs need repafrtng; crew's
quarters should be painted as well as
heads and showers, messroom. galley,
passageways. Patrolman will be asked
to do something on these matters. Radio
should be obtained for the messroom.
Collection should be taken up for this.
There Is a S42.44 balance in the ship's
fund.

ELIZABETH (Bull), May 31—Chairman,
I. Carr; Secretary, C. A. Babbe. Deck
department lockers need repairing. AU

rooms ahould be painted and sougeed.
Awning on fantaii needs repairing, ai
well as springs in bunks. Salt tablets
should be obtained.

ROBIN HOOD (Robin), March 12—
Chairman, Douglas Claussen; Sacratary,
O. Bauer. Ship has been without milk
for a couple of days: there was milk
topside but not for the crew. There
should be more variety and mora salads
in night lunch. One man was brought up
on charges of improperly performing his
duties.

May 24-rChalrman, George Bauer; Sec­
retary, Douglas (Smiley) Claussen. There
are no parts to us* in repairing etew-
ard'e lockere. There ahould be less
noise in the passageway.

April 9—Chairman, George Bauer; Sec­
retary/ Douglas Claussen. Case of a fight
between two memberii will be referred
to the patrolman at the payoff.

STONEWALL . JACKSON (Waterman),
May 33—Chairman, L. B. Brown; Secre­
tary, G, A. Heeschcn. Washing machine
needs fixing. Steward department got a
vote of thanks for • Job weU done. AU
trash and refuse should be thrown over
the side, not In passageways. Books and
magazines should be returned to the U-
brary.

AFbUNDRIA (Waterman), May II—
Chairman, D. Mann; Secretary, •, A.
Berry. On* man paid off In Jackson-
vills. Valve oh water cooler aft needs
repairing. Dlirousslon on who Is to make
coffeg in the morning was settled,

ROUM pONCABTfil (Rdblnii n« dstg

—Chairman, A. Goidfarb; Sacratary, Wil­
liam S. Claymore. Ship's delegate re­
ported that the mate will have the
foo'sies painted during the first rainfall.
One man missed the ship in Durban and
rejoined It in Capetown. This happened
because the wrong sailing time was given
by the captain. The facts will be given
to the patrolman. Repair lists should be
turned over to the ship's delegate, who
will make a master repair list. Ladders
on the masts should be checked and re­
ported to the patrolman. They are rusty
and • safety hazard. Extra linen should
be turned in immediately. Anyone need­
ing a new mattress should speak to the
steward. New mattresses should be
placed in the hospital. Sloping approach
to the rear hatches on the main deck
should be removed, as several people
have fallen.

HURRICANE (Waterman), May 24—
Chairman, not listed; Secretary, William
Pedlar. There is $16 in the ship's fund.
Coffee should be taken out of the urn
after making coffee. Crew ahould sug­
gest different items for meals to the
steward. Milk went bad because of re­
frigeration trouble. There should be cake
or different bread on Sundays and Thurs­
days. Crewmembers would like more
celery. Repair list should be handed in.

SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatraln),
May 24—Chairman, George Meitzar; Sec­
retary, Earl Smith. Steward will be

backed by the crew in the matter of
stores; ship's delegate will accompany
him to check ship's stores. Sanders was
elected ship's delegate. Keeping the fan­
taii clean was discussed. Recreation room
cleaning was discussed. Steward will co­
operate and promised a neat recreation
room.

SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatraln), May
24—Chairman, Robert Peters; Secretary,
Harry L. Franklin. Moose Smith waa
elected ship's treasurer by acclamation.
Fresh lime aid was suggested as another
cold drink. It was said that there was
not enough variety of vegetables and that
the aide meat was served too often. Ber­
nard Feeiey got a spontaneous vote of
thanks when he announced he was leav­
ing the ship. His cooking and baking
has never been equalled by most hands
and he went the limit in producing swell
chow. Steward also praised him for be­
ing a fine member of the steward de­
partment.

WILD RANGER (Waterman), March 21
—Chairman, N. Wood; Secretary, H. A.
Orlando. Ship's delegate will see the
chief mate about a first aid kit for the
engine room. Care should be taken in
dumping garbage on after deck. Depart­
ment delegates will submit repair lists
before arrival.

April 12—Chairman, Otto R. Hoepncri
Sacratary, Philip G. Wenz. Medicine
chest will be put in the engine room
when the ship reaches New York. Re­
pair list was reiid to the crew to see if
any items had been overlooked.
'April 26—Chairman, John Crowley;

Secretary, H. A. Orlando. Delegates re­
ported no beefs. H. Kirby was elected
deck delegate.

May 16—Chairman, John Robinson;
Secretary, H. A. Orlando. Vote of thanks
went to the retiring ship's delegate for
a splendid job done. Second elecrrician
was elected ship's delegate. Department
delegates will turn in repair lists before
arrival.

SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatraln), May
21—Chairman, R. Sweeney; Secretary, J.
Wilson. Bill Hamilton was elected ship'a
delegate. Matter of a member being
fired will be taken up with the patrol­
man. 8-12 watertender will get coffee
from the steward on the eight watch.

ROBIN GRAY (Seas Shipping), May *
—Chairman, R. T. Whitley; Secretary,
Frank M. Collins. Drain in the laundry
is still not working -right; will try to get
this fixed in New York. Delegates will
make up a repair list. Rooms that have
not been painted- wiU be taken care of
next trip. New fans wUl be put aboard.
Beef between two members was squared
away. Steward will try to get new mat­
tresses. Excess items should be turned
over to the steward. Cots will be turned
in within the next few days.

ROBIN KIRK (Seat Shipping), May 17—
Chairman, Frank Albere; Secretary, J. J.
Levin. Department delegates should bs
notified of any beef, so that It can bn
settled promptly. Wipers will keep the
laundry clean; ordinary will clean the
recreation room deck. There should be
more quiet in the messrooms, so men
sleeping are not disturbed. Pantryman
WiU leave out enough glasses, etc. for
the crew's use after he secures at night.
Messrooms should be fully supplied with
jellies and condiments at sll times. Men
should take care of their cots and not
leave them on deck.

JEAN (Bull), May 16—Chairman, Don­
ald 8. Gardner; Secretary, Harvey L.
Alexander. Motion was passed to move
the washing machine into the steward
department head, to laclUlale wate>
drainage. Longer bed sheets should be
obtained. Water leaks into the mess­
hall when It rains. Galley needs s vent
fan and the carpenter needs « fan too.

ABIQUA (Cltlss Ssrvlcs), May -10—
Chairman, Walter C. Snsll; Sscrstsry, R.
Msdvstz. Captain stated that his door
Is open 24 hours a day for anyone need­
ing assistance in settling .beefs. Motion
was passed to ask for awnings to ba put
on the after boat deck. This will be put
on th* new repair Hut Mat* has been
working en dock and in pumproom and
engineer* are blowing tubes, which ia
wiper's work. Overtima will be put down
for this. Bosun will b* asked to put n

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man to eleaning poop deck every day.
Department delefate* wUl make Up a
repair list which will be taken care of
Itefore leaving New Jersey for foreign
trip.

May 1<-r-Chalrmanf Waller C. Sneil;
Secretary, Vincent L. Ratclltt. Repair
lists were made out. Some repairs have
lieen taken care of but there is still
much to be done. Chief mate has made
pome changes in overtime. Wilbur San­
ders was elected ship's treasurer. New
repair lists wiU be made and crew should
not sign on until such repairs have been
made. Cooks should list - stores believed
to be inferior. Steward department
ahould make sure there are enough
dishes and silverware and food on hand
at mealtimes. Complaint was made about
the food, and it was pointed out that
meat was prepared with too much grease
and oil. Chief cook stated that this was
third grade meat of inferior quality.
Vote of thanks went to Walter C. Snell,
ship's delegate, for the fine mannpr in
which he has conducted himself under
very trying circumstances carrying out

PERSONALS
Henry E. Faile

I have your topcoat. Let me
know where you want it sent. R. J.
Brown, 602 Church St., Baltimore
25, Md.

it
Edison R. Brown

Please contact me by calling
Edna Little, Plainville, Conn., No.
Sherwood 7-1083. Eva L. Webb,
Box 1215, Bristol, Conn. ^

t
John Fogarty

Your discharge, left on the Brad­
ford Island, is waiting for you in
the mail room at headquarters.

if, a.
George T. Coleman

Please get in touch with your
mother at 32 Uniob St., Lynn,
Mass.

» ^ ^
John D. McLemore

Contact Benjamin Glickman at
805 Broadway, NYC.

it ^
John H. Morphy

Your gear is in the Wilmington
hall. Also cheek your mail.

» $
Gustave Lneth

Your brother wants to hear from
you.

$ 4^
Gene Urbanick

Get in touch with Frank and
Nancy Zohar, 67 South Oxford St.,
Brooklyn 17, NY.

it t 4
Domingo R. Molina

J. Creelan
Dimitrios Dafnas

Contact Francis S. Fanett, c/o
Badio Officers' Union, 1440 Broad­
way, NYC.

t t t
William Davies

Contact your cousin, Elizabeth
Davis Schofield, at VI 8-3270,
Philadelphia.

t t "t
Paul Darnell, Route 3, Box 115,

Montgomery, Ala., would like to
hear from his old friends and ship­
mates. -

t t t
D. F. Kaziukewiczski

Personal papers picked up on
the Marie Hamill are waiting for
you at the Galveston hall.

t t t
Jack D. Seratt

If in Savannah area, contact
Frank J. O'DonneU, 209 W. 33rd
St., Savannah, or call him collect
at 2-6608. If in Mobile area, call
Mobile 2-4052. If in neither area,
write O'DonneU in Savannah, giv­
ing your present address.

t t t
Eugene Wilson

Contact your mother at 508 W.
Manheiiu St., Philadelphia 44.

4" it
R. E. Stone and Oswinkie

Communicate with WUmington
. haU regarding disposition of your
gear.

it 4)
J. R. Hayward

, Get in touQh with Mrs. Morelli,
224 Gerard St., East, Toronto,
Canada, or call i^ndolph at 0453
Toronto* Ontario/ Canada.

the Job to which he Vas elected. He wa*
thoughtful, dlUgent, businesslike in his
approach to the many problems with
which he has had to deal. He has been
a fredit to the Union and a real ship
mate.

CHRISTiNB (TIni), June It—Chairman.
T. Novak; Secretary, F. R. Otvos. Stew,
ard department is doing a top-notch Job.
AU beefs are squared away. AU rooms
should be sougeed and painted. Captain
promised this. Library may be obtained
in San Pedro.

YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), May 31
—Chairman, Den Bartlett; Secretary, H.
Krohn. Agent or patrolman wiU be
asked if the company can buy milk and
fresh vegetables and ice cream in Japan
and WiU be asked to look into the soap
powder shortage, as weU as the shortage
of other sanitary auppUes. Broken chairs
in foc'sles wUl be checked by delegates
to see if they should be repaired or re
placed.

SEACLIFP (Coral), June 7—Chairman,
John DImltrladis; Sacretary, C. B. Jen­
sen. One malt missed ship in Japan:
patrolman wiU be notified. Patrolman
wiU be asked not to ship a new crew
untU the present master is removed. List
of allj^ food shortages and matters of re-
imbursement wiU be handed over to the
patrolman. He wiU be told about the
steward department having to pay for
their own transportation in order to re­
turn to the vessel at anchorage in order
to perform their duties, as no launch
was provided prior to 7:00 AM. Last food
requisition was cut down. Master and
mate want passageway painted and sou­
geed, but only at night. Passageway wUl
be sougeed for the sake of the new
crew. New washing machine Is needed.
Each department wiU turn in an in­
dividual repair Ust.

STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), May
14—Chairman, C. Saaflald; Secrvtaryi
Jamas E. Moran. Repair Ust will be made
up. Chief mate diows great disregard
for the crew's health. Third assistant
engineer thanked the crew for the dO'
nations sent to him whUe he was in
Singapore in the hospital with malaria.

WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfuei),
June 7—Chairmen, W. Tatiblrg; Secre­
tary, W. Pedersen. Hans Skaalegaard

was elected ship's delegate. Performers
WiU be brought up at a ship's meeting
before the payoff to decide what wUl be
done. Repairs not done in Oakland wiU
iM taken care of in MobUe.

BIENVILLE (Waterman), June 7—
Chairmen, Barney Kelly; Secretary, Joe
Weehe. Ramey KeUy was elected ship's
delegate; he wUl see the patrolman about
innerspring mattresses. Patrolman wiU
be contacted about unsafe working gear.
He wiU also be asked to survey ship and
deck conditions. Committee of four wiTl
survey and list unsafe conditions. Two
deck department members were Injured.

FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service),
May 31—Chairman, Dayton; Secretary,
not listed. Four brothers missed ship
in Yokohama. There ia $3 in the ahlp's
fund. Repair Usts have been turned over
to department heads. Captain wiU be
contacted about draws and ehore leave
for the next port. Cigarettes and matches
should not be thrown on the deck.

ALBION (Dry Trans), June 11—Chair­
man, Ray Pierce; Secretary, R. Noe. De­
layed sailing WiU be settled by the pa­
trolman at the payoff. Patrolman wiU
check the quaUty and quantity of stores.
Hospital was cleaned up. One member
wM change the Ubrary. Washing ma­
chine needs repairing: steward depart­
ment foc'sles need painting. Spare parts
are needed for the fans.

QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Sea Trade),
June 7—Chairmen, Z. F. Sokolowski; Sec­
retary, A. R. Santonastasl. Wiper's locker
needs repairing. There is a $35 balance
in the ship's fund. Ship needs Tumlgation.

ALCOA CORSAIR (Aleos), June 7—
Chairman, Mayor Costeiio; Secretary, Jo­
seph Cataianollo. Union wUl be asked to
investigation the air condition -in the
crew's quarters. George Clarke was
elected ship's delegate by acclamation.

ANNISTON CITY (Isthmian), February
1—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, Mike
Canlin. Fred Ls Plante was elected ship's
delegate by acclamation. Men should
help keep the messroom clean at night.
Clocks should be synchronized: ship's
delegate wiU speak to the captain on this.
Cook should not smoke whUe prepar­
ing food and should bf properly dressed.
Washing machine must be kept clean.
Plumbing needs fixing. Bacon is cut too

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Get New Books
Through Agents

Seafarers who applied for
new membership books in
New York but are now sailing
from outports don't have to
come to this city to get their
new books.

If the men involved will
write to headquarters and tell
the Union which port they are
sailing out of, the Union will
forward the book in care of
the port agent.

Under no circumstanccB
however, will the books be
sent through the mails to any
private addresses.

thick, l^essman stated that everyone is
hard to please and some like it that way.
There should be less noise in the pas­
sageways. Leftovers from supper should
be put out with night lunch.

MARYMAR (Calmar), April 11—Chslr-
msn, Joe Kewalski; Secretary, Gilbert
Neman. Food beef will be settled In
SeatUe before the ship sails for the
East Coast. One man should be paid
due to faUure to do work after repeated­
ly being warned. This matter wUl be
setUed in Seattle. Each department
should use Its own head and shower.
Motion was passed to start a ship's fund
with a $.25 donation from each member.

FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry Trans),
April 1*—Chairman, Ben Lewson; Secre­
tary, W. J.^alsh. Repair list was pretty
weU taken care of. A new toaster was
instaUed in the crew messroom as weU
as screen doors and a new burner for
the gaUey range, a coffee um and some
new mattresses and pillows. Some of
the quarters were painted. John Tilley
was elected ship's delegate. First as­
sistant engineer is willing to cooperate
in the matter of repairs that can be
taken care of in the course of the voy­
age. Old man wiU be contacted on paint­
ing quarters and passageways, advances
against wages in US currency. New
screen doors will be shellacked and var­
nished. Soap dishes will he installed.
AU three departments wiU alternate the
cleaning of the laundry and recreation
room.

BETHORE (Ore), Juiw 3—Chairman,
Harry R. Pitt; Secretary, Blair. Men are
to be properly dressed in the messroom.
A new fan is needed. Steward wUl find
out about new mattresses and put out
more night lunch. All members should
clean up the laundry after usini it. Port
steward should be contacted about ad­
ditional stores.

YAKA (Waterman), Juna 7—Chairman,
Gene Silnkas; Secretary, John Reed.
Three men missed slilp in Miami. Re­
pairs on the list should be taken care of
In Baltimore before the ship sails. Flash­
lights should be provided for men on
watch because of deck cargo. MoRon
was passed to get a new washing ma­
chine. Vote of thanks went to the

NOTICES
The following Seafarers are

asked to send four photographs
into headquarters so their books
can be brought up to date: William
T. Ammermann, John H. Hannay,
John Jordan, Anthony Korsak,
John J. Leskun, James F. Moore,
Louis Nelson, Austip O'Malley,
Henry E. Vail.

Bill Baten
Foreign currency left by you on

the Seapender is waiting for you at
the SEAFARERS LOG office.

William J. Donald
Your discharge papers are wait­

ing for you at the SEAFARERS
LOG office.

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59,265 square miles.
(2) (a), (b), and (c). All three

rivers pass through Hampton
Roads into Chesapeake Bay.

(3) Indianapolis is regarded as
the largest city in the world not
situated on navigable water.

(4) Pierce County, North Da­
kota, a few miles west of Devils
Lake.

(5) The phrase refers to the
racing tactics of Edward H. Gar­
rison, an American jockey famous
for saving a winning burst of speed
for the final moments of the race.

(6) By subtracting 32 and mul*-
tlplying by five-ninths.

(7) 1,000 mph.
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steward department for a Job weU- done.
Three men who missed ship will be re­
ported to the patrolman at the payoff.
Chief cook pointed put that someone was
putting cheese in the toasters and foul­
ing them up.

MASSMAR (dblmar). May 1$—Chair­
man, R. W. Youtzy; Secretary, C. M. Fo$-
',-r. There is $30.05 in the ship's funa.
W. W. Reid was elected ship's delegate
by acclamation. Seek and engine depart­
ments will clean the laundry: steward de­
partment WiU clean the recreation room.
Drain should be installed in laundry.

DENNISON VICTORY (Waterman),
June 7—Chairman, Huber Gaubert; Sec­
retary, B. E. Phillips. Repair list wiU be
made out. One man signed on in
Rremerhaven.

STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), May 31—
Chairman, Mont McNabb, Jr.; Secretary,
T. Kuhn. Captain complained that men
came up at aU hours for money: some
had not reported back to secure the ship
when notified to do so. Repair lists were
gone over and amended. Steward wiU
order additional garbage cans and order
shore exterminators. There should be
more quiet near sleeping quarters.

SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatraln),
June 14—Chairman, C; M. Everett; Sec­
retary, S. U. Johnson. There is $50.60 in
the ship's fund. New men can get keys
for their rooms for a SI deposit left with
the chief mate. Delegates wiU turn re­
pair lists over to the ship's delegate be­
fore the payoff. Boarding patrolman
WiU be asked about getting some new
electric fans, at there are no .spare p?rts
avaUable, and foc'sles are very hot.
Ship's delegate complimented the atew-
ard department on the cold supper- and
asked if more could be put out in the
future. Lights ahould be put out when
the rooms are unoccupied, so brothers
can sleep. Brothers should take salt
tablets on hot days.

FRANCES (Bull), Juna 17—Chairman,
Max Olson; Secratary, Ray Brault. AU
repairs have been made. Black gang
beef WiU be taken up by the patrolman.
Delegates will turn in new repair Usts.
Patrolman wlU handle the beef between
the first assistant and the engine utUity.
Vote of thanks went to the carpenter for
the fine bookcase and foul weather gear
lockers he made. Hardtiming of person­
nel and discriminatory, anti-union atti­
tude of the chief and first assistant en­
gineer was discussed. Patrolman wiU be

contacted on this. Steward wiU put out
a greater variety of cold drinks at meal­
times.

STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Febru­
ary 17—Chairman, W. L. Hammick; Sec­
ratary, not listed. One man paid off in
New York: his wife is in the hospitaL
One man hurt his back on deck and
went to the hospital in New York.
Captain told the department delegates
that he didn't recognize a ship's delegate:
Ben Rees was caUed in Norfolk, and he
said he would Instruct the company to
teU the captain that aU SIU ships carry
ship's delegates. Patrolman in Long
Beach WiU b( notified that the cliief mate
is violating the agreement.

March 10—Chairman, W. L. Hammock;
Sacretary, James E. Moran. Patrolman
squared mate on securing gear for sea.
Minor iteward department beef was
squared. Gear locker should be secured
for foul weather gear.

March 33—Chairman, C. Scofield; Sec­
ratary, Jamas E. Moran. Foul weather
gear locker waa secured. Steward wiU
supply screens for messhaU portholes.
List of repairs wUl he made out and
handed over to the mate.

April IS—Chairman, W. L. Hammock;
Sacretary, James E. Moran. There is
considerable trouble with the Thief mate
who won't cooperate with the deck gang.
He continues to violate the agreement.
Steward said he wiU pick up fresh veg­
etables in ManUa and Singapore, and
fresh meat in Singapore. Stores should
be checked for these Far East runs to
prevent shortages, as In this case. Cof­
fee um is not working properly and
can't be repaired nntU the ship returns
to the States.

June I—Chairman, S. Sloilesk; Secra­
tary, James E. Moran. Repair Usts-were
turned In. Disputed OT wiU be turned
over to ths patrolman. Repair Usts were

turned over to department heads: re­
pairs are now under way.

BIN6HAMT0N VICTORY (Bult), May f
—Chairman, J. R. Gonzales; Secretary, D.
M, Brancoccio. Chief cook advised that
galley be painted. Delegate wiU see the
chief mate. Chief steward wants aU Unen
changed on Fridays.

June 8—Chairman, E. SImonettI; Sec­
retary, I. Curtis. One man missed ship
in St. John, Newfoundland. Meihbers
should not spit in the drinking fountain
and on deck as it is an unclean and non­
union thing to do. Men should return
coffee cups to the sink. Laundry and
recreation room should be kept clean.

SEAVIGIL (North Seas Navigation),
May 17—Chalrmpn, J. M. Melendez; Sec­
retary, Cordon L. Loucks. Crew should
be eyeful of water, which is scarce. AU
hands wiU pick up their own linen and
clean up the wasliing machine after use.

' June <—Chairman, J. M. Melendei;
Secretary, Gordon L. Loucks. AU cots
should be turned in so new ones can be
ordered in New York. Men should not
leave the laundry whUe their clothes are
being washed.

il
AMEROCEAN (Blackchestar), June 7—

Chairman, Leo Kozo; Sacretary, David
Pine. Three men failed to Join the sliip
at Philadelphia. F. Israel was elected
sliip's delegate: N. Krgyda was eTected
deck delegate. Men should check their
cots, so new ones can be ordered in San
Pedro. Additional stores wiU be taken
on, too. Steward department wiU take
care of the recreation room: deck and
engine departments wiU clean the
laundry.

MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), May 9
—Chairman, Thamatra N. Scott; Secre­
tary, C. O. Blalack. AU repairs except

itary man wiU get Unen for the deck de­
partment. Discussion was held on keep­
ing the laundry clean and bringing beefs
to the department delegate first. Double
night lunch wiU be put out to take caro
of crewmembers off watch.

SEANAN (Stratford), April 22—Chair­
man, James Rogers; Secretary, W. Wood.
James Rogers was elected ship's delegate.

June 1—Chairman, James Rogers; Sec­
retary, Bruce Center. A note of thanks
for the action taken on the aUen situa­
tion was sent to headquarters. Captain
should be contacted on the hiring of
watchman. Slopchest list wiU be for­
warded to headquarters so that prices
can. be checked.

BLUESTAR (Traders), May 14—Chair­
man, Anthony Ferrara; Secretary, Louis
E. Meyers. One man is in the hospital:
captain wiU secure a replacement. An­
thony Ferrara was elected ship's dele­
gate by acclamation: Robert Wagner was
elected deck delegate by acclamation.
GaUey has been painted and pantry wUl
be. New screening and repairs are
needed for doors. Refrigerator needs
fixing to. The three- foul-ups who were
warned and again fouled up wiU be
brought up on charges in the States.
Steward department head and shower
wiU be painted. Men should be quiet,
so men off watch can sleep. More care
should be taken in the preparation of
the salads.

Edifor,
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SUZANNE (Bull), June 10—Chairman,
S. Freillch; Secretary, L. Vigo. There was
some beefing about men being late for
work. One man missed ship in Maya-
guez. Members felt he had a good rea­
son. He had not seen his mother for six
years and he did his utmost to make the
ship before sailing. No charges will be
made against him. He rejoined the ves­
sel in Trujillo at his own expense.

MASSILLON VICTORY (Eastern), May
17—Chairman, F. J. Fisher; Secretary,
Charles Elizey. F. J. Fisher was elected
ship's delegate. Discussion was held oiF
getting draws in US currency in for­
eign port. Wlien taken to a vote, a large
majority was found to be in favor of tlUs.
Some members want more night lunch,
there should be sardines for night lunch
once in a while. Laundry should be kept
clean.



Par* TwMitr-aix SEAFAREkS LOG Jane 2«, 195S

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Two Now Seafarors' Babios In Brooklyn

Brooklyn-born, these two Seafarers' babies are part of a growing community of SIU families in the
borough. At left is Mrs. Sven £. Jansson with Diane Helen; at right, Mrs. Fernando Loriz with her
baby^ Constanza.

All of the following SIU families
will collect the $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the
Union in the baby's name.

JoAnne Gooch, born May 11,
1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Louis
B. Gooeh, 669 Central Avenue,
Brooklyn 7, NY.

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Charlotte Ann 'Hartman, bom

May 13, 1953. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Hartman, Box 14, Pearl
Elver, La.

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Diane Helen Jansson, bom April

5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sven E. Jansson, 550 Eighth Street,
Brooklyn, NY.

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William Peter Van Son, bom

May 16, 1953. Parents, Mr. and

Leaves City^
Keeps Place
On Ship List

SIU shipping rules normally re­
quire that a Seafarer-on the regis­
tration list attend any shoreside
membership meeting that takes
place. However, occasionally per­
sonal difficulties arise that make
it impossible for a man to be in
town for the meeting." In such
instances, the membership meet-
iiig itself may, on the recom­
mendation of Welfare Services,
waive the meeting requirement so
that the man can keep his place

.on the shipping list.
Father lU

A situation of this type arose
when a Seafarer who had just reg­
istered after paying off the Royal
Oak came in to Welfare Services
and reported that his father was
very ill in Venezuela. He had to
make an emergency flight back
home and wanted to know if he
could keep his place on the ship­
ping list even though he would be
away for a while.

Welfare Services told the man to
go on home and that steps would
be taken to see that he kept his
place on the shipping list. A rec­
ommendation to that effect was
placed before the Qiembership
meeting and adopted.

Consequently, when the Seafarer
comes back from his trip home, he
will be able to ship out without
hMvMg to

Mrs. William Van Son, c/o Mrs.
Schultz, 6323 Walnut Street, Pitts­
burgh, Pa.

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Neil Richard Gelpi, born May

22, 1953. Parents, Mr., and Mrs.
Peter Gelpi, 1824 Patterson Ave­
nue, Bronx, NY.

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Paula Wynans, bom May 27,

1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wynans, 420 Madison Street, Hobo-
ken, NJ.

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Catherine Eileen Scully, born

May 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Scully, 39 Genessee
Avenue, Paterson, NJ.

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Ruth Ann Flaherty, born Febru­

ary 24, 1953. Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Flaherty, 17 South
Sussex Street, Gloucester, NJ.

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Claude Eric Crabtree, born May

18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude L. Crabtree, 605 Farrell
Street, Crichton Station, Mobile,
Ala.

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Jeffrey Alan Fuiford, born May

18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Julford, 10 Semmes Ave­
nue, Mobile, Ala.

4> 4^
Renaldo Lopez, bom May 4,1953.

Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Renaldo

Lopez Monies, 408 Henry Street,
Brooklyn, NY.

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Wiley Ison Sullivan, bom April

17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roland D. Sullivan, Box 81, Fair-
hope, Ala.

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Emile P. Davies, Jr., bom June

2, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Emile P. Davies, 1104 26th Ave­
nue, PO Box 752, Covington, La.

4" 4^ 3?
Kenneth Richard Kirkiand, born

January 29, 1953. Parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Kirkiand, Route
3, Box 148-A, Plant City, Fla.

4" t 4"
Donald Joseph Gorecki, bom

Febraary 18, 1953. Parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas H. Gorecki, Box
352, Siidell, La.

4; 4; 4^
Abes Taliv Durmb, bom June 2,

1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Durmo, 1422 Amsterdam Avenue,
New York, NY.

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Daniel Edward Olsen, bom June

6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack K. Olsen, 2385 Creston Ave­
nue, Bronx, NY.

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Henry Chen, bom August 25,

1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ghen
Kung Zai, 100 Stanton Street, New
York, NY.

Another Smith is Born

in the HOSPITALS
The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who

are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan.
While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome
mail and uisifa from friends and shipmates to pass away the long daye
and weeks in a hospital bed, USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time
for vuitprs. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list,
drop in for a visit, ft will be-most welcome.

Seafarer John Smith beams proudly at the newest addition to the
populous Smith clan, his son Ronald. John is holding the $25 US
savings bond Ronald received from the SIU, besides the $200 behe-

VSPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK. VA.

W. T. Gardner Rcmui Perklnson
Alvln R. Mabe W. A. Rowe. Jr.
H. D. MUUner Luby Wheeler

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

Marcelo B. Helen John J. Leico
Jamea R. ColtreU Oscar Ozer
John Jung John C. Ramsey
A. M. KoUer WiUlam J. SmaU
N. W. Kirk Peter Smith
John Kosmaa .V. K. T. Sorensen

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GA. J

WiUiam E. AlUnon James M. Hall
W. W. AUred B. F. Lowe
John F. Evans J. S. Moore
Leonard N. Evans J. N. Williams
F. W. Grant Bernard WoUman
Jimmie UtUeton

USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE. WASH.

Alfred Johansen Henry J. Tucker
Tony J. Kismul Robert J. Wiseman
George H. Rice

VA HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.

L. Bourdonnay
SEASlbE GENERAL HOSPITAL

LONG BEACH. CAL.
Joseph Bracht

HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
WILMINGTON. CAL.

WilUam J. GUIick
POTTENGER SANTtORIUM

MONROVIA. CAL.
E. L. Prltchard

USPHS HOSPITAL
DETROIT. MICH.

Tim Burke Harry J. Cronin
VA HOSPITAL

BALTIMORE. MD.
Leonard Franks

WADSWORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL
LOS ANGELES. CAL.

BUUe J. Davis
USPHS HOSPITAL

FORT WORTH. TEX.
Joseph P. Wise

USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE. MD.

L. F. Briglda James T. Lassiter
Carl S. Chandler Melvin Mason
Masorio Copnl David F. Sykes
Roy M. Hawas Lloyd Thomas
James W. Corcoran Adolph Vante
Vincent Jones WilUam F. Vaughn
Karl Krlstensen Clarence Wallace

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. NY

Jose Alvarez Maurice Bumstlne
Edwardo Balboa Frank Calnan
Robert A. Barrett Benito Centerp
WUUam C. Bennett WUUam Foyt
Robert Borland Lawrence Franklin
Arthur Botelho Joe Carl Griggs

James W. HamUton
B. Holmes
Hans Kehlenbeck
L. Kristiansen
Lloyd McGee
Thomas F. Maher
Luther R. Milton
Theodore Morris
Alfred Mueller
Leonard G. Murphy
A. H. O'Krogly
James H. Parker
Paul Partykor
Enoch J. Pringle

H. Randoja
Luciano I. Ramos
John Rekstin
C. R. Robertson
G. H. Robliigon
VirgU Sandberg
A. L. Sargent
James Sealy .
Anthony^ SkiUman
Thor Thorsen
Harold S. Tuttle
George Vichery
Richard Weir
Joseph H. WUkin

USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON. MASS.

Joseph W. Carey Ernest D. Noble
John A. Dully James H. Penswlck
John J. Flaherty C. A. WUliams
S. R. Greenrldge Robert A. Rogers

USPHS HOSPITAL
MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY
Victor Arevalo .Tames R. Lewis
Edmund C. Blosser Francis F. Lynch
Walter Chalk Harry F. McDonald
C. M. Davison David Mcllreath
EmiUo Delgado Claude A. MarkeU
Antonio M. Diaz Vic Milazzo
John J. DriscoU Alfred Mueller
Jose G. Espinoza John R. Murdock ,
Enrique Ferrer Eugene T. Nelson
Robert E. Gilbert Pedro O. Peralto
Bart *. Guranick G. E. Shumaker
Peter Gvozdich Robert Sizemore
John B. Haas Henry E, Smith
Frederick Landry Renato A. VlUats
James J. Lawlor

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON. TEX.

A. R. King Jesse Rabago
W. W. Lipscomb James Russell
C. E. McClarnan Rafael Sauceda
WaT'ren Manuel Robert L. Shaw
John E. Markopolo A. Villarreal
J. E. Parks Jack Lee WlUlams

USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.

D. Albright George L. Kaufman
T. L. Ankerson Thomas F. KeUer
Tobe Beams E. G. Knapp
James E. Belcher Leo H. Lang
E. BraceweU A. J. Laperouse
F. Ciaeciofera Rene LeBlanc
Jose A. Colls C. R. Nicholson
Thomas Connell Eddie A. Patterson
S. Cope Edwin L. Ritchie
Rogelio Cruz D. Sansone
D. Dambrino Henry H. Schulti
E. Delcoure Luther C. Seidle
F. Farthing D. D. Shaw

vR. P. Franklin E. R. Smallwood
Harry L. Glover Lynn C. Smith
Paul Goodman Henry S. Sosa
Niel Hansen T. R. Stanley
C. M. Hawkins W. Stormes
John C. Berber J. W. Sumpter
B. R. Huggins Nicholas T. Tala
E. Jeanfreau Lonnie R. Tickle
W. C. Jeffries Hubert Weeks
T, S. Jnhnstin George R. Wendel

Ghost Television Aerial Had
Seafarer Baffled For A While

A few years ago a new wonder known as television swept
the land. Rooftops everyvjJjere started sprouting-with aerials
of Varying sizes and shapes as more and more television sets
were installed. When that+—:
happened, landlords in-Jifew
York City dreamed up a new
gimmick. With the approval of the
State Rent Control Bo^d they got
permission to charge $2 a month
extra to tenants using the roof for
a televsion aerial.

It seems there was one Seafarer
living down in Brooklyn who was
very well gatisfled to live without
a television set. AJl the slick-talk­
ing salesmen in the city couldn't
sell him one.

*Use of Roof
The landlord was helpless and

baffled, but not for long. One day
the. Seafarer received a rent bill-
plus $2 for "use of the roof."

The Seafarer hotfooted it around
to the landlord's office, indignantly
asking what the $2 was for. He
didn't have a television set, he said,
and furthermore he was never go­
ing to get one.

The landlord wriggled out of
that corner with ease. "The roof
is there, ain't it? Right on top
of the building, and it's gonna stay
there. So I'm charging you two
bucks ft month for use of the roof."

The Seafarer wasn't going to let
it go at that. He knew he was in
the right, but as often hapiiens in
such 6asesi correcting the land-
Idrd's mefftl tactic took ft little bit

of doing. He couldn't make head­
way at the rent offices.

Finally he got disgusted and de­
cided to take his little problem to
SIU Welfare Services. _ The Union
office got to work immediaieiy on
the case, with rapid results. At
last word, the story was headed for
ft happy ending, with action duo
moraontarily on the



Jane 29, 1958 SEAFARERS LOG Pagre .^enty-seven

SEEDP THE
^AFARERS

With WALTER SIEKMANN

He's Careful Vlhaf He Signs Now

Jones.

(News about men in the hospital^ and Seafarers receiving SltJ Wel­
fare Benefits win be carried in this column. It is. written byi Seafarer

Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turaed up while he mikes
his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.)

It appears that there has been quite a lush of sick and Injured men
over at Staten Island hospital recently. The last time we were over
there, there were 51 men in the hospital from the SIU, which is a
pretty big bunch. Among the new men who entered in the last couple
of weeks were Brothers Paul Seidenberg and Floyd Hansen, and both
of them had the same complaint.

Seidenberg had to get off the Anne Butler way
out in Okinawa because of Infected kidneys and
kidney stones. He was flown all the way back to
the States and expects to be operated on shortly.
Hansen, who hails from Ruskin, Florida, got off
the Robin Hood and entered the hospital the day
he paid off. He's going to have a kidney operation,
too. We'll be pulling for both of them to come
through in style.

One of the boys we are really happy for is Jimmy
Hamilton, who we got some good news from after
several months in the hospital. Jimmy lost both

his legs, and just the other day he was fitted with a pair of artificial
limbs. The word ia that he is skipping ground the ward just like a
happy 13-year old kid. He didn't even have to use a cane the first
time out. Jimmy says that as soon as he can he hopes to be heading
back to work.

We heard recently from Oscar Jones, who is in the hospital over in
Magwa, Kuwait. He sends his best regards and wants to know how
the guys are doing down in Philly. He should be back before long.
Estell Godfrey is finally on his way home after a rough time in Yugo­
slavia. He was laid up in a hospital over there with a broken hip
and it seems that they didn't do very much for him.

Tony Skillman, who rescued'the mate on the Beatrice a few weeks
back, had to go back into Staten Island hospital for treatment after
being on outpatient care for a while. Unfortunately he had a little
relapse, but he's feeling better now. Charles Collett would like his
old shipmates to kno.w that he is retiring his book temporarily. He
expects to stick around his home at 3242 W. Davison Street, Chicago
51, Illinois.

We heard from Wiley Parrott recently, just in the big town from
Georgia. Old "Tobacco Road" shipped out on the Steel Worker as soon
as he got in. He came back with lots of talk about all the SIU boys who
make their homes in Atlanta. It seems all the boys who go to sea
from that city know one another.

There's been some misunderstanding about the maternity benefit
provision in one or two instances that ought to be cleared up. Under
the rules that the board of trustees of the Welfare
Plan set up for this benefit, only babies that are
born in the United States, or one of its possessions
like Puerto Rico, are eligible for the benefits.

A couple of the brothers who have their homes in
foreign countries applied for the benefit not know­
ing that they weren't eligible, so they were natural­
ly disappointed when they had to be turned down.

The reason that the trustees set up this rule is
that the Welfare Plan has no way of checking the
birth and marriage certificates from foreigb coun­
tries. So to be on the safe side, they made the rule
about US residence. It's, a little tough in one or two cases but it's
for the best Interest of all.

Panoti

ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
NEW YORK,

PHYSICAL CONDITION AND HEALTH REPORT
THIS FORM IS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF ACQUAINTING THE OWNERS WITH ALL CASES OF INJURY
AND, ILLNESS OCCURRING DURING A VOYAGE. ANY MAN WHO IS OR HAS BEEN ILL OR INJURED WHILE
ON THIS VOYAGE'S ARTIC^ IS REQUESTED TO SO STATE BELOW.

Ia the third column sUte "None" or "See Report", in the fourth column state "Good" or "See Report." Where additional report
is required. Form I004-D will be employed.

We. the undersigned members of the crew of the.

now being paid off at about o'clock M. oo-
-on voyage No.„

19't.. in the port of
, do hereby certify that we have not had any illnesses or injuries, except as we may

note opposite our respective signatures, and that medical attention has not been refused when required.

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Rating
Have yon had any illneu

or injury thia voyage?
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What u you, preaent
phyiiic.nl ronditionr

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42 Chief Stwd. '
42

43 Chief Cook
43

44 2ndCIc.'Baker
44

45 Third Cook
45

Part of the Isthmian form (above) which is presented to crewmembers to be signed at the payoff.
Crewmembers should be careful about signing if they have any doubts as to their physical condition.

From now on Seafarer Theophilus Stevenson will be awfully careful of what he signs his
name on. Stevenson's signature on an Isthmian Company medical report form almost cost
him his maintenance and cure—that is until SIU Welfare Services entered the picture.

Stevenson was sailing as"
utility man on the Steel Venr
dor and* hadn't been feeling
any too well during the trip, But
he had performed his regular
duties and had not "reported any­
thing to the mate or skipper, think­
ing that all he needed was a rest
ashore to get back in tip-top shape.

When the ship came in for pay­
off, Stevenson, like the rest of the
crew, lined up for his dough.
Isthmian payoffs are more com­
plicated than most because the
company has a whole series of
papers a man has to sign before
he can get his money. First he
signs the overtime sheet. Then
he puts his name down on the
medical report form. After that he
has to sign a payroll, and finally
he has to sign off the articles.

Signed Medical Sheet
By the time on Isthmian crew-

member gets through signing all
the papers he doesn't know what
he has put his signature to. And
being anxious to get his payoff
and get off the ship, he doesn't
particularly care. That was the
way it was with Stevenson. He
signed the medical report sheet,
thinking it would be no harm and
got off the ship.

The next day he went to the
Staten Island Hospital to get a
medical checkup, to find out what

was bothering him, if anything. To
his shock and surprise, the doctors
told hhn that he was pretty sick
and had to be hospitalized.

After spending a couple of
weeks in the hospital and getting
treatment, he made arrangements
to claim maintenance and cure.
But when he went to get his money,
the company claims agent pulled
the medical report form out of the
file. He declared that since
Stevenson had signed the paper
which states that "the under­
signed . . . have not had any ill­
nesses or injuries ..." he was not
entitled to maintenance.

When he heard that, Stevenson
hotfooted it back to the Welfare
Services office in headquarters.
Welfare Services got to work on
the case and as a result the com­
pany was found legally liable for
the maintenance even though
Stevenson had not made a sick re­

port and had signed the release.
It was held that the signing of the
medical form did not overrule the
obvious fact of Stevenson's illness.

Collected Maintenance
As a consequence, Stevenson has

collected ail maintenance due him
to date and is still on the benefit
until he is fit for duty again.

Seafarers are advised by Wel­
fare Services that if there is any
doubt as to their physical condition
when paying off a ship, not to sign
a medical form. \^ere ^uch
forms had been signed in the past
even though a man was obviously
ill or injured, the company had
not attempted to employ it as a
means of depriving the man of his
just due on maintenance. But in
light of the Stevenson case, it
would be well if Seafarers were
very careful about signing such
forms so as to avoid falling into a
trap of this kind.

Outsiders Want 'In' On Benefits
Death in the family is trying at anytime, but it's particularly difficult for families of

Seafarers when a man has died thousands of miles from home. Usually the only news
they have is a brief cablegram message. It doesn't add to the peace of mind either, when
the news of death is follow^df
by phone calls from ambu­
lance chasers or other individ­
uals posing as SIU representatives
and trying to latch on to a piece
of benefits or claims against the
company that might be due.

Recently Welfare Services heard

How To Get
Hisabled Pay
Any totally disabled Sea­

farer, regardless of age. who
has been employed for seven
years on SlU-cbntract ships
is eligible for the $25 weekly
disability benefit for as long
as he Is unable to work. Ap-
plications and queries on un­
usual situations should be sent
to the UnTo,n Welfare
Trustees, c/o SIU Headquar­
ters, 675 Fourth Avenue,
Brob^ 32, NY.

from the sister of a Seafarer that
she had been wired about the death
of her brother in Yokohama, Japan.
As is customary in such cases, the
company either didn't have much
information on the case or wasn't
doing much talking.

Visited Home
A Welfare Services representa­

tive visited the sister at her home
to get what Information she had
on the case and to find out what
was needed. Arrangements were
made with the company to cremate
the body and transport the ashes
back to the US.

The next day the Union got addi­
tional details about the circum­
stances of his death from the West
Coast and learned that the man
had personal effects there. Steps
^ere taken to dispose of the effects
and 'to contact the crew as .j(oon
as the ship comes in for full infor­
mation, on the msitter.
: Subsequently,^ the sister received
a caU from an iudividual imsing

as a representative of the Union
and offering to provide her with
legal advice in the event she need­
ed any. To make sure, the sister
called Welfare Services to check
on the supposed Union representa­
tive. She learned, of course, that
no such representative existed in
the Union.

Welfare Services has found that
such situations are not unusual.
Although Seafarers and their ben­
eficiaries do not need outside help
to collect any benefit from the Wel­
fare Plan, in many instances they
have been persuaded by glib-
tongued pitchmen that such help
was needed. The result is that
th^ find they have to pay him for
his services.

Seafarers or their family mem­
bers should be cautious about en­
trusting such dealings to any out­
sider, who may only binder coUec-
libn of claims and benefits and
charge • fat fee. fw non-existent
services.

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Seafarer Theophilus Stevenson learns from Walter Siekmann, di­
rector of Welfare Services, that he will get his maintenance money
even though he signed medical report form.

The deaths of the following
Seafarers have been reported to
the Seafarers Welfare Plan and
$2,500 death benefits are being
paid to beneficiaries.

Julius M. Bang, 58: Fractures of
the ribs, spine and pelvis proved
fatal to Brother Bang, who died in
the US Marine Hospital, Richmond,
NY, on June 6, 1953. An electri­
cian in the engine department, he
joined the SIU in 1947, saUing out
of New York. Burial took place at
Maple Grove Memorial Park Cem­
etery, Kew Gardens, NY. Brother
Bang . leaves his wife, Ingeborg
Bang, 306. 6?th. Strget, Brooklyn,
NY.

Joseph Beary, 21: On April 7,
Brother Beary died at the USPHS
Hospital in Chicago, HI., of uremia.
He had been sailing SIU for near*
ly two years as an FWT in the en­
gine department; he joined in the
Port of Wilmington, Burial took
place at St. Peter and Paul Ceme­
tery, Lisle, HI. He is survived by
his father, David M. Beary.

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Claudius L. Blanchard, 52t
Brother Blanchard was drowned on
October 11, 1951, in Guanta Muni­
cipal, Venezuela. He was . an AB
in the deck department; he joined
.the SIU in Noifolk. The estate is
administered by Lucille. Hale.:,,

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The. Seafarers Sea Chest offers the finest quality
slopchests available aboard any 8hi|» in the Ameri­
can merchant marine at the lowest possible prices.

The wide-open era when all the rejects from
stores ashore ended up in slopchests is pow ended
aboard ships carrying SiU slopchests. The SiU, by
now making available the best in slopchests is end­
ing one more practice that has victimized seamen
for years.

In SIU slopchests there are no "seconds;" no
flimsy shoes, socks, shirts or trousers; no unknown
brand gdodsf ho stale can^y; no "too big or too'
small" sizes. A Seafarers slopchest Is iguaranteed^
to be top qiiality-^the only fully guaranteed slop­
chest in maritime. '

The Seafarers Sea Chest is now geared to service
SIU ships anywhere In the Atlantic & Gulf area with
a fulliist of 200 items.

: Seafarers have the best in contracts, the best in
conditions—and now the.best in slopchests. •

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